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The city of Srinagar is the largest city and the summer capital of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India. You have been invited as an external IT consultant by Government of India with a mandate to convert Srinagar into a “Smart City”
a. Which “Smart” city in the world will you choose as a benchmark to emulate some of the best practices of that city into Srinagar? Provide atleast 3 reasons with brief descriptions behind your choice of choosing that particular city as a benchmark?
b. Suggest & describe atleast 2 innovative technology enabled services that you will introduce into Srinagar so that it can be called as a “Smart city”?
The following is the capital structure of XYZ Ltd as at 31/12/2019.
Sh. Million
Ordinary share capital sh. 10 par value
400
Retained earnings
200
10% preference share capital Sh.20
par
100
Value
200
12% debenture Sh.100 par value
900
Additional information
1. Corporate tax rate is 30%
2. Preference shares were issued 10 years ago and are still selling at par value.
3. The debenture has a 10 year maturity period. It is currently selling at Sh.90 in the market.
4. Currently the firm has been paying dividend per share of Sh.5. The Dividend Per Share is expected to grow at 5% p.a. in future. The current market price per ordinary share is sh. 40.
Required;-
Determine the Weighted Average Cost of Capital of the firm.
It is rumored that a Chinese car brand FAW Haima plans to enter India. The company will also be launching FAW Haima 8S, a mid-size SUV in India. You are in charge of Mahindra & Mahindra SUV division. Suggest 5 innovative ideas to source information about your Competitor FAW Haima so that your company is better prepared to take on this new challenge. (Please assume that Covid-19 pandemic is over).
Highlight some of the creative & innovative initiatives that you would undertake to convince the stakeholders that you mean to do good for all the stakeholders. (Please assume that Covid-19 pandemic is over).
Take real world example and apply assignment model learnt in quantitative management techniques.
Explain five areas where quantitate management techniques are applied in the business decision. Use appropriate examples
In your immediate department, observe the communication taking place over a period of 2 weeks – then report on the following in a suitable report format:
a) The communication methods being applied in the workplace
b) How does this relate to application of the communication theory?
c) What can be done to improve the communication according to the theory?
d) Are employee’s engaging and interacting suitably?
e) Are there misunderstandings during because of the current communication?
f) Does conflict occur because of the current communications methods?
Question: Using practical examples from your choice of an organization operating in Zambia, discuss the notion that, “Management is not a science”- 10 Marks
looking at Cyber Logic Systems outline specific issues it must address when analyzing the elements of supply chain management
1. Using a practical example, explain what is meant by an effective annual interest rate
2.Z Ltd bond has a 10 percent coupon rate and a K1000 face value. Interest is paid semiannually,and the bond has 20 years to maturity. If investors require a 12 percent yield, what is the value of the bond? Also determine the effective annual yield on this bond?
3. Nkandu has a K10,000 to invest in a stock portfolio on LuSE. He intends to invest in stock X with an expected return of 14 percent and stock Y with an expected return of 10.5 percent. if his goal I to create a portfolio that will generate a return of 12.4 percent, how much money should he invest in stock X and stock Y?
