NMIMS SEMESTER 4 JUNE RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOLVED ASSIGNMENTS
Business: Ethics, Governance & Risk
Note: This assignment is application based, you have to apply what you have learnt in this subject into real life scenario. You will find most of the information through internet search and the remaining from your common sense. None of the questions or answers appear directly in the textbook chapters but are based on the concepts and content covered in the chapters or live sessions, directly or indirectly.
1. “Business should provide goods and services in a manner that is sustainable and safe.” Prepare an executive summary (in your own words) to showcase how the company is delivering on this Principle 2 of the National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct (NGRBC) from the Business Responsibility & Sustainability Report – 2022-23 (BRSR) of a company of your choice. Choose any ONE listed company from the BSE/NSE list of top 100 companies by market capitalization. You must mention the name of the selected company and include the weblink to its BRSR. (You may also refer to the company website or its sustainability report for additional information on this principle and its indicators) DO NOT copy paste.
2. Go through the ‘Corporate Governance’ section in the annual report (FY2022-23) of the company selected in Q1 and prepare an analytical write up (in your own words) on its corporate governance philosophy, each board member’s profile analysis in terms of whether they are executive, non-executive, or non-executive & independent, their skillsets/ competencies, the committees they are a part of in this company and their other board positions outside of this company. Conclude with your analysis/insights about the contribution that these board members make to their fiduciary duty of care and diligence as ‘trustees of social wealth’ on the board of this listed company. (You must go through their profiles as given on the company’s website in ‘investor’ section for additional relevant information). You must mention the name of the company and include the weblink to its annual report 2022-23.
3. You are a sales manager in a mid-size IT company selling IT hardware. The purchase manager for a large company agrees to give you an order of Rs. 50 lakh (their first order with you) on the condition that you will agree to make a Rs. 50,000 donation to his favorite charity (NGO) that is supporting a local youth sports team being managed and trained by his wife.
a. What according to you is/are the ethical dilemma/s in this situation?
b. Explain the step wise process of how will you handle this situation?
Research Methodology
1. One of the newly opened Gym in your area trying to understand what type of exercise is preferred by people these Days, how often they do their exercise and do they really enjoy it or they do just for the sake of doing. Which research design is most suitable for this situation? Write research proposal for this situation.
2. You are a HR manager in one of the major IT company. Design an experimental study to look into the factors that affect employee churn in the IT firm, with an emphasis on HR initiatives to lower attrition. Develop a design of experiment of this study keeping independent, dependent and extraneous variables into consideration. How you will apply control in this experimental research. Explain the variables and steps.
3. During pandemic Zepto has emerged as a major Quick commerce market in Mumbai; however; after the entry of Swiggy’s Instamart and Zomato’s Blinkit the market has become highly competitive. The market has been changing with respect to consumer preferences, market trends and consumer choices for apps.
a. Classify and distinguish the specific purposes for which Zepto may be able to use research effectively. Write down the problem statement and operational definition of this research.
b. Develop a questionnaire to study consumer preference for most preferred q-commerce app.
