TAMIL NADU PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS UNIVERSITY
CHENNAI – 600127
SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
MBA (SPORTS MANAGEMENT) PROGRAMME
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENT ON THE SUBJECTS
The students are instructed to strictly follow the guidelines mentioned below while submitting their assignment to the University:
1. Assignments should be submitted for each of the subjects separately.
2. Assignments should be prepared only for the specific questions asked in each subject.
3. Specific questions for each subject for which the students have to prepare the assignment are given in Annexure I.
4. Assignments should be hand-written by the students.
5. Total marks assigned for each assignment is 25. The marks will be awarded only on the basis of quality of the answer and its relevance to the question asked.
6. Re-submission of assignments is not permitted.
7. Students have to use only A4 sheets for writing the assignments.
8. Students are instructed to write their Name, Course, Reg. No., and Subject Name on the first page of the Assignment without fail.
9. Assignment should be sent to “The Controller of Examinations, Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University, Melakottaiyur, Chennai – 600 127”. The envelope of the assignments should be superscripted as “Assignments for MBA”.
10. The Assignments should be submitted to the University at the end of May every year.
Director
ANNUXURE I
FIRST YEAR
1. PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. a) Explain the overall development in management thought
b) Explain the different factors affecting the organizational environment
2. a) Explain the relationship BETWEEN planning and control
b) Explain the process of MBO
3. Explain the various types of organizational structures
4. Explain the various types of leadership with its different styles
5. Discuss the impact of IT in Management concept.
2. MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. Define the term managerial economics and its scope. What do you mean by a firm in an economy? What should be the objectives of a firm in an economy?
2. Explain the law of demand and law of supply. What are the reasons for respective shapes of demand and supply curves? What are the exceptions to the law of demand?
3. Explain about the short and long run cost output relationship and economics of scale.
4. What are the objectives of pricing policy? Also explain the method of price skimming and penetration pricing with examples.
5. Write the problems faced in national income calculation.
3. MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
1. Write a note on accounting concepts and standards illustrating its practical applications.
2. Prepare the final accounts from the given Trial Balance for the period 31stDecember, 2013.
Particulars / Debit Balances / Particulars / Credit BalancesOpening Stock / 9,500 / Sales / 1,84,000
Depreciation / 5,000 / Capital / 1,65,300
Carriage inwards / 1,700 / Creditors / 17,500
Furniture / 7,000 / Bills Payable / 5,000
Plant & Machinery / 2,00,000
Cash / 8,600
Salaries / 7,500
Debtors / 17,000
Discount / 1,500
Bills Receivable / 16,000
Wages / 15,000
Purchases / 83,000
Total / 3,71,800 / Total / 3,71,800
Adjustments:
i. Closing Stock Rs 45,000.
ii. Outstanding Salary Rs 2,500.
iii. Charge 10% interest on Capital.
3. Discuss the different techniques of analysis and interpretation of financial statements.
4. A retail outlet sells a single product at Rs.100 per unit. Unit variable cost is Rs.70 and fixed cost amounts to Rs.24, 00,000 per annum. With this data you are required to calculate the following:-
a. P/V Ratio
b. Break-even sales in Rupees.
c. Break-even sales in Units.
You are also required to calculate the above once again assuming variable cost increases by Rs.6 per unit, without increase in selling price.
5. Explain the meaning, purpose and the method of preparing the Flexible Budget.
4. BUSINESS LAW
1. Discuss the essential elements of a valid contract and explain the remedies for breach of contract.
2. Discuss the authorities, rights and liability of partners.
3. Discus the different kinds and discharge of Negotiable Instruments.
4. Explain how to form a company and discuss the types of companies.
5. Discuss the contents of The Foreign Exchange management Act, 1999.
5. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1. a) What is operations management? Why is operations management significant in all types of organizations?
b) What is Input – Transformation – Output process?
2. a) Explain the product selection and stages involved therein.
b) What is producibility? How does it affect product selection?
3. a) Define job design. How has management viewed job design since the
Industrial revolution?
b) List the important factors that must be addressed in job design and
discuss the importance of each one.
4. What does top management expect from the operations functions? Discuss in detail with illustrations.
5. What are the performance objectives of operations and what are the internal and external benefits which derive from excelling in each of them?
6. MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss the changing Scenario of Business and Marketing with suitable examples.
2. Explain the factors influencing consumer behavior and discuss the stages of consumer decision process.
3. Discuss the different bases of market segmentation with examples.
4. Explain how to develop a new product and explain the stages of Product Life Cycle.
5. Explain the significance of Brand Equity and Brand Positioning to the company with suitable examples.
7. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss the sources of long term funds and short term financing for the company.
2. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of project appraisal.
3. Explain the significance of cost of capital and explain weighted average cost of capital and EBIT-EPS analysis.
4. Discuss the Gorden and Walter theory and MM theory of Dividend with suitable examples.
5. Explain the factors determining the working capital requirements of a firm and explain the inventory management techniques.
8. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. Explain the essence and nature of human resource management and contrast this with traditional personnel management.
2. Explain the role of HR professional in human resource planning process in organizations.
3. Explain why recruitment and selection is an important issue, particularly in relation to issues concerning commitment and attitude and workforce heterogeneity.
4. Suppose you are going to design a training programme for newly hired first-line sales managers results from the needs assessment indicate that they will need training on company policies and procedures, handling customer complaints, and motivating sales personnel. What learning principles will you build into the programme? What training methods would you choose? Explain your choices.
5. How can we design the pay structure for an appropriate Industry? Explain with example.
SECOND YEAR
9. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
1) Discuss the strategic use of information technology.
2) Explain the different type of software.
3) Discuss the application of information system to the functional business.
4) Discuss the role of business process reengineering in an organization.
5) Discuss the benefits and challenges of ERP.
10. QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR BUSINESS
1) Give a note on decision making under uncertainty. Illustrate with sports example.
2) What is Break-Even Point?. Discuss the application of BEP in today’s business environment.
3) Discuss the role statistics in business decision making.
4) Explain the concept of correlation and illustrate its role in dealing with business problems.
5) 1000 students at the college level were graded according to the I.Q and the economic condition of their homes. Use chi-square (Ψ2) test to find out whether there is any association between economic condition at the home and I.Q.
Economic condition / I.QHigh / low / Total
Rich / 460 / 140 / 600
Poor / 240 / 160 / 400
Total / 700 / 300 / 1000
11) RESEARCH METHODS IN BUSINESS
1) Explain the concept of research design in detail.
2) Define hypothesis. List out the importance of setting hypothesis.
3) Draft a questionnaire for your proposed project work.
4) Discuss the role of statistics in management research.
5) What is a chart?. Bring out the importance of different charts in research.
12) SPORTS ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION
1) Discuss the functions and role of IOC and International Federations.
2) Discuss the following:
(i) Origin and operations of sports organizations
(ii) Environmental Indicators
3) Explain the nature of Organizational Environment and explain the relationship between organizational environment and its structure with suitable examples.
4) What are Micro-Electronic technologies?. Explain the relationship between technology and organizational structure.
5) Explain the strategic approaches adopted by the following by Olympic sport organization:
(i) FIVB
(ii) OCM
13. SPORTS MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
1) Discuss the role of sports manager.
2) What is sports environment? Explain.
3) Give the importance of planning.
4) Discuss the role of budget in sports management.
5) Examine the challenges and difficulties in sports management research.
14. SPORTS MARKETING
1) Discuss the strategic sports marketing planning process with examples.
2) Discuss the perspectives of sports consumer behavior.
3) Explain the uniqueness of sports product and describe the importance and benefits of brand equity with examples.
4) Discuss the advertising media for sports and discuss the role of sponsorship in sports.
5) Explain the significant elements of any sports facility and also explain the cross impacts among the five P’s on sports consumer
15. SPORTS FACILITY MANAGEMENT
1) Discuss the role of facility manager with suitable examples. Explain Computer Aided Facility Management.
2) Explain how a facility site is selected and explain the construction planning in detail.
3) Discuss the different facility systems which a facility is supposed to possess.
4) Explain how to sell a facility and describe the different sports facility jobs and employment opportunities in sports facility industry.
5) Explain the significance of i) Crowd Management and ii) Crisis Management.