IV SEMESTER ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

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MBA  IV SEMESTER  ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

Strategic Management

1. Factors shaping Strategic Management. 2. Developing Strategic Vision, Mission and Objectives. 3. Concept of Strategic Intent. 4. Strategy Positioning. 5. Strategy in Action 6. External and Internal Environment.  7. SWOT Analysis. 8. Value Chain Analysis. 9. Core Competencies.  10. Business Level Strategy.  11. Industry Life Cycle. 12. Competitive Advantage. 13. Porter’s diamond Model. 14. Diversification Strategies. 15. Merger, Acquisition Strategies. 16. Corporate Level Strategy. 17. Strategy Implementation. 18. Strategic Entrepreneurship. 19. Organizational Structure and Controls. 20. Crafting Social Responsibility.

Business Intelligence

1. Business Intelligence  2.Business intelligence value chain 3. Benefits of business intelligence 4. Business intelligence architecture 5. Data Warehousing 6. Tier 3 Architecture of Data Warehousing 7. Data Warehousing Integration 8. Data Mart 9. Data mining and characteristics 10. Business Performance Management 11. BPM vs BI 12. BPM Methodologies  13. BPM Architecture and applications 14. Business Analytics(BA) 15. Tools and techniques of BA 16. Benefits and success of BA 17. Data Visualization and Differentiate between GIS vs GPS 18. Critical Success fators of Business Implemental 19. Managerial Issues Related to BI Implementation. 20. Emerging Trends in BI 20. Discuss about RFID and Collaborative Decision making.

Supply Chain Management

1.Explain the concept of Supply Chain Management  2. Conceptual Framework of SCM  3. Global Supply Chain Management   4. Value Chain and Value Delivery System  5. Bull whip Effect  6. Integrated Logistics Management 7.Inbound and Out Bound Logistics  8. Inventory Management and its role in Customer service  9. Multi Modal Transport  10.Types of Warehouse 11. Role and Importance of Handling Systems  12. Role IT in SCM  13.RFID  14. Role of Packaging  15 Supply Chain Network Design  16 Factors Influence Design  17. Role of Human Resources in SCM  18. Importance of Distributors in SCM  19.Bar Coding  20.Resources in SCM

BANKING & INSURANCE MB 405

1 . Banks2 . Nationalization of Banks3 . Universal  banking4 . types of accounts5 . NPA6 . Bank credit7 . Customer profitability analysis8 . Financial inclusion9 . Plastic money10 . Retail banking11 . Mobile banking12 . Insurance13 . Principles of insurance14 . Reinsurance15 . IRDA16 . Pension plans in insurance17 . General insurance18 . Tax treatment for life insurance19 . Stand alone bank20 . Crop insurance 

Investment Management

Define Real vs. Financial assets 2. Define Investment decision process 3.Sources and types of risk. 4. Efficient Market Hypothesis, 5.Fundamental Analysis 6. Features and types of debt instruments, 7. Term structure of interest rates 8. Macaulay’s duration 9. Computational procedure of Sensex and Nifty. 10. capital asset pricing model11. dividend  12. capitalization models   13.Harry Markowitz’s Portfolio theory 14. Capital market theory 15.Portfolio return and risk. 16. Sharpe’s reward to variability index 17.Treynor’s reward to volatility index, 18. Jensen’s differential index, 19.Mutual funds 20.Mutual funds Types and schemes

PERFROMANACE MANAGEMENT

1.Scope of PM 2. Concept of Performance Appraisal 3. Determinants of job performance 4. Process of Performance Appraisal 5. Performance Planning 6.KRAs  7.Approaches to Measure performance 8.Impact of HRM practices on performance 9.Assessment Center 10.Psychometric Tests 11.360 Degree appraisals 12 .Rating method in Appraisal  13.Critical Incidents worksheet  14. Combining Behaviors and outcomes 15.Attribution Theory16. Causal Matrix 17.Diagnosis and Performance Improvement 18. Performance Review 19. Performance Analysis  20. Human Information Processing

TALENT & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

1.Talent Management-Meaning & Importance 2.Talent Reservoir 3.Talent Management Grid 4.Strategies for Dealing with Talent Management. 5.Concept Of Competency 6.Characteristics Of Competency 7.Types of Competency. 8.Talent Management Information Systems 9.Role of Leaders in Talent Management. 10.Nature Of Knowledge Management 11.Alternative View of Knowledge Management. 12.Rise of the Knowledge Worker. 13.Features of Knowledge Management. 14.Knowledge Management Framework Of Hansen 15.Earls Seven Schools Of Knowledge Management 16.Knowledge Management Mechanisms 17.Knowledge Management Infrastructure. 18.Impact Of Knowledge Management On People. 19.Factors Influencing Knowledge Management.20.Knowledge Discovery Systems.

CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR.

1.Consumer Behaviour. 2.Marketing  Implications. 3.Perception. 4.Marketing strategies. 5.Retention. 6.Brain Theory. 7.Models of consumer behavior. 8.Contemporary models. 9.Generic Model. 10.Post purchase behavior. 11.Disposal of products. 12.Howard seth Model. 13.Concepts of conditioning. 14.Cultural Behaviour. 15.Information Processing theory. 16.Decision making in purchasing. 17.Consumer Behaviour Research Process. 18.Social culture. 19.Cross culture behavior. 20.Life style influences.

SERVICE AND GLOBAL MARKET

1.4 Is of services 2.goods and service categorization  3. Segmentation 4. Positioning 5.demension of quality 6. Physical evidence in process 7.measuring service quality 8.people 9.service marketing triangle 10.strategic for dealing for inseparability 11. Building customer relationship 12.retension strategies  13.SERVQUAL 14.Cultural Environment 15.Technological Environment 16 Global Markets  demographic environment  18. Difference between global market and Indian market  19. New products in Global Markets  20. Global product planing