Management Answers

‘Procurement of capital equipment is more strategic when compared to procurement of

other equipment’. Do you agree? Comment from your perspective citing real time

example.

General Electric (GE) is well known for its extraordinary competency in management development. 

a. Discuss how the terms capabilities, competency and distinctive competency differs from each other. Also, with reference to the VRIO Framework of analysis, highlight the four questions which any strategist might have examined in relation to GE for evaluating its extraordinary competency in management development. 

b. Describing VRIO Framework with reference to GE: - Valuable - Rareness - Imitability - Organization

You are the Team Leader with Amazon. A new group of interns has joined the company.

You have been given the responsibility of explaining them how to draft business messages. You explain them about, ‘Adapting the message to Your Audience.’ 

steps involved in Strategic Human Resource Planning Process.

Compute the impact of money market hedge and compare with forward hedge (a) to arrive at logical conclusion as to hedging strategy the company should follow

Reliance Industries Limited is a Fortune 500 company and the largest private sector corporation in India. RIL, have evolved from being a textiles and polyester company to an integrated player across energy, materials, retail, entertainment and digital services. In each of these areas, they are committed to innovation-led, exponential growth. It’s clearly evident that RIL has adopted parenting strategy. Discuss the concept of corporate parenting. Discuss the analytical steps which are crucial in developing corporate parent strategy. Conclude how Corporate parenting or parenting strategy is more beneficial when compared against portfolio based corporate strategy 

Write a complaint letter to the Director of Consumer Grievance Redressal Cell based on the facts given below:

You are Jass Javvy. You bought a Kitchen Aid stand mixer from Flipkart on 1 January 2022 for an amount of Rs.40,000. This included delivery and 40-day money-back offer.

As the stand mixer did not perform satisfactorily you decide to return it to Flipkart and send it back on 5th January. You call the company every week and the representative inform you over phone that the transportation and handling charges as well as money equivalent to the price of the mixer, would be credited to your account. On 15th March you receive a statement for your credit card and to your dismay you find that no credit has been applied to your account for the mixer, its transportation and handling charges. You are dissatisfied and decide to write a complaint letter. What is the appropriate ‘tone’ of a letter of claim? How will the tone affect the manner in which the reader responds? Explain

You are the Team Leader with Amazon. A new group of interns has joined the company.

You have been given the responsibility of explaining them how to draft business messages. You explain them about, ‘Adapting the message to Your Audience.’ This can

be done by -

 Using the You Attitude;

 Maintaining Standard of Etiquette;

 Emphasizing the Positive and

 Using Bias Free Language.

Explain these giving appropriate examples of each

Lisa, a commerce graduate, has been working in the field of Finance for the last 3 years.

She now decides to do her post-graduation in management from a reputed college. As a

part of her documents, Lisa requires a recommendation letter from her former professor.

Imagining yourself to be Lisa, write a letter to your former professor requesting him to

write a recommendation letter for you. Take care to refresh the professor’s memory

because you had passed out three years ago. Creatively assume any other details that you

need for writing the request letter

Choose any e-Governance initiative of any country in the world which is aimed at  helping the poor & the needy sections of the society. Enlist atleast 10 benefits of having implemented this system for the benefit of this downtrodden section.