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This document appears to be an exam for a Management Control Systems course, as it contains 5 questions about various topics related to management control. It provides instructions for the exam, including that it is out of 70 total marks, and to attempt all questions. The questions cover a range of topics, including defining task control and management control, factors that affect goal congruence, responsibility centers and profit centers, transfer pricing, investment centers, activity based costing, standards, balanced scorecards, and performance indicators for banks.

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Gujarat Technological University: Instructions

This document appears to be an exam for a Management Control Systems course, as it contains 5 questions about various topics related to management control. It provides instructions for the exam, including that it is out of 70 total marks, and to attempt all questions. The questions cover a range of topics, including defining task control and management control, factors that affect goal congruence, responsibility centers and profit centers, transfer pricing, investment centers, activity based costing, standards, balanced scorecards, and performance indicators for banks.

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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.

______________

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


M.B.A -IVth SEMESTER–EXAMINATION – MAY- 2012
Subject code: 2840007 Date: 18/05/2012
Subject Name: Management Control System (MCS)
Time: 10:30 am – 01:30 pm Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

Q.1 (a) Define Task Control & Management Control. Write a note on Task 07
Control. Discuss distinctions between Task Control & Management
Control.
(b) Discuss in detail different informal factors which affect goal congruence in 07
organization’s control system.

Q.2 (a) Why can’t competitors imitate Nucor’s performance so far? 07


(b) Write a note on Profit Centre. “Responsibility Centers 07
constitute the structure of management control system and
it functions as performance measurement tool for the
managers”. – Discuss in context with Profit Center.
OR
(b) Mr. Gupta owns a franchisee of “Pizza Day!” in Ahmedabad city. Explain 07
in detail how can he consider his franchisee as a profit center?
• Explain meaning and function of a franchisee.
• Explain how a marketing centre can behave as a profit center.
With the help of your own logic decides how a franchisee can be
considered as profit center.

Q.3 (a) What is transfer pricing? Why and how it is used? Explain with example. 07
(b) Compare the two measures of relating profit with assets employed: EVA 07
vs. ROI
OR
Q.3 (a) An investment centre is necessarily a profit centre but a profit centre may 07
not be an investment centre.” explain what are the different types of
influences which an investment centre manager may exercise on their
investment decision?
(b) Describe the benefits and limitations of Strategic Planning. 07

Q.4 (a) Write a note on Activity Based Costing. How do we use it in strategic 07
planning process?
(b) “Relying solely on financial measures is inadequate and can be 07
dysfunctional.” Justify the statement with appropriate arguments.
OR
Q.4 (a) Write a note on Interactive Control. 07
(b) What is a standard? Explain types of standards. How are budgetary 07
standards determined and used?

Q.5 (a) What are key success factors? How do we use them in 07
performance measurement? Explain with an example.
(b) Discuss various long term incentive plans. 07
1
OR
Q.5 (a) “Balanced Scorecard measures are linked from top to 07
bottom and tied to specific targets throughout the entire
organization”. – Justify.
(b) What should be the objectives of Management Control 07
System of a Banking organization? Discuss some of the
indicators of performance of a Bank.

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