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ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS)
FIRST YEAR
Academic Year 2014 - 2015
ASSIGNMENT TOPICS
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. ‘Management is the force which leads, guides and directs an organization in the
accomplishment of pre-determined objectives’. Do you agree or disagree?
Justify.
2. Management is regarded as an art by someone, science by others but in reality
science should have many more. The truth seems to be somewhere in between.
In the light of this statement, explain to exact nature of management.
3. ‘The job of the supervisor is many more difficult than that of higher level
managers’. Examine the major responsibilities of a supervisor in an agro based
Industry.
4. “A good leader is not necessarily a good manager”. Take one example from
service industry as per your choice and compare the role of leaders and
managers
1.2 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
1. Review and comment on the work undertaken for harmonization by various
bodies and explain the details of standard setting process by International
Accounting Standard Board(IASB)
2. “Price differences in different geographic segment make international accounting
a challenging Endeavour” How experts overcome this challenge?
3. “Accounting policies differ so much from country to country that accountants
trained in one country leave difficulty in practicing another, even if there is no
language barrier” Do you agree? Explain
4. Compare and contrast the following proposed approaches for dealing with
international differences in accounting, disclosure and auditing standards 1.
Reciprocity 2. Reconciliation 3. International Standards
1.3 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
1. Do the IMF and other financial institutions play a vital role in foreign trade
policy? If so elucidate the points with apt examples.
2. Using the Heckscher-ohlin model of trade, show that free trade is better than no
trade. In this context, derive also a graphical measure of gain from trade.
3. ”Free trade promotes a mutually profitable regional division of labour, greatly
enhances the potential real national product of all nations and makes possible
higher standard of living all over the globe.” Explain and critically examine the
statement.
4. Scrutinize the arguments for and against the fixed and flexible exchange rates.
Is fixed or flexible exchange rate suitable for less developed countries? Validate
your answer.
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1.4 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
1. Take an export oriented firm in readymade garments industry of your choice.
What are the different nontrade barriers that it faces? What are your
suggestions to the firm? Explain
2. Analyze the recent data on china – India trade. What are the present major
items of trade? Where is the scope of enhancing the trade? What are the firm
level actions that are necessary? Present in detail
3. One of your friends is willing to export cashew nuts. Explain him in detail about
the activities of organization he should get in touch with
4. A leading multinational company going to establish the business in India.
Prepare a country analysis report of India using the PEST and SWOT
framework, which will be useful for multinations for taking investment
decisions.
1.5 FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA
1. Bring to light the recent changes in India’s Foreign Policy. In what way, the
changes are instrumental for the promotion of India’ international trade?
2. “India’s export still depending on government sops rather than on competitive
strengths”. In this context, critically analysis the recent changes made in our
foreign trade policy.
3. Are you satisfied with the Indian diplomatic measures with Srilanka? If yes,
bring to light its strengths. If not, suggest measures to strengthen it.
4. Focus on India’s relationship both political and trade with the United States. Do
you agree this relationship is mutually beneficial? Defend your answer
1.6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE
1. How a barcode works when you pay for an item in a retail store? What retail
store managers can do with the information collected by the barcode readers?
Explain the problems of using barcodes?
2. How do internet retailers like flipkart and snapdeal selling goods online? How
sites do attracts and increase trust for online purchasing? Explain the customer
service they are offering to customers.
3. Explain how home users, small office/home office users, mobile users and
enterprise users interact with computers?
4. “Clustering has been popularity recognized as an important data mining task
with broad applications”- Discuss and give one example for each of the following
cases.
(a) An application that takes clustering as a major data mining function.
(b) An application that takes clustering as a preprocessing tool for data
preparation for another data mining task.
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1.7 COMMUNICATION FOR GLOBAL MANAGERS
1. Discuss any situation in which you are involved where the communication went
wrong. Analyze the communication process in that situation, using the term
sender, receiver and other elements. Which element(s) disturbed the situation?
What lesson you learnt?
2. Imagine that you are attending a business seminar. What are the different
barriers that might come in the way of your listening effectively? Suggest the
ways to overcome the barriers
3. Write an agenda for a meeting with the purpose of formulating next year’s
marketing plan for a brand of designer clothing for men/women. Also write a
brief minute of the meeting, imaging and summing-up the proceedings.
4. Prepare a report on the flood or drought situation in your district and send to
the editor of a newspaper.
1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. While managing workforce, “Participation is an excellent method for identifying
differences and resolving conflicts.” Do you agree or disagree? Illustrate with
real life examples.
2. Many organizations begun to supplement their traditional pay systems with
“Pay – for – Performance”. Of these plans, discuss the role of individual vs.
group incentives.
3. “Give specific attentions in implementing employee empowerment” – Discuss its
operationalization and implications for effective outcomes.
4. “Learning is involved in almost everything that everyone does”. Substantiate
your views and indentify the applications of learning in positive and negative
reinforcement’s strategy.
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