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                                              School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)

                                              Course: Management Theory and Practice

                                              Internal Assignment Applicable for June 2020 Examination

All Questions carry equal marks.

 All Questions are compulsory

 All answers to be explained in not more than 1000 words for questions 1 and 2 and for question 3 is not more than 500 words for each subsection. Use relevant examples, illustrations as far as possible.

 All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not advisable.  Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting their assignments but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of reference.

 Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying assignments from other students is not allowed.  Students should follow the following parameter for answering the assignment questions

1. M/s Landmark Construction is facing severe issues between the Management & its union on salaries and other matters. Both the parties are extremely strong & are not willing to budge from their respective stands. As an external consultant, you have been advised to identify & verify all possible conflict resolution techniques. Enlist the advantages & disadvantages of each of these techniques & suggest the best possible conflict resolution technique to solve this standoff between the management & the union.

2. You have been appointed as an external consultant to M/s PoleStar & Co. It has been observed that employees are currently unsatisfied with the policies of the company & furthermore, a lot of employees have been leaving the organization. What would you do to motivate existing employees & to get hold of new talent from the marketplace? Suggest at least 5 innovative approaches towards employee motivation

3.a. Perform a SWOT analysis on IBM USA?

 3.b. Which type of Organizational structure does IBM follow (Functional, Divisional, or Matrix?) & enlist the advantages & disadvantages of this form?