KARNATAKA STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY

MANASAGANGOTHRI MYSORE-570006
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT
KSOU/MBA-PCP/1-YEAR:1-SEM 18.02.2011

CIRCULAR
COMPULSORY PERSONAL CONTACT PROGRAMME (PCP)
FOR MBA-I SEMESTER-2011
Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor Approval Dated:15.02.2011
Dear Student,
Sub: First Semester MBA Personal Contact Programme 2010-11.
The Department will conduct compulsory contact programme for the benefit of the students who
have been admitted to MBA course during the academic year 2010-2011. The PCP will be held at
following centres.
Sl.No. Centre Venue Dates Contact Numbers
12-03-2011 to
1. Udupi M.G.M. College, Udupi-575001 0820-2520359
19-03-2011
Aishwarya Institute of
Management Studies & Research
Mysore Magadi Ring Road. Opp 25-03-2011 to
2. Bangalore 080-23212188
to Bangalore University Quarters 02-04-2011
Gnanabharathi, Ullal Circle
Bangalore
Karnataka State Open University,
12-04-2011 to
3. Mysore Manasagangotri, Mysore-570024 0821-2519948
20-04-2011

The students of First Semester MBA shall compulsorily attend PCP at any one of the said places
without fail. If the students fail to attend at any one of the said places, they will lose the marks set
apart for the IA marks. During the programme the Department will arrange lectures on the Syllabi by
the renowned professors working in reputed institutions and Universities. Besides, special lectures /
case study discussions by Management Consultants / Industrialists / Professionals will also be
arranged. Further the activities such as Seminar, Test, Group Discussions etc., will also be conducted
as part of IA.
Classes will be held from 9.00AM to 5 PM on all the days.
The Students concerned are hereby directed to attend the programme to avail of the benefits.
The Assignment questions & Seminar topics are also hosted on the University website. (www.ksoumysore.edu.in ).
Students are required to bring the identity card and study materials that have been sent by the
University for reference. If the students fail to attend the Personal Contact Programme in toto, they
shall not submit the assignment as the same will not be considered for IA.
Assignment questions and Seminar topics have been enclosed herewith. You are requested
to submit the assignment, on or before 20-04-2011 without fail.
The faculty look forward to meet you in the contact programme.

Dean (Study Centre) Dean (Academic) and Chairman

KSOU, Mysore DOS in Commerce & Management
Email-Id: mbaksou@yahoo.co.in.

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 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT, KSOU
MBA I-SEMESTER: 2010-2011
ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS: 2010-11
Instructions:
NOTE: You are required to read the following instructions carefully before you answer.
1. Write your Roll Number, Name and Title of the course at the beginning of your answer
of each subject.
2. You should answer any one question under each paper.
3. You should write the assignment separately with regard to each paper.
4. You should not reproduce the answer as given in the study material or from any
website / textbook.
5. Assignments without Roll No. and Name will be rejected.
6. After writing the assignments separately, you should tag all the assignments together,
put them in a cover and sent it to the address given below.
7. Assignment cover should be superscribed by “Assignment for MBA-I Semester-2011”
and write your roll number.
8. Your assignment should reach to:
The Chairman,
DOS in Management, (MBA Department)
Karnataka State Open University,
Manasagangotri, Mysore-570006

9. Assignments should reach us on or before 20th APRIL 2011. The assignments

received after the last date will be summarily rejected. No further extension is allowed.
10. Assignment sent to any other address of the University will not be valued.
11. The students are adviced to keep a copy of the Assignments with them and submit it in
case the University demands the same.

PAPER-I
Management Theory and Practice
1. Explain the significance of core competence and strategic initiative in Modern Business
World.
2. Decision making is a intellectual process – Elucidate.

PAPER-II
Managerial Economics
1. Explain the practical implication of various elasticity of demand.
2. Discuss the general and specific factors influencing the pricing decision of a two
wheeler and computer manufacturer.
PAPER-III
Accounting for Managers.
1. The following data are extracted from the financial statements of a company.

Sales (1,00,000 units @ Rs.10/-) 10,00,000

Variable costs 5,00,000
Contribution 5,00,000
Fixed costs 3,00,000
Net Profit 2,00,000

Your are required to calculate the P/V ratio, break-even point and the margin of safety ratio. If
the price increases by 10%, what shall be the new P/V ratio and break-even point? If the price
increases by 10% is accompanied by a reduction in volume by 12%, what shall be the effect on
break-even point and profit? Schedule setting out changes in working capital.

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 2. The following are the summaries of the balance sheets of ANU Limited as on 31st
December 2009 and 31st December 2010.

ANU LIMITED
Balance Sheet

Liabilities 2009 2010 Assets 2009 2010

Study Creditors 39,500 41,135 Cash at Bank 2,500 2,700
Bills Payable 33,780 11,525 Sundry Debtors 87,490 73,360
Bank over draft 59,510 - Stock 1,11,060 97,370
Provision for taxation 40,000 50,000 Land and Building 1,48,500 1,44,250
Resources 50,000 50,000 Plant and Machinery 1,12,950 1,16,200
Profit and Loss 39,690 41,220 Goodwill - 20,000
Account
Share Capital 2,00,000 2,60,000
Total 4,62,480 4,53,880 Total 4,62,480 4,53,880

The following additional information is obtained from the general ledger: (a) During the year
ended December 2010 an interim dividend of Rs.26,000 was paid. (b) The assets of another
company were purchased for Rs.60,000 payable in fully paid shares of the company. These
assets consisted of stock Rs. 22,000, Machinery Rs.18,000 and Goodwill Rs.21,000. In
addition sundry purchases of plant were made totaling Rs.5,600. (c) Income Tax paid during
the year amounted to Rs.25,000. (d) The net profit for the year before tax was Rs.65,530.

You are required to prepare a statement showing the sources and application of funds for the
year 2010 and a schedule setting out changes in working capital.

PAPER-IV
Organizational Behavior

1. “Organization Behavior plays determined role for the success of an organization” –

Discuss.
2. Critically assess the role of change agents in implementation of change management.

PAPER-V
Quantitative Techniques
1. On an average there are 2 defects in each set of Television produced by a company.
What is the probability there in exactly 1 defect in a randomly selected page out of
1000 sets?
How many would be free of defects.

2. Find out co-efficient of variation for following data:

X: 42 45 35 38 50 55 48 50 36 40
Y: 15 10 18 22 25 18 17 20 18 12

PAPER-VI
Business Ethics and Values

1. Discuss the Ethics in procurement of human resources.

2. Discuss the unethical practices you might encounter in IT field.

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 KARNATAKA STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY
MANASAGANGOTHRI MYSORE-570006
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND MANAGEMENT
KSOU/MBA-PCP/1-YEAR:1-SEM 18.02.2011

MBA I-SEMESTER SEMINAR CIRCULAR: 2011

Dear Student,
The Department will conduct compulsory personal contact programme at Bangalore,
Mysore, and Udupi centers. During the Programme, lectures will be delivered and Internal
Assessment activities like Assignments, Seminar and Test will be conducted.
Seminar will be conducted by the Department. The candidates of MBA FIRST
SEMESTER are required to prepare seminar paper on any one of the topics per course.
The topics of seminar are appended herewith for your reference. Candidates are required to
present paper before the group of participants, faculties and the resource persons. At the end,
proper conclusion will be drawn based on discussion. The candidates are required to prepare
the seminar paper in tune with the following guidelines.
Guidelines:
1. Seminar paper should be at least 3 pages in hand written only.
Typed/Photo copies etc will not be entertained.
2. Proper conclusion should be given at the end.
3. It should be prepared referring books, journals, and reports of both national and
international standards.
4. It should not be the replica of the guidelines or the study material sent by the University
or the materials of any website or any other student’s seminar paper.
5. It should cover the critical evaluation on the area.
6. Students are requested to focus on cases (Examples).
7. The register number and name of the candidates should be written legibly.
8. After presenting the paper, it should be handed over to the resource person.
9. Every candidate of M.B.A.- I semester, should compulsorily present 2 papers per day.
10. The details regarding timing of the seminar and test will be notified on the first day of the PCP.
11. The candidates are required to take part in the PCP compulsorily. Those who fail to
attend the programme will lose internal assessment marks.
12. Further no chance would be given to such candidates under any circumstances.
13. No correspondence will be entertained in this regard.
14. The students should submit papers and present it compulsorily, failing which they will
not get marks.
15. An objective type test will be conducted on the last day of the PCP on all the six subjects.
The department will be eagerly looking forward for your active participation in PCP.
With best wishes,
Dean (Academic) & Chairman
DOS and Research in Management

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 MBA I SEMESTER SEMINAR TOPICS-2011

C1 Management Theory and Practice

1. Latest Trends in Management

2. Innovative leadership practices
3. Forecasting: A critical element of planning

C2 : Managerial Economics

1. Accelerated GDP growth and its implications

2. Dis-investment – Its impact on monopoly markets
3. Market Administered Pricing - Impediments

C3: Accounting for Managers

1. Ethics and Accountability in Auditing

2. Corporate Disclosures – Pros and Cons
3. Responsibility Accounting - Issues and Challenges

C4: Organizational Behaviour

1. Employee Empowerment – Myths and Realities.

2. Culture, Competencies and Composition – Impact on organizational success.
3. Quality of work life V/s Organizational effectiveness

C5: Quantitative Techniques

1. Application of statistical tools to business problems.

2. Derivatives – A tool to logistics cost control.
3. Role of SPSS package in Research.

C6: Business Ethics and Values

1. Role of ethics and values in corporate culture.

2. Whistle Blowers – Pros and Cons.
3. Ethical issues in Marketing.

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