Reference No: F&A0227Pages: 32Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: A development bank set up to assist small scale manufacturers finances for the first time a qualified scientist's project for the manufacture of dibasic calcium phosphate (DCP) of pharmaceutical and dentifrice grades. The project runs into difficulties due to environmental factors such as floods and power shortage, which upset the ... More
Reference No: P&IR0021(A)Pages: 12Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Case (A) P&IR0021(A)describes a prolonged conflict between management and workers, culminating in extreme violence. The legal, social and organizational constraints under which the management has to operate are described. It lends itself to a discussion of how industrial relations can be structured in light of concrete experience ... More
Reference No: F&A0135Pages: 13 Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: The case highlights some problems relating to executive training in a bank, by describing the process of training and placement undergone by a promising trainee. Suitable for discussing the objectives and structure of executive training programmes in a bank, and the problems of incorporating training into the existing organizational structure ... More
Reference No: F&A0143(A)Pages: 12Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Describes the introduction of a formal appraisal system in a bank that has a tradition of personalized recruitment, promotion and evaluation procedures. The idea is to reward officers who have stood by the management in a period of crisis. Under the new scheme, the head office asks the branch managers ... More
Reference No: F&A0174(B)Pages: 9Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Case (B) describes how the main objective of extending banking services to the rural areas could not be met by the traditional concepts and procedures. Hence, the management designed a new scheme based mainly on the concept of project management. ... More
Reference No: F&A0133Pages: 18Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Deals with the problem of performance appraisal of branch agents in a bank. Five senior executives stationed at the head office annually rate the agents' personality traits, skills, and branch routine and work. The main objective of the appraisal system is executive development and promotion decisions. The appraisal is not ... More
Reference No: MAR0105Pages: 15Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: The consultant helps the bank segment the environment in order to delineate groups of industries with potential as banking customers. This is an innovative use of market segmentation in a sector where it has not been tried before. As a basis for planning the bank must take the segmentation further. ... More
Reference No: ECO0016Pages: 14Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: This case is about estimating the likely long term growth in demand for steel castings in the country using the end use method. Students are asked to assess the scope for the company's expansion through an analysis of demand for steel castings during the next five to ten years,the ... More
Reference No: F&A0093Pages: 4Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Raises the question of how the following three items should be treated in accounts: 1) exceptional repairs of a non recurring nature; 2) substantial advertising and publicity expenditure; and 3) structural additions and alterations. The chief accountant's opinions are expressed in the case, while in the class other viewpoints are to be brought ... More
Reference No: CMA0208Pages: 4Published on: 18, November, 1970
Abstract: This case brings out the importance of functional and channel relationship of Taluka Purchase and Sales Unions in the fertilizer distribution channel, especially in the present context of decontrol of fertilizers. It also tackles the relationship between the functions to be performed and the decisions about he distribution channel. ... More
Reference No: CMA0199Pages: 5Published on: 11, December, 1970
Abstract: The case is about leadership roles. It deals with a social situation where a village leader tries to influence drinking habits in a section of a community. While the leader is an acknowledged leader plays a functional role in agricultural economic activities, he is unable to influence a section of ... More
Reference No: CMA0198Pages: 7Published on: 11, December, 1970
Abstract: The case depicts the problem in the formation of a cooperative society setting up a cold storage its utilization. It tells about the behaviour of different caste groups in relation to the running the uses of the cold storage. Students can led to identify the group problems in setting up ... More
Reference No: MAR0101Pages: 4 Published on: 1, January, 1971
Abstract: A pharmaceutical company seeks the help of a consultant to study their distribution strategy. The company deals in ethical products and distributes them directly to chemists, hospitals and selected doctors without the use of any wholesale channel. Though the system has worked fairly satisfactorily, the company intends to examine if ... More
Reference No: F&A0156(A)Pages: 21Published on: 1, January, 1971
Abstract: Describes how the top management of a large and growing bank contemplates setting up an organization for providing an induction and refresher training programme to its clerical staff. The case studies the details of the training organisation's setup at the head office; and the region, content and objectives of the ... More
