PGDMM - 2years
(Semester - 2)
Assignments for July-Dec 2022 Session
(course code CMM/ PMM)
Paper - 6
Business Law
TOTAL MARKS 30
Question No 1 Marks 15
(Read Chapter 4)
M/s. Abby Medical Devices Pvt Ltd., Vadodara came out with a latest model of Glucometer to monitor Sugar
levels in patients
This Company explained and gave demo to patients , being a new product. One such patient undergone
demo and discussions purchased and started using.
After a week's usage, patient is not satisfied with results, as same are found erratic.
What is the remedy to the patient, who purchased Glucometer.
a) Whether this case is an exception to the Doctrine of Caveat Emptor ?
b) What is the fault at buyer / patient's side ?
c) Why this situation happened?
Question No 2 Marks 15
(Read Chapter 10)
Suppose, you are the Company Secretary of M/s. Himalaya Paper Mills Ltd., Hyderabad and you have to
call for a Meeting, to take an informed decision on a crucial funding matter of M/s . Himalaya Paper Mills
Ltd.,
You need to arrive the answers to the following:
a) Under what Section of The Companies Act 2013 , Notice to members will be sent by you
b) Is there any Quorum for this to follow ?
c) Every decision taken in this meeting is known as ---------------------
Note: Written Exams scores without assignments will be invalid, hence students are required to
submit assignments in time.
PGDMM - 2years
(Semester- 2)
Assignments for July-Dec 2022 Session
(course code : CMM/ PMM)
Paper - 7
International Trade
TOTAL MARKS 30
Students to read chapter 1 and 10
Question No 1 Marks 15
M/s XYZ is a leading manufacturer of industrial components for the automobile sector. They are the major
suppliers to some of the top automobile manufacturers within the country. They have decided to expand
their capacity targeting on exports. A task force has been set up to answer the following questions
1. What is the importance of aligning with the global economy?
2. Advantages of taking up international trade over domestic trade
3. Impact of entering into international trade / globalization
Question No 2 Marks 15
M/s XYZ, during the course of their investigations into the international market identifies several government
interventions / measures to help exporters.
1. What are the reasons given by the government to protect the domestic industries from the
competition of the foreign industries?
2. What are the trade barriers instituted by the government to protect the domestic industries?
3. What are the export promotion schemes that help the local industry to get capital equipment at
negligible duties?
Note: Written Exams scores without assignments will be invalid, hence students are required to
submit assignments in time.
PGDMM - 2years
(Semester - 2)
Assignments for July-Dec 2022 Session
(course code : CMM/ PMM)
Paper - 8
Management Information System
TOTAL MARKS 30
Question No 1 Marks 15
Techalot Consultants are setting up a secured network for their office campus at Dehradun for their day-to-
day office and web-based activities. They are planning to have connectivity between 3 buildings and the
head office situated in Mumbai. Answer the questions (i) to (iii) after going through the building positions in
the campus and other details, which are given below :
Distance between various buildings Number of Computers
Building “Green” to Building “Red” 110m Building “Green” 32
Building “Green” to Building “Blue” 45m Building “Red” 150
Building “Blue” to Building “Red” 65m Building “Blue” 45
Gurgaon Campus to Head office 1760 KM Head office 10
1. Suggest a suitable network / topology for connections between the buildings inside the campus.
2. Suggest the placement of the following devices
a. Router
b. Repeater
c. Gateway
3. What different ways of data management will you suggest for smooth functioning of the company?
(Hint: Refer Chapters 4 and 5)
Question No 2 Marks 15
One of the largest privately-held staffing companies in the United States, the client’s team includes more
than 8,000 internal employees and 90,000 contract employees working with customers around the world.
While the client’s core business growth is phenomenal, they are also diversifying into new industries, such
as health care. This growth puts tremendous strain on IT resources supporting the growing list of projects,
from business-critical IT infrastructure to meet the ever-increasing demands of business growth. System
enhancements are underway to standardize business practices across newly acquired business units. The
CIO’s vision for the future of IT includes improved performance in delivering projects, while maintaining costs
and holding staffing levels to the absolute minimum. Implementing a proper management information system
seemed a logical approach to achieving this vision.
Case Questions
1. Which information system development life cycle model will be the best suited to implement the
above case?
2. Suggest a system design layout for the above case
3. Do you think that AI and its related applications will be helpful to minimize the cost?
(Hint: refer Chapters 8 and 9)
Note: Written Exams scores without assignments will be invalid, hence students are required to
submit assignments in time.
PGDMM - 2years
(Semester - 2)
Assignments for July-Dec 2022 Session
(course code : CMM/ PMM)
Paper - 9
Strategic Management
TOTAL MARKS 30
Students to read chapter 5 and 8before attempting the assignment question
Question No 1 Marks 15
M/s ABC corporation is a multipurpose machine tool manufacturing company. The company while
discussing its performance for the past three years noticed that it has not made any significant growth. The
company has decided to form a team to come up with a proper strategy and place the company in the
growth path once again
1. What kind of process must be followed by the team to come up with a good strategy?
2. What kind of factors can affect the choice of strategy and its alternatives?
3. What challenges were identified that can make the achievement of strategy difficult?
Question No 2 Marks 15
The team that was entrusted with the finalized the strategies and presented them to the top management.
The strategies were discussed and it was agreed to implement these strategies. It was understood that
implementation was as important as the formulation of the strategies and an implementation method was
agreed upon
1. What are the various steps envisaged in the strategy implementation process?
2. How does strategy implementation affect the operations of the organization?
3. Bring out the importance and need for resource allocation for a successful implementation
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PGDMM - 2years
(Semester - 2)
Assignments for July-Dec 2022 Session
(course code : CMM/ PMM)
Paper - 10
Operations Management
TOTAL MARKS 30
Question No 1 Marks 15
The Great Lakes Institute of Tech (Erie, PA, USA) is planning to open a campus in a different country. The
Dean, Dr Vipin Gupta is considering seven factors in his choice of location. The factors, factor weights and
factor scores(on a scale of 10) are as given below –
Factor Weight India Singapore China
Social & cultural factors 0.1 6 7 5
Ability to converse in 0.1 7 8 4
English
Political legal issues 0.1 6 7 5
Faculty availability & cost 0.3 9 8 7
Communication 0.2 6 9 7
infrastructure
Population demographics 0.1 9 7 9
Housing availability 0.1 5 4 3
a) Which country should Dr Vipin Gupta select?
b) Will Dr Gupta’s decision change if “communication infrastructure” is not an issue?
c) Dr Gupta boss suggests that they should explore Bangladesh too since it is a promising country. Its
factor scores are 6,6,5,4,3,6,5 respectively. Will Dr Gupta select Bangladesh?
(Read chapters 6 to 9)
Question No 2 Marks 15
2 a) Operations Management is the source of Competitive advantage of a firm. How?
2 b) What are some of the inherent problems in measuring efficiency/ productivity in the service sector?
Give examples
2 c) What is machine scheduling? Explain.
(Read chapters 1 to 5)
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