Reference No: F&A0143(C)Pages: 6 Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: The managing director appoints a committee of the bank's senior officers, with an outside consultant as its chairman, for working out an appraisal system, and recommending a promotion policy. The committee visits different branches and meets the officers to ascertain their opinions and reactions to the "Star System" of appraisal ... More
Reference No: MAR0088Pages: 3 Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: A small machine shop is facing the problem of developing a source of supply for castings needed for cylinder liners for an automobile company. Important factors to be considered are price, quality and regularity of supply. There are three possible sources, but their past records on the three factors are ... 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: F&A0178Pages: 21Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Mr. S.L. Roy had been Chief Electrician (Radio & Radar) in the Indian Naval Service, and a research assistant in Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. He has been attracted by the technician entrepreneur scheme of Gujarat Industrial Investment Corporation, state-level development bank extending liberal financial assistance to technicians desiring to set ... More
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: ECO0069Pages: 9Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: The case represents the beginnings of the agency house in India and the link between this kind of business and the establishment of the managing agency system. ... More
Reference No: F&A0036Pages: 17 Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Deals with a fraud by a partnership firm dealing as commission agents in cloth, and enjoying a hypothecation (and bills purchase) limit with Lakeview Bank against cloth bales in the process of despatch or in transit. The case describes the procedures for ensuring a healthy use of the limits and ... More
Reference No: ECO0154Pages: 2Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: This is an introductory case in short?term demand forecasting. The Transformer Manufacturers Association wants to refute the conclusion of the Reserve Bank of India on the impact of the recession on their industry. This would requires a forecast on how their production will be affected in the near future ... More
Reference No: F&A0122(B)Pages: 7 Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: The accountant of Rekha Limited, a large Indian company, suggests certain changes in capital budgeting. He proposes the use of discounted payback period as a measure of investment worth and as a procedure for estimating the cost of capital the company should use as a discount rate for accepting project ... More
Reference No: F&A0173Pages: 12Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: The top management of the bank is disturbed about the low operating efficiency of its branches and the unsuitability of absolute profits as a basis for inter-branch performance evaluation. The chief of the O&M department comes up with a formula that develops an index for measuring inter-branch operating efficiency. ... More
Reference No: F&A0184(B)Pages: 3Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Mr. Sahney, Vice President (Finance), has been considering what his recommendations to the President should be, regarding the sales manager's proposal, of relaxing the credit terms, to augment the sales of farm machinery, especially since the plant has been operating below capacity. The case brings out the contribution approach to ... More
Reference No: BP0033(A)Pages: 16Published on: 1, January, 1970
Abstract: Relates to the role the top management of this public sector corporation should play in defining its objectives and policies in the context of its special relationship with the government. Details are given about its activities in various areas of foreign and internal trade and the manner in which it ... 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
