Assignment # 1
BBA 7330
Bangladesh Open University
BBA Program
Semester: 181 (7th Level)
Course: Operations Management
March 01, 2019
Instructions
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Answer the all questions in your own handwriting on A4 size white paper.
Fill-in the cover page of your assignment with care.
Enclose the photocopy of your ID Card with the assignment (next to the cover page).
Don’t make spiral binding. Instead, make soft binding.
 Submit the assignment to the respective course tutor and ensure his/her signature on your
Assignment Acknowledgement Form (see page#4 of Semester Calendar).
Questions
1. (a) What do you mean by operations management? Describe the steps of operations system.
(b) Explain the contributions of operations management to the society.
(c) “Operations strategy means adding value for the customer” – Justify the statement.
(d) Explain the historical development of operations management.
2. (a) Explain the trends that affect on the operations strategy decision.
(b) What do you mean by competitiveness? Identify and explain the basic competitive priorities.
3. a) What do you understand by services?
b) Explain the categories of new services example.
c) Explain the sequential steps of new service development process.
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Assignment # 2
BBA 7330
Bangladesh Open University
BBA Program
Semester: 181 (7th Level)
April 12, 2019
Course: Operations Management
1. (a) What is benchmarking? Describe the areas where the benchmarking can be applied.
(b) Explain the general types of benchmarking.
(c) Explain the steps that should be followed in benchmarking.
2. (a) Describe the factors that need to be considered in the location decision for a manufacturing
concern.
(b) Mr. Raihan, the president of Raihan Office Supplies, found two sites that were available
having determined the optimal location for its distribution facility. The distance of each site
from each of the three retail locations is as follows:
Retail location
Uttara
Dhanmondi
Motijheel
Distance from site A (Km)
17
10
25
Distance from site B (Km)
14
12
18
Requirement: Which location should Raihan choose in order to minimize his distribution costs?
3. (a) Describe the advantages and disadvantages of product layout.
(b) Describe the different types of service layout.
(c) Explain the elements that should be considered in service layout.
4. (a) Do you think an organization should keep inventory? Why or why not? Justify your opinion.
(b) Define Just In Time (JIT) system. Do you think JIT system can be implemented in
Bangladesh? Give arguments on your opinion.
(c) The demand of a product over a period of one year is 80,000 units. The unit cost of the item
is tk. 10. The ordering cost and carrying costs are tk. 10 and 20% of average carried
inventory respectively. Find the EOQ.
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Assignment # 1
BBA 7331
Bangladesh Open University
BBA Program
Semester: 181 (7th Level)
Course Title: Project Appraisal and Management
Due on: March 02, 2019
Instructions
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Answer the all questions in your own handwriting on A4 size white paper.
Fill-in the cover page of your assignment with care.
Enclose the photocopy of your ID Card with the assignment (next to the cover page).
Don’t make spiral binding. Instead, make soft binding.
 Submit the assignment to the respective course tutor and ensure his/her signature on your
Assignment Acknowledgement Form (see page#4 of Semester Calendar).
Questions
1. (a) What is project management? Differentiate between process and project management.
(b) Critically explain the different phases of project life cycle?
2. (a) What is project organizations? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to the use of
a pure project structure.
(b) What do you mean by organizational culture? What are the important elements that
mast have to be defining organizational culture? Explain each of them.
3. (a) How are financial models superior to other screening models? How are they inferior?
(b) Assume that your organization wants to choose between two project options. Project X
offers the following opportunity: Tk.4,50,000 invested today will yield an expected
income stream of Tk.1,50,000 per year for five years.
Project Y requires an initial investment of Tk. 4,00,000, but its expected revenue
stream is: Year 1 = Tk. 0, Year 2 = Tk.50,000, Year 3 = Tk.2,00,000, Year 4 =
Tk.3,00,000 and Year 5 = Tk.2,00,000.
Assume that a required rate of return for your company is 12% and the inflation is
currently expected to remain steady at 5% for the life of the project. What is the better
investment? Why?
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Assignment # 2
BBA 7331
Bangladesh Open University
BBA Program
Semester: 181 (7th Level)
Course Title: Project Appraisal and Management
Due on: April 13, 2019
1. (a) What is Statement of Work (SOW)? What elements are need to have in an effective
SOW?
(b) What is? Briefly explain the purposes of work breakdown structure.
(c) Develop an argument for scope reporting mechanisms. Ata minimum, what types of
reports do you consider necessary for document control of a project? Why?
2. (a) State the more common reasons for cost overruns?
(b) What is project risk management? Describe the four stage process of project risk
management?
3. (a) What do you mean by critical path?
(b) What is Gantt Chart? State the reasons for using Gantt Chart in projects?
(c) Scheduling personnel of LEXUS Company Ltd. have decided to apply CPM method
in preparing production schedule and furnished the following information:
Activity
Immediate Predecessor
Expected time
A
5
B
A
5
C
A
6
D
B,C
13
E
B
6
F
D
4
G
C
9
H
E,F,G
2
Using the given information determine:
(i)
A network diagram;
(ii)
Which path is the critical one; and
(iii)
Which activity have slack time and how much?
4.
Comment on the different methods for project termination. How have you seen an
example of one of these methods, through either your school or work experience?
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Assignment # 1
BBA 7332
Bangladesh Open University
BBA Program
Semester: 181 (7th Level)
Course: Business Ethics
Due on: March 01, 2019
Instructions
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Answer the all questions in your own handwriting on A4 size white paper.
Fill-in the cover page of your assignment with care.
Enclose the photocopy of your ID Card with the assignment (next to the cover page).
Don’t make spiral binding. Instead, make soft binding.
 Submit the assignment to the respective course tutor and ensure his/her signature on your
Assignment Acknowledgement Form (see page#4 of Semester Calendar).
Questions
1. (a) “Ethics and business ethics are essentially the same thing”. Do you agree with the statement?
Why or why not? Explain.
(b) Discuss the history or development of business ethics.
(c) Distinguish between ethics and morality.
(d) Identify the legal and ethical actions of business
2. (a) Discuss the need for ethical theories. Ethical theories attempt to systemize ordinary moral
judgment, establish and defined basic moral principles. Describe.
(b) Explain the various tools of ethics.
(c) State the strength and weakness of pluralism.
3. (a) How management of cultural diversity is related with organizational success? Explain.
(b) Discuss the changing role of business clients.
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Assignment # 2
BBA 7332
Bangladesh Open University
BBA Program
Semester: 181 (7th Level)
Course: Business Ethics
April 12, 2019
1.
(a) What do you mean by social responsibilities in business? “Two views of the role of
corporations in society are irreconcilable”. Explain.
(b) Explain the right and obligations of management to business.
(c) Describe the factors of managerial unethical practices.
2.
(a) Explain the five models of assigning collective responsibility.
(b) Can corporation make moral decisions? What is the underlying mechanism? Explain.
(c) How would you create an environment for implementing morality in a corporation? Describe.
3.
(a) Describe the theories regarding management style. How they affect ethics in business?
(b) Explain the expectation to and from employers and employees.
4.
(a) Why interdependency of buyers and sellers is important? Explain.
(b) ) How can you ensure future of consumerism? Explain.
(c) How production and consumption is tagged with the ecological system?
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Assignment # 1
BBA7333
Bangladesh Open University
BBA Program
Semester: 181 (7th Level)
Course: Portfolio Management
Due on: March 01, 2019
Instructions
 Answer the all questionsin your own handwriting on A4 size white paper.
 Fill-in the cover page of your assignment with care.
 Enclose the photocopy of your ID Card with the assignment (next to the cover page).
 Don’t make spiral binding. Instead, make soft binding.
 Submit the assignment to the respective course tutor and ensure his/her signature on
your Assignment Acknowledgement Form (see page#4 of Semester Calendar).
1.1. State and explain the objectives of investment activity. There is a trade-off between risk
and return” – Explain this statement
1.2.An investor has analyzed a stock for a one-year holding period. There is a fifty-fifty
chance that the stock, currently selling at Tk.60, will sell for Tk.55 or Tk.70 by the year
end. The investor can borrow on 40 percent margin from his bank at 10 percent per
annum.
(i)
What are the investor’s expected holding period yield and risk if he buys 100
shares and does not borrow?
(ii)
What would be his expected yield and risk if he buys 200 shares paying 60
percent of the cost with borrowed funds?
1.3.What is the meaning of risk? “Financial risk is a function of financial leverage”- Explain.
1.4.You have decided to buy 500 shares of an IT company with the intention of selling out at
the end of five years. You estimate that the company will pay Tk.3.50 per share as
dividends for the first two years and Tk.4.50 per share for the next three years. You
further estimate that, at the end of the five year holding period, the shares can be sold for
Tk.85. What would you be willing to pay today for these shares if your required rate of
return is 12 percent?
1.5.An investor recently purchased a bond with Tk.1000 face value, 10 percent coupon rate,
and six years to maturity. The bond makes annual interest payments. The investor paid
Tk.1032.50 for the bond.
(i)
What is the yield to maturity of the bond?
(ii)
If the bond can be called two years from now at a price of Tk.1080, what is its
yield to call?
A mutual fund has earned an average annual return of 24 per cent over a five year
period while the average market return over the same period was only 18 per cent.
The risk free rate prevailing at the time was 7.5 per cent. The mutual fund had a
beta of 1.45. The standard deviation of returns of the mutual fund and the market
index were 40 per cent and 30 per cent respectively. Calculate Fama’s net
selectivity for the fund, showing the decomposition of performance.
Reference:
1. Portfolio Management by S. Kevin
Assignment # 2
BBA7333
Bangladesh Open University
BBA Program
Semester: 181 (7th Level)
Course: Portfolio Management
Due on: April 12, 2019
Instructions
 Answer the all questionsin your own handwriting on A4 size white paper.
 Fill-in the cover page of your assignment with care.
 Enclose the photocopy of your ID Card with the assignment (next to the cover page).
 Don’t make spiral binding. Instead, make soft binding.
 Submit the assignment to the respective course tutor and ensure his/her signature on
your Assignment Acknowledgement Form (see page#4 of Semester Calendar).
2.1. What is industry analysis? Describe the various characteristics of an industry that as
analysts must consider while doing industry analysis.
2.2. “Portfolio evaluation provides a feedback mechanism for improving the entire portfolio
management process.” Explain.
2.3. An investor owns a portfolio of four securities with the following characteristics:
Security
Beta
Proportion
0.79
Random error
(Standard deviation) (per cent)
12
1
2
1.85
8
0.30
3
1.05
17
0.15
0.25
4
0.82
20
0.30
Calculate the portfolio risk, assuming the standard deviation of returns on market index to be
16 per cent.
2.4. Distinguish between the feasible set of portfolios and the efficient set of portfolios.
Explain the concept of efficient frontier in the context of portfolio selection.
2.5. The following data are available to you as portfolio manager:
Security
Beta
A
Estimated return
(per cent)
30
2.0
Standard deviation
(per cent)
50
B
25
1.5
40
C
20
1.0
30
D
11.5
0.8
25
E
10.0
0.5
20
Market index
15
1.0
18
Govt.
security
7
0
0
(a) In terms of the security market line, which of the securities listed above are underpriced?
(b) Assuming that a portfolio is constructed using equal proportions of the five securities
listed above, calculate the expected return and risk of such a portfolio.
Reference:
Portfolio Management by S. Kevin
Assignment # 1
BBA 7334
Bangladesh Open University
BBA Program
Semester: 181 (7th Level)
Course Title: Retailing Management
Due on: March 01, 2019
Instructions
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Answer the all questions in your own handwriting on A4 size white paper.
Fill-in the cover page of your assignment with care.
Enclose the photocopy of your ID Card with the assignment (next to the cover page).
Don’t make spiral binding. Instead, make soft binding.
 Submit the assignment to the respective course tutor and ensure his/her signature on your
Assignment Acknowledgement Form (see page#4 of Semester Calendar).
Questions
1. (a) Imagine, you are the retailer of computer accessories in Dhaka. Explain your roles in a
distribution channel as the retailer practically.
(b) Do you think that, Bangladesh provide retailing opportunities? Justify your
assumptions by defining the opportunities in retailing by examples.
(c) What categories of general merchandise retailers are available globally? Discuss
sequentially.
2. (a) Briefly explain the differences between services and merchandise retailers in
Bangladeshi context. Recommend some suggestions for the restaurant retailers in your
area.
(b) Elaborate three major classifications of retail ownership.
(c) Who are known as multichannel retailers? Can you discuss some issues of failures of
electronic retailer entrepreneurs?
3. (a) Compare among extended problem solving, limited problem solving and habitual
decision making of buying decisions of consumers with examples.
(b) Assume that, you are in the retail business of furniture and home décor. Now justify
how you will develop growth opportunities for your business by the analysis of retail
format and target markets.
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Assignment # 2
BBA 7334
Bangladesh Open University
BBA Program
Semester: 181 (7th Level)
Course Title: Retailing Management
Due on: April 12, 2019
1. (a) Justify how popular shopping centers in Bangladesh influence the overall decisions of
retailers by analyzing various patterns of it.
(b) Why have location decisions become more important in recent years? If you are loyal
to any retail store, explain the reasons why you believe it is in the best location and
what kind of facilities you get from there?
(c) Suppose, you are going to launch a fashionable clothing store in any area of your city.
Justify the factors affecting your decisions of the attractiveness of selecting your
desired site for your store.
2. (a) What is data warehousing? Describe the variety of ways in which electronic data
interchange (EDI) data can be transmitted.
(b) Explain how Quick Response (QR) systems can increase a retailers’ level of product
availability and decrease its inventory investment.
3. (a) How customer data collection is possible by customer data warehouse process? Justify
your opinion.
(b) How would you suggest that a jewelry shop owner build greater loyalty and retention
with its best customers? Prove with specific arguments.
(c) Imagine, you are involved in a business of travel agency. Develop the strategies by
which you convert your good customers into best customers and how you may deal
with unprofitable customers.
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