Pamphlet - Assignments - Sem III - 2020-2021..
Pamphlet - Assignments - Sem III - 2020-2021..
ASSIGNMENTS
2020 – 2021
Contents
GLS University Academic Calendar 2020-2021 .......................................................................................
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBMIT ASSIGNMENTS AND PROJECTS ...................................................
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Group Details for SEM III & IV .................................................................................................................
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Cover Page to be attached with Assignments ........................................................................................
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Business Research Methods-I ...............................................................................................................
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Assignment -I ....................................................................................................................................
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Assignment 2 .....................................................................................................................................
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Project in BRM ..................................................................................................................................
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ...................................................................................................................
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Assignment 1 .....................................................................................................................................
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Assignment 2 .....................................................................................................................................
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Project in Financial Management .....................................................................................................
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OB and People Management – 1 ..........................................................................................................
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Assignment 1 .....................................................................................................................................
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Project in OB and People Management – 1 ......................................................................................
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Marketing Management-I .....................................................................................................................
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Assignment-1 ....................................................................................................................................
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Assignment-2 ....................................................................................................................................
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Project in Marketing Management I .................................................................................................
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Corporate Accounting - I .......................................................................................................................
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Assignment I (Group Assignment) ....................................................................................................
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Assignment II ((Group Assignment) ............................................................................................. 25
Project in Corporate Accounting-1 ...................................................................................................
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Managerial Economics I ........................................................................................................................
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Assignment 1:....................................................................................................................................
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Assignment II: Group Assignment .....................................................................................................
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Project in Managerial Economics-I ...................................................................................................
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Interpersonal Communication I ............................................................................................................
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Assignment 1 .....................................................................................................................................
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Assignment 2 .....................................................................................................................................
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Project in Interpersonal Communication-1 ......................................................................................
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August 17 - 20,
6 Prakalp (Webinars) 2020 Monday to Thursday
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7 Holiday - Ganesh Choth / Samvatsari Aug 22, 2020 Saturday
August 24 - 27,
8 Quiz I (25 marks) 2020 Monday to Thursday
12 End Sem (for Sems III and V) Oct 13 - 20, 2020 Tuesday to Tuesday
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBMIT ASSIGNMENTS AND PROJECTS
1. Please go through the attached Tentative Academic Calendar. Please note that this is
a tentative calendar and actual dates of University Examinations may change.
2. Students are expected to strictly adhere to submission deadlines for assignments 1, 2
and Project Worksheets.
3. Post the PRAKALP WEBINARS, currently scheduled between August 17 - 20, 2020,
each faculty will mail you links to work sheet in the form of Google Form. These
google Form worksheets will have to be filled out and submitted immediately.
4. Assignments 1 and 2 in all subjects have to be submitted via email, between
midnight of September 2, 2020 and midnight of September 4, 2020.
5. Assignments 1 and 2 are both group assignments and group details are also
attached.
6. Each group should nominate a co-ordinator for their group who will be responsible
for mailing 7 subject wise folders for that group.
7. Each folder should be named as: Sem III_(Name of subject)_Group
NumberXX_2020-2021. Incorrectly named folders will not be opened for
assessment. ( For e.g. Sem III_CA-I_Group-1_2020-2021)
8. Each subject folder should have A1 and A2 of that subject, each with its cover
page.
9. The cover page is also attached. The co-ordinator of each group has to make sure
that the cover page is filled completely and all details are accurate.
10. If a student’s name is not in that table, marks for that assignment will not be given
to him unless he turns in his individual contribution.
11. All assignments should be typewritten.
12. Please follow the subject-wise instructions as well.
1 1 - 10
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2 11 - 20
3 21 - 30
4 31 - 40
5 41 - 50
6 51 - 60
7 61 - 70
8 71 - 80
9 81 - 90
10 91 - 100
11 101 - 110
12 111 - 120
13 121 -130
14 131 -140
15 141 -150
16 151 -160
17 161 - 170
18 171 - 180
19 181 - 190
20 191 - 200
21 201 - 210
22 211 - 220
23 221 -230
24 231 - 240
25 241 -250
26 251 - 260
27 261 -270
28 271 -280
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29 281 - 290
30 291 - 300
31 301 - 310
32 311 - 320
33 321 - 330
34 331 - 340
35 341 - 350
36 351 - 360
37 361 – 370
38 371 - 383
Note: These groups created above will be for Assignments 1 and 2 in all subjects
Except Group 38, all groups will have only ten members as per group allotted
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Formerly Known as
N R Institute of Business Administration
Semester III 2020-2021
Assignment 2
Subject
Title of the Assignment
Submitted to
Date of Submission
Group no.
Name of Student Submitting
Group details
Sr.no. Roll no. Name of Student
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Assignment -I
Testing of Hypothesis- Small sample test.
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28 Chandigarh
29 Dadar, nagar and diu and Daman
30 Mizoram
31 Arunachal Pradesh
32 Andaman Nichobar
33 Lakshadweep
34 Mumbai
35 Pune
36 Solapur
37 Akola
38 Nagpur
Assignment 2
MULTIPLE & PARTIAL: CORRELATION & REGRESSION AND NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
Instructions for students:
Assignment should be given in A4 size paper. Name of those group members who have not
contributed in the assignment should be ignored.
1. In a three variate multiple correlation, find R1.23, R2.13, R3.12, r1.23, r2.13, r3.12, r12 =
0.5, r13 = 0.7 r23 = 0.6
2. If S1 = 2. S2 = 3 = S3, r12 = 0.6, r23 = r13 = 0.5, find r12.3, R1.23 and b12.3.
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4.With the help of the following data determine of cotton and the equation of (i) x 1
on x2 and x3 (ii) x2 on x1 and x3.
S1 = 3. S2 = 4 = S3, r12 = 0.6, r23 = r13 = 0.5
Here x1, x2 & x3 are measured as deviations from their respective means, “a” will be
zero)
5. Calculate (a) R1.23 (b) R3.12 (c) R2.13 from the following data :
1 = 6.8 S1 = 1 r12 = 0.6
2=7 S2 =0.8 r13 = 0.7
3 = 74 S3 = 9 r23 = 0.65
6. x1, x2 & x3 are three variables measured from their means with n = 10,
x12 = 90, x22 = 160, x32 = 40, x1 . x2 = 60, x1 x3 = x2 x3 = 60
Calculate the partial correlation coefficient r31.2 and multiple correlation r1.23 , r12.3,
(ii) R1.23 , (iii) r12.3
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c. If it is decided to accept the bulbs with life hours more than 1950 hours, how
many bulbs out of 50,000 bulbs are expected to be rejected?
d. After how many hours 10% of the bulbs will still be burning?
14.An instructor of mathematics wishes to determine the relationship of grades in the final
examination to grades on two quizzes’ given during the semester .Let x1, x2 and x3 be the
grades of the student on the first quiz, second quiz and final examination respectively. The
instructor made the following computations for a total of 120 students.
1 ̅ =6 S1 = 3 r12 = 0.63
̅ =7
2 S2 =0.8 r13 = 0.52
̅ =4
3 S3 = 9 r23 = 0.65
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WBC counts are approximately normally distributed in healthy people with a mean of 7550
WBC per mm3 (i.e., per microliter) and a standard deviation of 1085. What proportion of
subjects have WBC counts exceeding 9000?
21) the life times of certain kinds of electronics devices have a mean of 300 hours and
standard deviation of 25 hours . Assuming that the distribution of these lifetimes, which
are measured to the nearest hour, can be approximated closely with a normal curve
(a) find the probability that any one of theses electronic devices will have a normal
curve more than 350 hours.
(b) What percentage will have lifetimes of 300 hours or less?
( c) What percentage will have life times from 220 or 260 hours.
22) An instructor of mathematics wishes to determine the relationship of grades in the final
examination to grades on two quizzes’ given during the semester. Let x1, x2 and x3 be
the grades of the student on the first quiz, second quiz and final examination
respectively. The instructor made the following computations for a total of 120 students.
Find the least square regression equation of x1 on x2 and x3.
̅ =6
1 S1 = 3 r12 = 0.63
̅ =7
2 S2 =0.8 r13 = 0.52
3̅ =4 S3 = 9 r23 = 0.65
23) An instructor of mathematics wishes to determine the relationship of grades in the final
examination to grades on two quizzes’ given during the semester. Let x1, x2 and x3 be
the grades of the student on the first quiz, second quiz and final examination
respectively. The instructor made the following computations for a total of 120 students.
Find the least square regression equation of x2 on x1 and x3.
̅1 = 7 S1 = 3.5 r12 = 0.63
2̅ =4 S2 =0.8 r13 = 0.52
̅3 = 5 S3 = 9 r23 = 0.65
24) In a certain examination the percentage of students who passes with distribution were
46 and 9 respectively. Estimate the average marks obtained by the candidates the
minimum pass and distinction marks being 40 and 75 respectively. Also determine what
would been the minimum qualifying marks for admission to a re-examination of the
failed candidates, had it been desired that the best 25 per cent of them should be given
another opportunity of being examined.
25)In a normal distribution 31 per cent of the items are under 45 and 8 per cent are over 64.
Find the mean and standard deviation of the distribution.
26) the results of particular examination are given below in a summary form:
Result Percent of Candidates
Passed with distinction 10
Passed without distinction 60
Failed 30
It is known that a candidate fails in the examination if he obtains less than 40 marks (out of
100) which he must obtain at least 75 marks in order to pass with distinction. Determine the
mean and standard deviation of the distribution of marks, assuming this to be normal. 27)
Assume that on a average one telephone number out of fifteen is busy. What is the
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probability that if six randomly selected telephone numbers are called (a) not more than
three will be busy?
(b) at least three of them will be busy?
28) Assume the mean height of soldiers to be 68.22 inches with a variance of 10.8 inches.
How many soldiers in a regiment of 1000 would you expect to be over six feet tall?
29) On the basis of observations made on 30 cotton plants, the total correlation of yield of
cotton (x2), number of bolls, i.e. seed vessel (x1) and height (x3) are found to be :
r12 = 0.67, r13 = 0.55 and r23 = 0.80
Computer the partial correlation between yield of cotton and the number of bolls,
eliminating the effect of height
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30) On the basis of observations made on 30 cotton plants, the total correlation of yield of
cotton (x3), number of bolls, i.e. seed vessel (x2) and height (x1) are found to be :
r12 = 0.83, r13 = 0.65 and r23 = 0.71
Computer the partial correlation between yield of cotton and the number of bolls,
eliminating the effect of height.
31) x1, x2 & x3 are three variables measured from their means with n = 10, x12 = 92, x22 =
160, x32 = 40, x1 . x2 = 60, x1 x3 = x2 x3 = 62
Calculate the partial correlation coefficient r31.2 and multiple correlation r12.3 , r31.2,
R1.23 , r13.2
32) With the help of the following data determine of cotton and the equation of (i) x 1 on x2
and x3 (ii) x2 on x1 and x3.
S1 = 3. S2 = 4, S3 = 2, r12 = 0.6, r23 = r13 = 0.52
Here x1, x2 & x3 are measured as deviations from their respective means, “a” will be
zero)
33) With the help of the following data determine of cotton and the equation of (i) x 3 on x1
and x2 (ii) x2 on x1 and x3.
S1 = 3. S2 = 6, S3 = 2, r12 = 0.6, r23 = r13 = 0.52
34) With the help of the following data determine of cotton and the equation of (i) x 3 on x1
and x2 (ii) x2 on x1 and x3.
S1 = 3. S2 = 6, S3 = 4 ,r12 = 0.6, r23 = r13 = 0.22
35) on the basis of past experience , automobile inspectors in Mumbai have noticed that 5
percent of all cars coming in for their annual inspection fail to pass. Using the normal
approximation to the binomial , find the probability that between 7 and 18 of the next
200 cars to enter the city inspection station will fail the inspection.
36) On the basis of observations made on 30 cotton plants, the total correlation of yield of
cotton (x2), number of bolls, i.e. seed vessel (x1) and height (x3) are found to be :
r12 = 0.72, r13 = 0.55 and r23 = 0.54
Computer the partial correlation between yield of cotton and the number of bolls,
eliminating the effect of height
37) On the basis of observations made on 30 cotton plants, the total correlation of yield of
cotton (x2), number of bolls, i.e. seed vessel (x1) and height (x3) are found to be :
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r12 = 0.43, r13 = 0.32 and r23 = 0.23
Computer the partial correlation between yield of cotton and the number of bolls,
eliminating the effect of height.
38) The manager of a small postal substation is trying to quantify the variation in the weekly
demand for mailing tubes. She has decided to assume that this demand is normally
distributed. She knows that on average 100 tubes are purchased weekly and that 90
percent of the time., weekly demand is below 115. (a) What is the standard deviation of
this distribution.
(b) The manager wants to stock enough mailing tubes each week so that the
probability of running out of tubes is no higher than 0.05 . What is the lowest stock
level?
Project in BRM
This project is based on a application of units through excel which will be conducted in the
college Students must attend this lectures and later on exam will be conducted for the
same.
All submissions on , 2020.
(Note: For any queries, please contact Ms Minal Joshi)
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Assignment 1
Identify two companies falling under Nifty 50 and prepare its history (right from
incorporation, vision, mission and value statement) and give diagrammatic representation of
organisational structure of that company and also explain functions of treasurer and
controller in the organisation.
Assignment 2
Analyse the annual reports of 5 companies falling under BSE 30.
1. List out types of long term financial sources used by these companies.
2. Prepare comparative statement of long term financial sources using last two years data of
these two companies.
3. Describe share holding pattern of these companies.
Note: For any queries, please contact Dr. Priyanka Zala and Dr. Seema Pandit.
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OB and People Management – 1
Assignment 1
Topic: Abilities
This is a group assignment. In groups of ten (10), students should submit a write-up for
“Abilities required of employees for certain jobs” using the theoretical background discussed
in class related to abilities. For this, students should speak to an individual who is an
employee of any sort of an organization. The following questions may be asked:
1. Describe the tasks you perform on any given day.
2. What are the tools/machines/equipment you handle on a daily basis?
3. Is your job individual or team based or at an assembly line?
4. How frequently does your job require you to interact with people?
5. List out the abilities you possess
6. How helpful do you find these abilities at your current job?
The write-up need not be more than 2-3 pages long and should include the following over
and above the matter for points 1 to 6:
1. Name of the individual spoken to.
2. Nature of activity conducted by the organization in which he/she is employed. The name
of the organization need not be disclosed.
3. Job title of the person spoken to.
Assignment 2
Topic: Stereotyping
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This is a group assignment. In groups of ten (10), students should prepare and submit in
handwritten form, their understanding of stereotypes seen in Indian society. A newspaper
article, an article from a magazine, a blog, an advertisement should be used to support the
analysis. Evidence of the support material should be attached to this assignment.
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Marketing Management-I
Assignment-1
You need to prepare a Product Mix of one product which is assigned to you. This is group
assignment. This assignment is required to be submitted in Power Point Presentation. One can
use graph, chart, figure and cutting of advertisement also. Product mix should be presented as
follows. Maximum number of slides should not be more than 10. Each slide should be
numbered.
Slide No Detail Topic to be included
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Detailing of Product line length, Product Mix width, Product item and
Product Item Variant. (One should give numbers for each aspects of
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List of Group and list of Industry
Group No Name of Brand
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1 MTR
2 Lifebuoy
3 Mi
4 Kissan
6 Mahindra Tractors
9 Milton
13 Cinthol
14 VLCC
15 Sunfeast
16 Prestige
17 Maruti Suzuki
18 Usha
19 VIP
22 Wipro lighting
23 Futura
24 Maggie
25 Vicco
26 Bata
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27 Savlon and shower to shower
30 Navneet Stationary
31 Scrotch Bright
32 Pond’s
36 Woodland
37 Colgate
39 Rasna
Assignment-2
You need to prepare a presentation on the Distribution System of the allotted product. This is a
group assignment. This assignment is required to be submitted in PowerPoint Presentation. One
can use graph, chart, figure. Distribution system should be presented as follows. Maximum
number of slides should not be more than 10. Each slide should be numbered.
Slide No Detail Topic to be included
1 Name of Brand or Product allotted, Name of Student, Group Number,
College Roll No. and University Enrollment Number
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Detailing about distribution of goods from wholesalers and stock
keeping units to retailers. One should explain entire re-distribution
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Suggestion to the existing distribution system adopted by respective
brand or product allotted.
10 Conclusion
List of Group and list of Industry
Group No Name of Brand
1 Ceiling Fans
2 Health Drinks
3 Dietary Supplements
4 Talcum Powders
5 Ball Pens
6 Mixer Grinders
8 Sports Shoes
10 Edible Oil
11 Salt
12 Biscuits
13 Air Conditioners
14 Crockery
15 Two Wheeler
16 Tricycles
17 Battery Bikes
18 Sanitizers
19 Bakery Products
21 Stationary
22 Spices
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23 Ghee
24 Car Tyres
25 Induction Stoves
26 Shabbats
27 Cement
28 Plastic Furniture
30 Pencil Cell
31 Tooth Paste
32 Mineral Water
33 Instant Food
34 Ice-creams
35 Branded Jeans
36 International Luggage
37 Pat Foods
38 Baby Products
Note: For any queries, please contact Dr. Belur Baxi and Prof. Rikita Thakkar.
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Corporate Accounting - I
Assignment I (Group Assignment)
Topic: Recent developments in Accounting
1. Meaning and utility of Economic Value Added. Identify five companies which report EVA in
its published annual report. Describe the EVA Reports of these companies
2. Meaning and utility of XBRL. List out the countries which prepare their financial statement as
per XBRL.
3. What is Forensic Accounting? Identify one financial scam that happened during the past five
years and discuss the same. (500 – 800 words)
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Note: For any queries, please mail Dr. Seema Pandit or Dr. Priyanka Zala
Managerial Economics I
Assignment 1: - Group
Assignment
Topic: Demand Forecasting Technique: Trend projection method Steps:
1. Find out the sales data for four wheelers (Compact cars or luxurious cars). Students
are required to find the data for the automobile industry of last four years (Yearly or
Quarterly) from the selected manufacturer (e.g. Honda, Maruti, Hundai etc.).
2. With the help of excel, plot the data on time series.
3. Insert the trend line and find out the forecast (demand/sales) for next 2 years
(quarterly/annually) in total and for the manufacturer.
4. Mention how the usage of this method and its conclusions will help the industry and
the company in terms of demand forecasting for that particular car.
Assignment II: Group Assignment
Topic: Describe Indian Railways as a case of Discriminating Monopoly.
Assignment should cover following:
• Features of Monopoly by keeping in mind Indian Railways.
• Reasons why price discrimination is possible and socially desirable in Indian Railways.
Conclusion
(Note: For any queries, please contact Dr. Geetanjali Chauhan and Dr. Bharat Bhati)
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Interpersonal Communication I
Assignment 1
Draft a list of 20 questions that you believe you will asked based on your resume. Also write
the possible answers that you deem fit for these questions.
Assignment 2
Collect 5 screenshots of social media posts related to employment from the groups like Put
Me in Touch (PMIT) with Ahmedabad or Start-ups Ahmedabad. Analyze the posts as well as
responses to such posts and give your views on the effectiveness of social media in getting
employment as against other traditional sources.
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