ASSIGNMENTS

Master of Commerce
M COM 2nd Year
For
Promote Students

Session 2018-19

Directorate of Distance Education

Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology
Hisar-125001

Compiled by:-
ANKIT GOYAL
Course Coordinator
M COM-Programme
DDE, GJUS&T
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (M COM)

Course Name: E-Commerce Year: 2nd

Code: MC-201 Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. Write brief introduction of Information Technology Act, 2002. What is the necessity of
this act?
2. What are the types of cyber-crimes? How to tackle cyber-crimes to avoid losses in e-
commerce.
3. What are the risks involved in electronic payment system? How to ensure online payment
security?

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. Give an introduction of HTML. Give main features of front page explorer and front page
editor.
2. Discuss the framework of e-commerce prevailing now-a-days.
3. Give details of the e-commerce supporting functions.
GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (M COM)

Course Name: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Year: 2nd

Code: MC 202 Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. “Entrepreneurs are made not born”. Discuss the statement with examples.
2. Critically evaluate the role of IDBI in the growth and development of small scale business
in India.
3. What factors are taken into consideration while making economic and technical feasibility
of a Project? Explain with suitable examples.

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. Explain how do entrepreneurs generate opportunities for development of technology and

what role do they play in bringing about social stability and balanced regional development
of industries?
2. Critically evaluate the role of Government and promotional agencies in entrepreneurship
development in India.
3. Narrate various facilities and subsidies provided to SSI units by the Government of India.
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (M COM)

Course Name: Marketing Management Year: 2nd

Code: MC 203 Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. Describe in detail the various philosophies of marketing.

2. How do organisational markets differ from consumer markets?
3. Define marketing environment? Discuss in brief the factors that constitute marketing
environment.

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. Generally, buyers go through a product adoption process before becoming a loyal

consumer. Describe your experience adopting a product you now use consistently. Did you
go through all the stages?
2. What is globalisation? Discuss in brief stages of international marketing involvement. Also
write in brief the important modes of entering foreign markets.
3. Describe each of the main stages of the product life cycle.
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (M Com)

Course Name: Financial Management Year – 2nd

Code: MC 204 Total Marks – 30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I
1. “Value maximization is preferred objective of financial management than profit
maximization.” Justify the statement.
2. What are prerequisites of working capital requirement of a firm? Illustrate.
3. Discuss in detail the theory of relevance in dividend policy decision of a firm. Illustrate
with hypothetical data.

ASSIGNMENT-II
1. Elaborate the functions of financial management and financial managers of a firm situated
in your locality.
2. Differentiate the terms risk and return. Collect real two years data of share prices of two
SENSEX companies of BSE from the web site and calculate their risks and returns.
3. Explain various factors affecting capital structure of a firm.
Finance
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (M.COM)

Course Name: Corporate Taxation Year: 2nd

Code: MC-205F Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. What tests would you apply to determine the residence of :

(a) A Hindu Undivided family
(b) A firm
(c) A limited company
(d) An individual
2. Differentiate :
(a) Allowances and Perquisites
(b) House Rent Allowance and Rent Free Accommodation
3. What do you mean by “Set-off and carry forward of losses”? Which losses can be carried
forward?

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. State the provisions regarding deduction of tax at source in respect of the following
incomes:
(i) Rent
(ii) Professional or technical fees
(iii) Winning from horse races.
2. (a) Explain the three methods by which an assessee can reduce his tax liability.
(b) Distinguish between tax evasion and tax avoidance?
3. What is GST? Define the procedure for collection of GST in case of service delivery.
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (M Com)

Course Name: Investment Management Year – 2nd

Code: MC 206F Total Marks – 30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I
1. Discuss various types of financial securities. Also explain the risks and returns involved
in various equity and debt instruments.

2. What is a beta risk? How it is calculated? Take any two securities listed in NSE from the
website of NSE and calculate their beta for the last one year.

3. Explain the procedure of SEBI regarding the launching an IPO issue. Elaborate any real
life IPO issue from the web site of NSE.

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. What are the various tools of analysis used by technicians for investment decisions? Also
state the recent developments that have taken place in the Indian Stock Markets.

2. Describe with illustrations, various theories of valuation of fixed income and variable
income securities.

3. What do you mean by NIFTY? Explain its composition for construction of NIFTY and
what are the criteria of determining its composition? Also describe the role of brokers and
traders in stock market.
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (M.COM)

Course Name: Insurance and Banking Year: 2nd

Code: MC-207F Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. What do you mean by Insurance? Define the principles of Insurance in detail.

2. Write short note on:

(a) Insurance Business Operations
(b) Differentiate Life Insurance and General Insurance

3. Explain Insurance business environment. How comparative environment is related with

insurance business?

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. Describe all the securities required for bank advance. What are the major precautions taken
by bank while giving advances to customers?

2. Explain the major provisions of Banking Regulation Act, 1949. Also explain the current
changes in this Act.

3. Write short notes on the following:

(a) Contract of Guarantee
(b) Contract of Indemnity
Marketing
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (M COM)

Course Name: Consumer Behaviour Year: 2nd

Code: MC 205M Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. What is consumer behaviour? Why is it important for promotional planners to understand

consumer behaviour?
2. What is motivation? How can the understanding of motivation help in the development of
consumer behaviour?
3. Discuss the consumer decision making process. Does this process explain the purchase of
sugar or table salt? Explain.

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. Discuss about the factors affecting the industrial buying behaviour.

2. How does culture influence consumer behaviour? Give some examples.
3. Which are the most important reference groups? How does it influence consumers?
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (MCOM)

Course Name: Advertising and Sales Management Year: 2nd

Code: MC-206M Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. Enumerate the basic principles and factors for effective and good advertising?
2. Discuss the relations between advertising and consumer behaviours.
3. Media Planning is an important aspect of advertising, what are the different media type
used in advertising and what are their advantages and problems. Mention the changing role
of a media planner.

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. Discuss different situations where role of personal selling is vital.

2. Discuss the importance of compensation plan for sales personnel and write the
components of a compensation plan.
3. Clarify the concept of sales territory. Explain the procedure for setting up sales Territories.
Why is it necessary to establish sales territories that are equal?
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (M.COM)

Course Name: Marketing Research Year: 2nd

Code: MC-207M Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. What do you mean by marketing research? Explain nature and scope of marketing
research.
2. Write short note on:
(a) Differentiate between MR and MIS
(b) Ethical issues in MR
3. Explain marketing research process. Also describe the role of research design in detail.

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. Define the term:

(a) Sample size determination
(b) Multivariate data analysis
2. What are the different techniques of sampling? Define various sampling and non-sampling
errors under sampling.
3. What do you mean by non-parametric test? Explain the application of non-parametric test.
International
Business
GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (M COM)

Course Name: International Business Year: 2nd

Code: MC 205IB Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. What are various entry modes by which companies are doing business in other countries?
Discuss.
2. Define WTO. Discuss the main objectives and principles of WTO.
3. What do you mean by international environment? Discuss about various factors affecting
international environment.

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. Define the term:

(a) European economic community (EEC)
(b) North American free trade agreement (NAFTA)
(c) South Asian association for regional co-operation (SAARC)
2. Define the marketing mix in international environment.
3. Explain Export-Import procedure with a suitable example.
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (MCOM)

Course Name: Export Import Procedures and Documentations Year: 2nd

Code: MC-206IB Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. Describe Aligned Documentation System? What are its objective and advantages in the
context of international trade?
2. Explain the different steps involved in an export transaction from the stage of obtaining
the export order to the stage of pre-shipment of goods.
3. Write short notes on major export promotions schemes in India.

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. Write short notes on contribution of Exim Bank and ECGC in foreign trade of India.
2. What is the significance of procedures and documentation in international trade?
Elaborate some WTO provisions in this regard.
3. Elaborate the pre-shipment and post shipment sources of finance in detail.
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (MCOM)

Course Name: Foreign Exchange Management Year: 2nd

Code: MC-207IB Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. Explain the various approaches of quoting foreign exchange rates in market with examples.
2. Briefly explain the different types of foreign exchange accounts.
3. Discuss the organization structure and functions of Asian Development Bank (ADB).

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. What are FERA and FEMA? List out the key differences between them.
2. Give brief explanation of different variants of L/C. How does an L/C operate?
3. Mention the broad features of the fixed parity system of exchange rate initiated by the IMF
during 1940s. What were the factors responsible for its collapse by early 1970s?
 Human
Resource
Management
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (M.COM)

Course Name: Human Resource Management Year: 2nd

Code: MC-205H Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. “Human resource management is one of the important functions of management”. Explain

the importance of HRM in this context.
2. Write short note on:
(a) Career and Succession Planning
(b) Induction and Socialisation
3. What do you mean by job analysis? How it is different from job evaluation?

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. Define the term:

(a) Worker Participation Management
(b) Compensation and appraisal system
2. What do you mean by organisational development? Explain major steps taken for OD and
future of OD.
3. What are the different contemporary issues in Human Resource Management? Explain the
role of technology in Human Resource Management.
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (M.COM)

Course Name: Industrial Relation and Labour Laws Year: 2nd

Code: MC-206H Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. How Industrial Relation is necessary in current social-economic scenario? What is the

legal framework of industrial relation?
2. Write short note on:
(a) ILO
(b) Productive bargaining
3. “Trade union and management of any organisation are two key factors”. Comment.

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. Define the term:

(a) ESI
(b) Union Workmen
2. Why there is need for labour laws in current scenario? Explain different laws related to
social security.
3. Describe different laws related with bonus and wages of labour. Also explain laws relating
to working conditions of labour.
 GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
Programme: Master of Commerce (M COM)
Course Name: HR Planning & Development Year: 2nd
Code: MC 207H Total Marks=30

Important Instructions
i. Attempt all questions from each assignment given below.
ii. Each assignment carries 15 marks.
iii. All questions are to be attempted in legible handwriting on plane white A-4 size paper.

ASSIGNMENT-I

1. Define Human resource planning process. Explain objectives of HRP process.

2. Define training. What are the objectives of training? Make a critical evaluation of various
training methods.
3. What is career planning? Outline the process of career planning.

ASSIGNMENT-II

1. What is performance appraisal? What are its objectives? Explain the various stages of
performance appraisal.
2. Explain the term human resource information system.
3. “Career development is a waste of money for a company. All it does is raise employees’
expectations and then, frustrated, they quit.” Do you agree or disagree? Discuss.