The document outlines various assignment questions related to human resources, compensation plans, performance management systems, industrial relations, and organizational culture among other topics. It includes specific case studies and scenarios requiring analysis and advice for HR issues and legal matters in workplace settings. The focus is on evaluating effective practices and providing solutions to enhance organizational performance and employee satisfaction.

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Internal Assignment Applicable for JUNE 2018 Examination
Course: Compensation & Benefits
1. Assume that you are the HR manager of a multinational manufacturing organization. Devise
a compensation plan to accommodate the needs of the employees. (10 Marks)
2. Analyse the current reward trends and comment on the pros and cons of those trends. (10
Marks)
3. “A competitive compensation plan is not only favourable for the employees but it also perks
up the company’s performance. It alters an employee’s focus towards generating more revenue
for their organization and empowers them to overcome their departmental schedules”.
a. Do you agree with the above statement? Explain your reasons with examples. (5 Marks)
b. What approach can be adopted by companies to make the compensation plan more holistic?
(5 Marks)
Course: Performance Management System
1. Assume that you have just joined a start-up organization which is around 6 months in
existence. Explain to the Founders of the company the elements of an effective Performance
Management System and putting forward a convincing argument in favor of implementing a
Performance Management System. (10 Marks)
2. Disha Enterprises is a 5 year old organization in the manufacturing space. The organization
has seen challenges likes conflicts among team members and also a growing number of First
Time Managers. The organization is deliberating on introducing Coaching and Mentoring in
the organization. Keeping the above background in perspective will a Coaching and Mentoring
program help Disha Enterprises? (10 Marks)
3. Assume you are an HR manager in a small company which has recently introduced
Performance Management System for its employees. The employees are being coached on the
concepts and application of the same.
a. Explain the concept of SMART goals (5 Marks)
b. Provide 2 illustrations of SMART goals . (5 Marks)
Course: Industrial Relations & Labour Laws
1. Anil is a rural worker, working in an establishment which carries manufacturing of plastic
sacks used for packing cement. This establishment is owned by a registered corporation. This
establishment has 4 units, each carrying out a particular task relating to manufacturing process.
The number of workers work in two shifts, with each shift lasting for around 7 hours. The total
number of workers employed by the establishment is 154. Anil and the other workers have
issues with their health as the unit is not kept clean. They have to face problems with regard to

2. drinking water also. Sunil, another employee, suffered an accident because the unit was not
well lit. The owners do not take the complaints seriously stating that none of the labour laws
apply to the manufacturing unit.
Advise Anil. (10 Marks)
2. Amit was working in a factory. He was employed in lifting the goods with a crane. Abhay
another employee was given the job of stacking the goods together, before they could be lifted
by the crane. Abhay had to go home early, but the owner refused to leave him until he
completed his task. In a hurry to complete the job Abhay overburdened the goods. When Amit,
lifted the goods with the crane, the goods toppled and fell an Arvind, an employee, who was
standing below. This accident resulted in the death of Arvind.
After a few days, the dependents of Arvind came to the employer and claimed for
compensation. The employer refused stating that it was not his fault that led to the accident and
it was the carelessness and negligence of Amit and Abhay which led to the accident.
Advice the Dependants. (10 Marks)
3. A) An organization was in operation for the past 20 years. The organization gave a bonus
every year during Diwali. For the past two years the organization did not give a bonus stating
the reason that the company had not earned any profits. However, the balance sheet reflected
clear profits. When the workers raised this issue the employers did not pay any heed as the
workers were lacking a collective bargaining power. Without a trade union existing the workers
found it difficult to fight for their rights. The employers also threatened to file a criminal
conspiracy case against the workers. Analyze the case and advice the workers on a suitable
solution. (5 Marks)
3. B) Arjun was Director in a company. The company has units across the country – 2 in cities
and 4 in rural areas. Each unit has approximately 30 to 40 workers working. The wages of each
employee are different. Also the employees doing the same work but working in different units
were not paid the same wages. An employee who was transferred from a rural unit raised this
issue with the trade union. The trade union asked Arjun to get all the wages of all the employees
at par. Arjun replied stating that disparities in wages was allowed.
Is Arjun justified in giving different wages to different employees working in different areas?
(5 Marks)
Course: Organisation Culture
1. ABC Ltd, a medium sized IT firm, has hired you as a consultant to help the company
correctly understand the cultural patterns in the organization. Before this, there was no attempt
made to look at the culture of the organization. You decide to use Hofstede’s model of
organizational culture to make the company understand cultural patterns. In this background,
explain Hofstede’s model. (10 Marks)
opportunities and threats Based on the above characteristics, identify the type of culture that
XYZ has and then point out other characteristics of the same type. (10 Marks)
3. In the fresh recruitment drive, 25 new employees have joined your organization which is a
medium sized textiles manufacturing firm. One of the tasks on your hands is to make these
fresh employees well aware of present organizational culture. Explain how will you use
following ways to make these new employees learn the organizational culture?
a) Stories (5 Marks)
b) Material symbols (5 Marks)

3. Course: Manpower Planning, Recruitment and Selection
1. Performance appraisal has been one of the core functions of HRM. In the scenario today
when attrition has increased and cost savings are the need of the hour, do you feel that
Performance Appraisal is still a required function? Why? (10 Marks)
2. Why is Succession Planning important for companies? Give atleast two examples from
Indian / Foreign businesses. (10 Marks)
3. A training program on Customer Service was designed for petrol pump attendants in the
state of Gujarat. Due care was taken to include matters most relevant to the petrol pump
attendants and that would contribute to their productivity. The training program was not found
effective inspite of it being conducted in the local language and by experienced trainers.
a. What according to you may be the possible reason for the failure of the program? (5 Marks)
b. Discuss factors that should be considered while designing a effective training program. (5
Marks)
Course: Organisational Theory, Structure and Design
1. You are a consultant at Super Manufacturing; a family owned company is having 4 members
of the family as the main decision maker. Generally they take decisions with experience. The
company is facing a big problem of low performance and low morale of the employees. Discuss
the various approaches of organizational effectiveness and find out the most suitable approach
to effectiveness in such situation (10 Marks)
2. Megha recently joined Capex Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.’ As a Factory Manager. Before joining
she was working as a factory manager of Index Healthcare Solutions. Comparatively a small
system with a simple organizational structure. Generally, a simple organisational structure is
followed in small-organisations comprising of the owner and a few employees. As the number
of employees increases, the layers in the organisational structure also multiply, which results
in a complex structure of the organization. Thus, a complex organisational structure is a result
of various divisions of an organisation spread across the globe. Discuss the common problems
Ms. Megha will face in managing new organization. What she can do to overcome with this
problem.
(10 Marks)
3. ‘Pebble Pharmaceuticals’ is facing a big issue of conflict between Amit the production head
and Prashant the head of Purchase department. A full lot of cough syrup is ready but cannot be
dispatched because labels are not available. The purchase department takes labels once in a
year to reduce the cost. If any specific demand will come from the departments they follow the
due process of purchase. Although the store department already made a request for labels when
cough syrup production started but Prashant is waiting on the request from Mr Amit the head
of production. It happened because last year Amit and Prashant had a big conflict of sub-
standard purchase, huge raw material was rejected by production department due to
substandard quality. Prashant has taken it a personally and trying to play politics against him.
a) Describe the type of conflict discussed and what are the possible outcomes of such conflicts.
(5 Marks)
b) Suggest how the organization can avoid such conflicts. (5 Marks)
Course: Strategic Financial Management
1. From the following details supplied by Amaya Plastics ltd. you are required to:
a. Calculate the Net Present Value

4. b. Calculate the Discounted Payback Period
For each Capital Expenditure proposal given below:
Details Proposal A Proposal B
Initial Cost Rs. 20,00,000 Rs. 15,00,000
Expected life 10 years 8 years
Cash flows before tax
after depreciation
Rs. 3,00,000 each for
first four years
Rs. 2,00,000 for next 6
years
Rs. 2,00,000 each for first
five years
Rs. 3,00,000 for last three
years
Estimated scrap value Rs. 50,000 Rs. 1,00,000
The discounting factor is 12% and tax rate 30%.
(10 Marks)
2. Kailash Ltd. Earns Operating Profit (EBIT) of Rs.1,80,00,000 at existing capital
structure. You are required to calculate financial leverage and EPS with the help of
Following information
Particulars Amount in Rs
13.5% Debentures ( FV 100) 4,00,00,000
15% Cumulative Preference Shares( FV 100) 1,00,00,000
Equity Share Capital ( FV 10) 3,00,00,000
8,00,00,000
Tax rate 35%
(10 Marks)
3. A) Naysha Ltd. has the following capital structure as on 31st March,2017
10% debentures (before tax) (Rs) 300000
9% preference shares (Rs) 200000
Equity shares of Rs.100 each 500000
Total 1000000
The equity shares of the company are quoted at Rs.102 and the company is
expected to declare a dividend of Rs.9 per share for the year. Tax rate is 40%
required.
Calculate the cost of capital (5 Marks)
3. B. Discuss the cheapest form of raising long term finance with reference to
Question 3 (A) and state the reasons for the same. (5 Marks)
Course: International Finance
1. Finance minister Mr. Arun Jaitley announced in the budget about long term capital gain tax,
share market gave negative reaction on it, explain the reaction of FII or FPI on long term capital
gain tax. (10 Marks)
2. “The Eurocurrency market owes its existence to differences in national financial regulation
combined with declining barriers to international capital movements.” Do you agree with the
statement? Explain with the help of various Euro-Currency Market instruments. (10 Marks)

5. 3. The Chinese government’s move to ban waste paper amidst environment concerns is
expected to benefit the Indian paper manufacturers.Waste Paper (WP) is one of the major
sources of raw material used for manufacturing the recycled paper products. The recycled paper
products are extensively used for manufacturing packaging materials like corrugated
boxes.The Chinese Government’s decision to ban waste paper imports has caused a drop in
global waste paper prices. As a result, the price of recycled paper in China, used for packaging
material, has increased due to short supply of WP. Indian manufacturers using waste paper
stand to benefit on account of lower global waste paper prices (on excess supply) and higher
realization for recycled paper.The global shortage of wood pulp has resulted in increasing
prices of finished paper. Indian wood pulp based having requisite self-sourcing (farm forestry)
are expected to benefit from increasing global finished paper prices.The companies like West
Coast Paper, TNPL and NR Agarwal Industries which majorly import waste paper for
manufacturing processed recycled paper are expected to improve margins on account of falling
waste paper prices. As per the industry reports, the global price fall in waste paper is evident
as the old corrugated containers (OCC), the most common form of waste paper, fell from €150
per tonne in July 2017 to €135 per tonne in December 2017. Also, the prices of Kraftliner, the
recycled paper manufactured by processing the waste paper, have risen from €642 per tonne in
July 2017 to €694 per tonne in December 2017.
a. Paper manufacturing Industry is one of the important industry for India and China, from
above paragraph explain the positive and negative effects on the revenue of Indian paper
exporter. (5 Marks)
b. What will the impacts on FOREX because of Government of China Decision on paper bans?
How India can take advantage of it?