People lament about the high rate of electric bill. You always hear them cry regarding this
problem because it does not give justice to the consummation. Being an entrepreneur,
what do you think will be the potential business that could address the need? What plan of action
will you make in order for you to realize your business. Use the template below for your plan of
action.
Business Action Plan
GOAL:
Actions To Be
Done
Persons Involved Date to Begin Date due Resources
Needed
Consider the following product mix problem:
Three machine shops A, B, C produces three types of products X, Y, Z respectively. Each product involves operation of each of the machine shops. The time required for each operation on various products is given as follows:
Machine shops
Products A B C Profit per unit X 10 7 2 Birr 12 Y 2 3 4 Birr 3 Z 1 2 1 Birr 1 Available Hours 100 77 80 Make the Mathematical model of the above primal problem to maximise the profit and then make the dual problem
Discuss the pros and cons of at least four performance appraisal methods.
Mr. Alok is interested to invest Rs 1 lacs in the securities market. He selected two securities A and B for this purpose
The risk return profile of these securities are as follows- Security
Risk
Expected return
A
10%
12 %
B
18 %
20 %
Coefficient of correlation between A and B is 0.15
If he decides to invest 50 % of his fund in A and rest 50% in B. What if, he decides to invest 75 % of his fund in A and rest 25% in B, will the risk and return associated to the portfolio will change? You are required to calculate the portfolio return and risk to be calculated by Mr Alok for his investment.
Framers is in the business of trading in frozen mango pulp tins. It always maintains a more inventory than required and hence incurs a huge amount of holding (carrying) costs. It wishes to know the ideal quantity of inventory to be ordered that would minimize the ordering as well as the holding costs. It provides the following information:
b. What is the total inventory cost if the company has been ordering 2,500 packets with every order? Would the total inventory cost be higher or lower than the EOQ
The capital structure of ABC Pvt. Ltd is as follows:
Equity share capital (each share of Rs. 10) = Rs. 10,00,000
Debentures with a coupon rate of 9.5% = Rs. 8,00,000
Reserves and surplus = Rs. 7,00,000
Revenue from the business activities for the company is Rs. 1.50 crores. Its variable cost is 8% of the revenue, fixed operating cost is Rs. 48 lakhs and the company pays income tax at a rate of 25%.
a. Calculate financial leverage, operating leverage and combined leverage for the company.
b. Determine the likely level of EBIT for EPS of (i) Rs. 20, (ii) Rs. 30, and (iii) Rs. 45
The equity shares of a publicly traded company are priced at Rs. 450 with P/E (Price to Earnings) ratio of 15. The announces a dividend of Rs. 9 per shares. The shareholders of the company expect the dividend to grow at a rate of 6% every year, and the cost of equity for the company is 15%. According to the dividend relevance approach suggested by Walter and Gordon, what would be the impact of dividend announcement on the market price of the shares of the company if required rate of return for investors is (i) 12%, (ii) 15% and (iii) 18%.
Explore the impact of the traditional approaches to Labour Relations and evaluate how they impact on the interactions and nature of the relationship of the parties to the labour relationship. Include the role of the state in your answer
Read Bendix Ch 1 pgs. 4 to 23, and in you own words discuss why an in depth understanding of the term “relationship” is such an important aspect of learning about labour relations.
Critically discuss (min 250 words) whether Bendix’s diagram Fig 1.4 is a fair representation of the Labour Relationship. Include your thoughts on what makes the employment relationship so complex.
How can public relations manager of government department can do to develop a campaign of awareness of xenophobic attack (DOTMABE) also use rubric