Mgmt627 GDB No. 1 Announced

Total Marks 2

Starting Date: Monday, November 08, 2010

Closing Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Question/Description

Discussion Question

"Economic Feasibility Involves the feasibility of the proposed project to generate economic benefits. It is said that "even when a project is non-profit in nature, economic feasibility is critical."Evaluate the above statement with an example.

Instructions: Read the following instructions before giving your comments on GDB:

1. Words Limit 100-150

2. Use the font style "Times New Roman" and font size "12".

3. Your answer should be relevant to the topic i.e. clear and concise, ax 100 words

4. Do not copy or exchange your answer with other students.

5. Two identical / copied comments will be marked Zero (0) and may damage your grade in the course.

6. Books, websites and other reading material may be consulted before posting your comments but copying or reproducing the text from books, websites and other reading materials is strictly prohibited. Such comments will be marked as Zero (0).

7. Obnoxious or ignoble answer should be strictly avoided.

MCM301 Assignment No. 1 solution

Acculturation is the exchange of cultural features that results when groups of individuals having different cultures come into continuous first hand contact; the original cultural patterns of either or both groups may be altered, but the groups remain distinct

A child may learn one or more traditions (multicultural family of immigrants) from birth, usually from the family (blood or adopted), in particularly the parents.

Thus, acculturation can be conceived to be the processes of cultural learning imposed upon minorities by the fact of being minorities. If enculturation is first-culture learning, then acculturation is second-culture learning. This has often been conceived to be a unidimensional, zero-sum cultural conflict in which the minority's culture is displaced by the dominant group's culture in a process of assimilation.

Cultural imperialism is the practice of promoting the culture or language of one nation in another. It is usually the case that the former is a large, economically or militarily powerful nation and the latter is a smaller, less affluent one. Cultural imperialism can take the form of an active, formal policy or a general attitude.

Example: Star Plus Channel, write in ur own words [as you know ladies so many things adopt after viewing Dramas of this channel

STA630 Assignment No. 1 Announced

Assignment 1 Dated: Nov 05, 10

Semester "Fall 2010"
"Research Methods(STA630)
"This is to inform that next Assignment (covering video lecture no. 1 to lecture no 15)will be uploaded on VULMS according to the following schedule

Schedule

Opening Date and Time November 08, 2010 At 12:01 A.M. (Mid-Night)

Closing Date and Time November 12, 2010 At 11:59 P.M. (Mid-Night)

Note: Only in the case of Assignment, 24 Hrs extra / grace period after the above mentioned due date is usually available to overcome uploading difficulties which may be faced by the students on last date. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and above mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience.

Important:

1. For acquiring the relevant knowledge, do not rely only on handouts but watch the course video lectures, which can be downloaded for free from Online VU Lectures, and also use other reference books.

2. For planning your semester activities in an organized manner, you are advised to view schedule of upcoming Assignments, Quizzes and GDBs in the overview tab of the course website on VU-LMS.

"ABC co."

ABC Co., a $600 million company, having a large customer base and vertically integrated was dealing in skin care products. In year 2005, it started losing its core strength i.e. a large
customer base. In CEO's point of view the main cause of the loss was internal organizational rather than external. The company wanted to pinpoint the specific problem and take corrective actions. Consultants were hired to find the reason and solve the problem of internal organizational issues and its consequences on customer base.

The problem was supposed to be attended very quickly; the researchers developed a theoretical base, collected relevant detailed information from a sample of 25 employees and 100
customers. The both researches were supposed to be carried side by side and the results were supposed to be merged for final conclusion. The results were expected to have 90% chance of success in problem solving. The consultants were required to recommend the solution on the basic of data analyzed by researchers.

To what extent this case meets the hallmarks of scientific investigation? Discuss.

Eng201 Assignment # 2 Announced

Assignment # 2

Total Marks: 16

Due Date: November 15, 2010

Objective:

To assess students’ understanding of the course and to prepare them for practical application of communication skills through writing practices.

Instructions:

1. Late assignments will not be accepted.
2. If the file is corrupt or problematic, it will be marked zero.
3. Plagiarism will never be tolerated. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses work done by someone else as if it was his or her own; however, taking the ideas from different sources and to express it in your own words will be encouraged.
4. No assignment will be accepted via e-mail.
5. The file should be in Word doc form; the font color should be preferably black and font size can be 12 Times New Roman.

Question No.1 (10)

Your Company wants to serve as trustee for the project of Social Welfare Foundation, which is working for poor and destitute. Write a letter of inquiry to the head of the foundation and ask about funding, benefits, desired results and facilities being offered to the people.

Question No.2 (5)

Correct organization of a business message is important for both the audience and the communicator? Explain.

MGT411 Assignment No. 01 Announcsd

"Money & Banking (MGT411)"

Assignment No. 01 Marks: 15

Question no 1

Part (a)

On 01 January 2010 JS Group want to issue bonds in the capital market having face value Rs.1, 000 with coupon rate of 10% (semi annually and 15 years maturity). Investor required rate of return in this scenario is 12%. You are being the student of finance know the worth of fundamental methods of valuation; therefore you are required to calculate the present value of the bond by utilizing the fundamental methods.

Part (b)

The bond of JS Group is traded in the Karachi Stock exchange for Rs.950. The par value of the bond is Rs.1, 000. The coupon rate is fixed at 12 % paid annually. This bond will be matured after 03 year. What will be (YTM) of this bond?

Part (c)

EFU, an insurance company, wants to plan a new service to its policy holders. During the meeting of executives, CEO offered a plan of house insurance. The summary of estimated cash flows which were discussed in that meeting is:

· This project will need Rs.05 million as initial investment

· In the first year company will receive Rs.02 million as premium from the policy holders.

· In second year, company expect to receive Rs.2.5 millions as premium

· In third year company estimated that it will have to receive only Rs. 01 million because there will be a earth quack in that period, as probability of having earth quack is more than 80% as predicted by geologists.

· In the fourth year the company estimated to get Rs.1.5 million after clearing the insurance claims of the policy holders.

· In fifth year they expect to receive only Rs. 0.5 million

· Calculate the IRR of above mentioned plan by trial and error method?