What are the functions of Financial Market?
Financial Market plays an important role in the allocation of scarce resources in an economy by performing four important functions:
Mobilization of saving and channelising them into the Most Productive Uses: A financial market facilitates the transfer of savings from savers to investors. Thus, it helps in Channelising surplus funds into the most productive uses.
Facilitating price discovery: Households represent the supply of funds and the business firms represent the demand. The interaction between the demand and supply helps in the price discovery of financial asset, which is being traded in a particular market.
Providing liquidity to financial assets: Financial market facilitates easy purchase and sale of financial assets. In doing so, they provide liquidity, which means that financial assets are easily converted into cash whenever required.
Reducing the cost of transactions: Financial markets provide a common platform where buyers and sellers meet. It helps in saving time, effort and money of the buyers and sellers at the time of trading in the market, by providing them valuable information.
What are the steps taken by management in the planning process?
Why is management considered to be a multi-dimensional concept?
Explain the procedure for selection of employees.
How would you characterize the business environment? Explain with examples, the difference between general and specific environment.
The government of India announced Demonetization of ₹ 500 and ₹ 1,000 currency notes with effect from the midnight of November 8, 2016. As a result, the existing ₹ 500 and ₹ 1,000 currency notes ceased to be legal tender from that date. New currency notes of the denomination of ₹ 500 and ₹ 2,000 were issued by Reserve Bank of India after the announcement.
This step resulted in a substantial increase in the awareness about and use of Point of Sale machines, e-wallets, digital cash and other modes of cashless transactions. Also, increased transparency in monetary transactions and disclosure led to a rise in government revenue in the form of tax collection.
a. Enumerate the dimensions of the business environment highlighted above.
b. State the features of Demonetization.
Indian Railways has launched a new broad gauge solar power train which is going to be a path breaking leap towards making trains greener and more environment friendly. The solar power DEMU (Diesel Electric Multiple Unit) has 6 trailer coaches and is expected to save about 21,000 liters of diesel and ensure a cost saving of Rs 12, 00,000 per year. Name the objectives of management achieved by Indian Railways in the above case.
Define scientific management. State any three of its principles.
Explain the qualities of a good leader? Do the qualities alone ensure leadership success?
Discuss the relevance of Taylor and Fayol’s contribution in the contemporary business environment.
Management is a series of continuous interrelated functions. Comment.
Discuss the role of ‘sales promotion’ as an element of promotion mix.
Coordination is the essence of management. Do you agree? Give reasons.
Identify the network of social relationships which arises spontaneously due to interaction at work.
For buyers of consumer durable products, what ‘customer care services’ would you plan as a manager of a firm marketing new brand of motorcycle. Discuss.
Neha runs a factory wherein she manufactures shoes. The business has been doing well and she intends to expand by diversifying into leather bags as well as western formal wear thereby making her company a complete provider of corporate wear. This will enable her to market her business unit as the one stop for working women. Which type of structure would you recommend for her expanded organisation and why?
Which quality certification mark is used for agricultural products?
Explain the procedure for selection of employees.
State any two causes of fatigue that may create hindrance in the employee’s performance.
What is marketing mix? What are its main elements? Explain.
Management is considered to be both an art and science. Explain.