Reference No: F&A0233(B)Pages: 13Published on: 1, January, 1973
Abstract: The team of consultants engaged in defining L&T's businesses, and streamlining its management planning and control systems, identifies four major "product groups" as distinct businesses of L&T. The existing reporting system in relation to one of these four groups is described. The case seeks to identify the determinants ... More
Reference No: F&A0193(A)Pages: 19 Published on: 1, January, 1973
Abstract: Highlights issues relating to the development and use of standards for planning and control. Certain statistical approaches to the development of standards, acceptable to both superiors and subordinates, are detailed. ... More
Reference No: MAR0103Pages: 17Published on: 1, January, 1973
Abstract: The case presents the marketing operations in a medium sized power pump company that has become very strong in certain marketing segments. But the company intends exploiting new marketing opportunities, particularly in agriculture. The company has a fairly traditional marketing setup and requires a total reorientation of its operations. Issues ... More
Reference No: F&A0238Pages: 7 Published on: 1, January, 1973
Abstract: This case involves analysis of relevant ratios and other information for comparing the performance of two societies keeping in view their objectives. It is a good case for discussion in a programme meant for cooperative societies. ... More
Reference No: F&A0191Pages: 10 Published on: 1, January, 1973
Abstract: The top management of Anuradha Private Limited was considering whether they should liberalize their credit policy for the sale of diesel sets (engine and pump) on lines similar to the credit scheme recently announced by their competitor Gupta Engineering Limited. The case involves the use of the probability theory. It ... More
Reference No: F&A0209Pages: 14 Published on: 1, January, 1973
Abstract: Deals with the treatment of deferral of the selling and distribution expenses during 1971- 72. It focuses on the accounting treatment of training, sales promotion and selling, and distribution expenses incurred for the development of demand for fertilizers to be produced by new manufacturing units outside the "economic zones" of the ... More
Reference No: P&IR0037(E)Pages: 4Published on: 1, January, 1973
Abstract: This case follows Parts A to D of the case; describes the role of the state government's labour administration in the long drawn struggle between management and union described earlier; and provides some insights into the working of the labour administration in relation to the task of conflict resolution at ... More
Reference No: F&A0233(C)Pages: 8Published on: 1, January, 1973
Abstract: This case deals with the factors that facilitate comparison with standards of performance, budgeted or past, separating financial information and performance indicators. The reporting formats used in one of the four product groups are analyzed with a view to developing understanding of design variables in management reporting systems. ... More
Reference No: MAR0107(A)Pages: 3Published on: 1, January, 1973
Abstract: Case (A) describes the problem faced by the company with respect to price revision in a situation where there are two manufacturers of a basic chemical. The "decision tree" approach could be applied to structuring the problem and for getting the action and event sequence laid out in a logical ... More
Reference No: F&A0228Pages: 14 Published on: 1, January, 1972
Abstract: The case focuses on a relatively small company caught in a squeeze between rising costs and fixed selling prices determined by the government, and its approach to planning as a means of halting the erosion of profits. The major issue relates to the relevance of a formal planning system to ... More
Reference No: P&IR0038(C)Pages: 9Published on: 1, January, 1972
Abstract: Gives a running account of a strike observed by workers under the leadership of one of the two unions operating in the organization. It brings out the dynamics of inter group as well as interpersonal relations that influence the strike situation. At the end, the strike is described from the ... More
Reference No: F&A0182Pages: 16Published on: 1, January, 1972
Abstract: Deals with project appraisal for capital participation and provision of funds by a bank, and evaluation of assumptions on which forecasts are used. ... More
Reference No: MAR0100Pages: 19Published on: 1, January, 1972
Abstract: The case presents the attempt by a company to select a suitable brand name for a new brand of beer through a systematic research procedure. The research first identifies the product attributes and various associations of the consumer with beer, and through a formal ranking procedure generates a large number ... More
