M.B.A. (Part (Semester (CBCS) Examination, 2016
Paper III MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
Day and Date Monday, 19-12-2016 Total Marks 70
Time 2.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Instructions Q. 1 is compulsory.
Attempt any two questions from Q. 2 to Q. 4.
Attempt any two questions from Q. 5 to Q. 7.
Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. The demand of Apex manufacturing Ltd. for five years is as follow
Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Demand
(in 000 units)
20 30 25 40 50
On the basis of the time series data given above you are require to calculate
trend value for each year and also estimate the demand for year 2015. 14
2. Attempt any two of the following 14
Cost plus pricing.
Perfect competition market.
Schumpeter theory of profit.
3. Attempt any two of the following 14
Price elasticity and its types.
Method of demand forecasting.
Law of return to scale.
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4. Attempt any two of the following 14
Importance of managerial economics.
Stages of business cycle.
Law of variable proportion.
5. Define Business Cycle. Explain in details Hawtray's theory of business cycle. 14
6. Explain in detail inflation and its types. Suggest the measures to control the
inflation. 14
7. What do you mean by monopolistic competition Explain price-output
determination in monopolistic competition. 14

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M.B.A. I (Semester Examination, 2016
Paper IV ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
(CBCS Pattern)
Day and Date Tuesday, 20-12-2016 Total Marks 70
Time 2.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Note Q.No. 1 is compulsory.
ii) Solve any 2 questions from Q.No. Q.No. Q.No. 4.
iii) Solve any 2 questions from Q.No. Q.No. Q.No. 7.
1. Analyse the following case. 14
Sonia was the head of the marketing services division at the Triumph Management
Group Head Office based in Bangalore. On face it appeared Sonia was very
lucky as she had it all-a high profile job with a big company, high pay along with
stock options, a likeable enthusiastic team of co-workers. On the personal front
Sonia's husband was a senior financial specialist with a multinational firm and
they had a daughter who was going to a reputed school with a good housekeeper
to look after the daughter and home.
On the Job front, Sonia was liked not only by her colleagues but by her subordinates
as well as her superiors for her total commitment to the task assigned to her,
communication abilities and pleasant personality. The board of the Triumph
Management Group was deliberating on the merging of this company with their
sister concern Trident Value Group so as to gain strategic competence.
After this decision was tentatively communicated, there seemed to be visible
certain working conditions leading to manager's level of perceived stress. The
most stressful organizational change events were the frequent changes in
instructions, policies and procedures, facing unexpected crises and deadlines
and sudden increase in the activity level or pace of work.
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Sonia realized that stress was affecting her team's performance because many
of her managers complained about work overload, absence of a proper feedback
and only communication was received when performance was found to be
unsatisfactory, along with role conflict and ambiguity. Sonia, at her level tried to
address these issues by frankly telling her subordinates that the management
had not given clear guidelines on how the organizational changes were going to
affect this firm's employees. So till such instructions were received, they
(employees) continue to work as per the current requirement. She also advised
them to do regular physical exercise and ensure a proper intake of balanced diet
so as to reduce stress.
Very soon Sonia also started feeling that stress was affecting her performance.
She recalled the turn of events after receiving oral information on the
Management's decision to elevate her to the post of Vice President (marketing).
She had made two presentations of two important issues to the board during the
past one and half months. And they were reasonably good based on the feedback
received from her superior, Sonia remembered that at the time of the presentation
though 'Keyed her presentation had revealed a lot of enthusiasm, energy
and confidence. She had been able to answer almost all the questions put forward
to her by the board members.
But after the presentations, Sonia started feeling that at the work place, her
schedule was dominated by one crisis after another. On most of the days when
she came home it was very late, giving her hardly any time, to talk and play with,
her daughter or talk to her husband. Many of her work days started at 7 am and
continued till almost 10 p.m. She longed for quality time especially to be with her
family and also pursue her passion of playing the her favorite musical'
instrument. Finally one fine day Sonia presented her resignation letter to her
superior quoting "personal reasons" as the reason for leaving.
Analyse the following Case. 5
Identify the problem. 2
Identify the alternative solutions. 5
Best solution. 2
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2. Write short notes (any 14
Levels of Conflict.
Group Cohesiveness.
Group Decision Making.
3. Write short notes (any 14
Types of Attitude.
Cultural Artifacts.
Change Process.
4. Write short notes (any 14
Types of Teams.
Levels of OB.
Cognitive Dissonance Theory.
5. Define Stress. Explain the factors causing stress and how to manage it. 14
6. Define Group. Explain the types of groups and how do group develop. 14
7. What is Perception Explain the perceptual process in detail. 14