NMIMS ASSIGNMENTS Assistance

Marketing of Financial Services

1. Explain the concept of Online Marketing of financial services. How is it changing the way financial products and services are sold in India 10 Marks

2. One week ago you bought a ULIP policy from a private Life Insurance company. On receiving the policy copy, you realize that the Life Insurance policy was mis-sold. Would it be possible for you to return the policy What strategy would you follow to settle the matter with the insurance company 10 Marks

3. You are a Financial Planner. Your client Ashwin Aswani aged 37 years, married with 1 child requires your help to make few financial decisions. You can make any assumptions to further build up your case.

a. Ashwin wants to buy a Pure Risk Life Insurance cover. He is confused whether he should buy a ULIP or a Term Plan. Recommend the product best suited for him giving valid reasons. 5 Marks

b. Ashwin wants to purchase a holiday home by liquidating his retirement savings and taking a home loan for the next 10 to 15 years. Ashwin wants your opinion whether this is an appropriate strategy for a Retirement Plan.

IT Security and Risk Management

1. There has been a recent online breach of system security in a Government organization. As a system administrator with the organization you have been tasked with implementing information security and assessment process within organization. Please enumerate the process you are going to follow to offer robust information security to both the users and management. 10 Marks

2. Staving off critical threats in the current cyber security landscape is a tall order for organizations of any size. When a security breach happens, questions will be raised: Did the shortage of skilled cyber security personnel play a part Was it down to pure negligence It would be impossible to say for sure. However, what we do know is that a general lack of capabilities in detection and response is putting organizations across the globe at risk. This can show up in an organization not being able to detect malicious activities fast enough, thereby allowing threat actors to incur significant damage, or not having enough granular information to stamp out such activities from its environment. What are the steps or techniques that an assessor should adopt to ensure successful implementation while formulating a report on the information security assessment process 10 Marks

3. As the coronavirus spreads, colleges are scrambling to respond to potential health-care crises, campus closures, and other issues that are arising and evolving on a daily basis. A major challenge: How can institutions continue to offer instruction if they decide to close or cancel in-person classes A growing number are moving classes online as a short-term solution. Universities wants to implement an access control system for its physical and virtual network. Once the access control is implemented, the university is looking towards a regular monitoring framework for its network so that its network is protected towards malicious attacks. As an IT head for the university. Please suggest:

a. An integrated access control framework for the university so that the access to system, physical and virtual resources can be controlled. 5 Marks

b. A monitoring framework for the university so that its network is monitored and its knowledge assets and Intellectual property sensitive information can be secured.

Manpower Planning, Recruitment and Selection

1. To estimate the existing workforce, briefly explain any 2 qualitative and quantitative methods that you use at your workplace. 10 Marks

2. Describe the model that analyses an organization&rsquos competitive strengths. Apply it to any industry of your choice and illustrate with an example. 10 Marks

3. You are to conduct a training for recently promoted managers who will be managing teams for the first time in their careers. Managers need to be oriented on performance management with extreme caution to avoid employee dissatisfaction which may lead to attrition.

a. What would you suggest the managers do so that the employees realize their performance level and work on their improvement areas How will it help the employees 5 Marks

b. Explain the 4 methods to encourage good performance of employees.