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Business
Environment
Q1. Discuss how the environment
acts does as a stimulant to business. Analyze why business often does little
for the preservation of physical environment despite the fact that it is
significant for business activity.
Q2. Explain the relevance of
ecological issues to business environment
Q3. What do you understand by
Business Social Responsibility ( B S R ). How this can be used to improve the
Business Environment
Q4. Explain how the business in
an organization can be regulated with regard to the Organization’s Basic
Objectives
Q5. Describe in detail the
different role played by the Government towards enriching the business
Environment.
Q6. In the Business Environment
context, explain how the Political and legal Environment of business plays a
vital role. Justify by bringing in suitable examples
Q7. Evaluate the advantages and
disadvantages of FDI. What is your opinion on the role of FDI in the Retail
Sector? Justify your views with India\'s experience in this sector.
Q8. Give any three critical
elements of economic environment of Business
Business
Management
Q1. Explain the rise of
management as a profession
Q2. “Coordination is the
orderly arrangement of group”
Q3. Give principles of
Organization
Q4. Discuss Management thought
Q5. Explain Development
Q6. Give stages of current
state of management theory
Q7. Compare administration
versus management
Q8. Discuss Management as art
or science
Business
Planning & Policy
Q1. Define business policy.
What re the features of business policy?
Q2. What is the significance of
business policy course?
Q3. What are the phases in the
development of strategic management?
Q4. How has strategic
management changed in 21st century?
Q5. Explain financial analysis
as technique of internal analysis
Q6. How to identify Critical
succes factors in industry?
Q7. What are the steps in SWOT
analysis?
Q8. Explain TOWS Matrix.
Human
Resource Mgmt
Q1.Define HRM? explain.
Q2. State the Nature and Scope
of HRM?
Q3. Explain the Objective and
Function of HRM?
Q4. What are HR Policies and
what are its purposes?
Q5. Discus the evolution of HRM?
Q6. Explain the nature of
Strategic HRM?
Q7. Explain the model of
strategic HRM?
Q8. State the scope of Global
HRM?
International
Business
Q1. What is meant by
Technology? What is its influence on business? (10 marks)
Q2. What are the functions of WTO?
(10 marks)
Q3. What is international
business environment? (10 marks)
Q4. How do differences in
culture affect in international business? (10 marks)
Q5. Write a detailed note on
foreign direct investment (10 marks)
Q6. What is agricultural &
village industry facility in special focus initiatives? (10 marks)
Q7. What is cost & freight
(CFR)? (10 marks)
Q8. What is DDU?
Marketing
Mgmt
Q1. What is Importance of
Marketing as a subject of study? (10 marks)
Q2. State and explain the
contents of a Marketing plan? (10 marks)
Q3. Give the Classification of
Products and state Product Line Decisions? (10 marks)
Q4. what are important factors
while Deciding Prices? (10 marks)
Q5. what are the steps involved
in designing effective Marketing Channel? (10 marks)
Q6. What is Marketing
Communication? (10 marks)
Q7. What are Principles of
Designing a Marketing Organization? (10 marks)
Q8. What is Marketing
Information System and Marketing Research?
Quantitative
Techniques
Q1. Differentiate the following
with respect to x. 1. (x2+3)/(3x+1) 2. (ax+b)/(cx+d) (10 marks)
Q2. Find the Maximum and
minimum values of x3-2x2+x+4. (10 marks)
Q3. Find the present value of
Rs.1500 due in 7 years at 9% simple interest. (10 marks)
Q4. Find elasticity of demand
of the function x=150-5P at (1) P=15, (2) P=20. (10 marks)
Q5. Find dy/dx of the following
cases 1. y=x2 log x. 2. log x /x. (10 marks)
Q6. At what percent per annum
will a sum of money double in 8 years? (10 marks)
Q7. A revenue function is given
by R= 35x-2x2 where R is the revenue and x is the quantity. What value of x
maximizes revenue? What is the Maximum Revenue? (10 marks)
Q8. If a person deposits on a
recurring deposit scheme, monthly Rs. 1500 for 4 years at 15% per annum, what
would be the sum that can be received at the end of 4 years.
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Ethics
Q1. Give benefits of ISO 9000
quality systems. (10 marks)
Q2. What is imperative need?
(10 marks)
Q3. How promotion of ethical
values occur. (10 marks)
Q4. Write note on
electrification of villages. (10 marks)
Q5. Discuss social justice
according to gandhiji. (10 marks)
Q6. Discuss seven points of
mahatma Gandhi. (10 marks)
Q7. Write a note on human
culture and civilization. (10 marks)
Q8. What is the relation of
ethics in business?
Corporate
Law
Q1. What is FERA? (10 marks)
Q2. What is FEMA? (10 marks)
Q3. What are powers of the
authorized person (10 marks)
Q4. What are powers of RBI to
inspect authorized person (10 marks)
Q5. What are the essentials of
contract (10 marks)
Q6. Write the distinguishing
points of void agreement and voidable contract (10 marks)
Q7. State which persons are
competent to contract (10 marks)
Q8. What do you mean by consent
and free consent
Financial
Management
Q1. Why we use WACC? (10 marks)
Q2. What is Merger>Is it
harmful or beneficial? Explain n Justify. (10 marks)
Q3. Strategies to protect firm
from exchange rate risk. (10 marks)
Q4. What is the definition of
management fraud? (10 marks)
Q5. How negatively correlated investments
behave in a market? (10 marks)
Q6. What types of shares are
available in the market? (10 marks)
Q7. How does ‘Interest coverage
ratio’ affects the capital structure. (10 marks)
Q8. Why Capital budgeting
decisions are more important?.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
CASE-1 (16 Marks)
Bloomsday
Outfitters produces T-shirts for road races. They need to acquire some new
stamping
machines
to produce 30,000 good T-shirts per month. Their plant operates 200 hours per
month, but
the
new machines will be used for T-shirts only 60 percent of the time and the
output usually includes
5
percent that are "seconds" and unusable. The stamping operation takes
1 minute per T-shirt, and the stamping machines are expected to have 90 percent
efficiency considering adjustments, changeover of patterns, and unavoidable
downtime. How many stamping machines are required?
CASE-2
(16 Marks)
In
the table given below the Distribution Manager is expected to service these DCs
as per the demands
placed.
If the actual sales after completing week one is as follows, what would be the
quantities that
would
need amendment as far as Distribution Manager is concerned to service for week
two and
onwards?
After
week one the actual sales to Forecasted sales for week one ratio is as under:
Mumbai did 80 % of
forecast
, Lucknow did 75 % of forecast Kolkata did 60 % of week one forecast Chennai
did 125 % of
forecast
and Delhi did 150 % of week one forecast
CASE-3
(16 Marks)
After
working for 30 years, Ramjee Somjee Dutt opted for VRS and started a courier
company and did
very
well in the first four years. He was now looking for expansion of his business
and decided to
venture
into Road transportation business between Chennai and Mumbai and Mumbai and
Delhi as he felt that he could do well on this line. However before taking a
final decision he hires your
Management
Consultant firm formed by yourself. He has requested you to work out the Price
to quote
his
clients for these two routes considering the costs involved. He expects to earn
a minimum profit of
Rs
1000 per day per truck after meeting all expenses. Your analysis of market
conditions tell you the
following:
Vehicle
cost Rs 7 lacs Depreciation 15 % Maintenance costs per day Rs 150 Drivers
monthly Salary
Rs
5000 : Attendants monthly salary Rs 3000 . Misc expenses Rs 200 per day. Driver
allowance is Rs
125
per day and attendant gets Rs 75. Diesel cost per liter is Rs 25 and the
vehicle gives an average
mileage
of 4 km to a liter. The Financial institutions offer loans at 10 % interest pa,
which Ramjee has
been
negotiating. It has been observed that on an average the vehicle covers 400 km
per day. The
distance
between Mumbai to Delhi is 1500 km and Mumbai to Chennai is 1350 km. The driver
gets
rest
day in Mumbai only for one day after they return from any trip.
CASE-4
(16 Marks)
A
company is operating in two unrelated businesses. The first one is making
common salt, which is
sold
in one-kilogram consumer packs. The second business is making readymade
garments. The owner of the businesses has decided to implement Materials
Requirement Planning (MRP) in one of the two businesses, which is likely to
give him greater benefit. Assuming that the current turnover and profits of
both the units are comparable, compare the relative benefits and limitations of
Materials
Requirement
Planning (MRP) for these two businesses.
CASE-5
(16 Marks)
A
Manufacturer of motorcycles buys spark plugs at Rs.15 each. Now he wishes to
manufacture the
plugs
in his own factory. The estimated cost for the manufacture of spark plugs is
around
Rs.50,000=00
and the variable cost comes to Rs.5 per spark plug. The Production Manager
advises the Manufacturer that the factory should go for manufacturing instead
of procuring them from the open market. List out reasons for the decision of
the Production Manager backed up by the necessary data.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
a) Lean Production
b) Global Strategies fir
Hospitality services
c) Material Requirements
Planning
Q.2) Explain Briefly the
process Analysis of Manufacturing Process Selection and
Design? (10 Marks)
Q.3) Define Supply Chain
Strategy and Explain its feature and nature? (10 Marks)
Q.4) Distinguish between
goods and services. What are the challenges faced by
Services marketers? (10
Marks)
Q.5) Discuss the features
and nature of Project Management? (10 Marks)
Q.6) Explain in brief the
Synchronous Manufacturing and Theory of Constraints?
(10 Marks)
Q.7) Discuss the essence
Quality Management in Focus On six Sigma? (10 Marks)
Q.8) What is Aggregate
Sales and Operations Planning? (10 Marks)
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Q1)
Explain the concept Six Sigma. Bring out the significance of Six Sigma in
Quality
Management?
(10 Marks)
Q2)
Define Project Management and explain its nature and features? (10 Marks)
Q3)
What is Process Analysis? Explain the steps in Manufacturing Process Selection
and
Design? (10Marks)
Q4)
Enumerate and explain the Theory of Constraints? (10 Marks)
Q5)
Write short notes (any two) (10 Marks)
a)
Inventory Control
b)
Operations Scheduling
c)
Aggregate Sales and Operations Planning
Q6)
Explain the following concept (any two) (10 Marks)
1)
Product Design
2)
Strategic Capacity Management
3)
Lean Productions
Q7)
Define Material Requirements Planning. Discuss its various components? (10
Marks)
Q8)
What is Supply Chain Strategy? Discuss its characteristics? (10 Marks)
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Q.1.
How would operations strategy for a service industry be different if any from
that for a manufacturing industry? (It’s an example & explains)
3.
What are the levels of aggregation in forecasting for a manufacturing organization?
How should this hierarchy of forecasts be linked and used
4.
How would forecasting be useful for operations
in a BPO (Business processes outsourcing)
unit? What factors may be important for
this industry? Discuss.
5.
A good work study should be followed by good supervision for getting good results.
Explain with an example.
6.
What is job evaluation? Can it be
alternatively used as job ranking? How
does one ensure that job evaluation
evaluates the job and not the man?
Explain with examples?
7.
What is the impact of technology on jobs?
What are the similarities between job
enlargement & job rotation?
Discuss the importance of training in the content of job redesign?
Explain with examples?
9.
Would a project management organization be different from an organization
for regular manufacturing in what
ways? Examples.
10.
How project evaluation different from project appraisal? Explain with examples.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Ram
Dubey recently purchased a chain of dry cleaners in North Uttar Pradesh.
Although the business is making a modest profit now, Ram suspects that if he
invests in a new press, he could recognize a substantial increase in profits.
The new press costs $ 15,400 to purchase and install and can press 40 shirts an
hour or 320 per day. Ram estimates that with the new press, it will cost $ 0.25
to launder and press each shirt, customers are charged $ 1.10 per shirt.
Q1)
How many shirts will Ram have to press to break even?
Q2)
So far Ram’s workload has varied from 50 to 200 shirts a day. How long would it
take to break even on the new press at the low demand estimate? At the high
demand estimate?
Q3)
If Ram cuts his price to $ 0.99 a shirt, he expects to be able to stabilize his
customer base at 250 shirts per day. How long would it take to break even at
the reduced price of $ 0.99?
Q4)
Should Ram cut his price and buy the new press?
CASE
STUDY : 2
The
Peachtree Airport in Atlanta serves light aircraft. It has a single runway and
one air traffic controller to land planes. It takes an airplane and minutes to
land and clear the runway (exponentially distributed) planes arrive at the
airport at the rate of 5 per hour (Poisson distributed).
Q1) Determine the average number of planes that
will stack up waiting to land?
Q2) Find the average time a plane must wait in
line before it can lead?
Q3) Calculate the average time it takes a plane
to clear the runway once it has notified the airport that it is in the vicinity
and wants to land?
Q4) The FAA has a rule that an air traffic
controller can, on the average, land planes a maximum of 45 minutes out of
every hour. There must be 15 minutes of idle time available to relieve the
tension. Will this airport have to hire an extra air traffic controller?
CASE STUDY : 3
Q1) Discuss the general terms how forecasting
might be used for planning to address these specific problems?
Q2) Explain the role of forecasting in
initiating a TQM approach?
Q3) What are the types of forecasting methods
that might be used?
Q4) Describe the Delphi method for forecasting?
CASE STUDY : 4
Q1) What are the different costs of poor quality
and costs of quality assurance that might be associated with this quality
problem?
Q2) Explain the term quality?
Q3) Discuss the dimensions of quality for manufacturing
products?
Q4) Discuss the dimensions of quality for
services?
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MARKETING OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1) Define the different types of
scheme’s floated by mutual fund’s briefly.
2) Analyse the trend in different call
rates in India.
3) Comment on the following statements.
a) Public Deposits are short term
substitute for Money.
b) Public Deposits are addition to
savings.
c) Direct acceptance of Deposits by
companies pose threat to the working of credit policy in the
economy.
d) The entries in the public deposit
raises the debt/equity ratio of the companies.
4) Write a brief note on discounting
service and its importance in money market.
5) The good absorptive capacity to
government securities market has increased due to the
disproportionate support by the RBI.
Justify.
6) Give a brief note on different types
of options and highlight the various services provided by
them.
7) What are the drawbacks of foreign
capital inflow.
8) What is the relationship between
short term and long term interest rates.
ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOR & BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
1) What are the
arguments for and against layoffs in hard times?
2) How have the three
executives in this case shown leadership?
3) Explain the
difference between management and leadership. Discuss why conceptual leadership
skills become more important, and technical skills less important, at higher
level organizational levels.
1) Is the GM’s approach
wrong? If yes, then why if no then why not? Give reasons for your answer.
2) What would you
recommend to the G.M.
3) Team leaders and team
members need skills to develop effective teams. Is this statement
correct or wrong. If
there are any skills needed by the team leaders and team members to
develop effective teams
then discuss them.
1) How did the GM
distinguish between the two target groups to make his communication
effective?
2) What is the main
advantage of direct face-to-face communication, as against communication
through circulars or
memos?
3) What makes technical
communication different from general communication ?
4) How important is it
to be able to communicate?
1) Read the above
conversation carefully if you were Vikas, how would you answer all the
questions asked by the
interviewer. Rewrite the answers, making them more appropriate by
changing the language,
style, tone, and attitude of the answer.”
2) Describe the
significance of job interviews today.
PORTFOLIO
MANAGEMENT
Q1) What qualities are required
for successful investing?
Q2) What are the major types of
real assets? What are the pros and cons of investing in real asset?
Q3) What is book building?
Q4) What are the key
differences between traditional finance and behavioural finance?
Q5) Discuss the following.
a) Demand side policies.
b) Supply side policies.
Q6) What are the differences
between technical analysis and fundamental analysis?
Q7) What are the key
differences between closed-ended and open ended schemes?
Q8) What should you bear in
mind while investing in paintings and antiques?
Q9) Spell out the key steps
involved in portfolio management?
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Q1) Describe how the golden rule does or does not
influence each of the six concepts of TQM?
Q2) What is the best way to improve market share
for a product or service?
Q3) Discuss the advantages of an empowered team?
Q4) Describe two ways to determine a superior
process?
Q5) Why has e-Commerce grown so quickly?
Q6) Briefly describe the purpose of an ISO 9000
quality system?
Q7) Why are the product evaluation standards in
the development stage?
Q8) What is the overall aim of the EMS Standard?
Q9) Write a warning label or operating
instructions for the following products? (Any 4).
a) Cars
b) Fireworks
c) Swimming Pool
d) Power saw
e) In-Line Skates
Q10) State various techniques to sustain
continuous improvement?
QUALITY STANDARDS AND POLICY
.
Q.1) The mean value of the modulus of
rupture of a large number of test specimens of green Sitka spruce has been
found to be 5,600 Ib/in2.
a) If the standard deviation is 840
Ib/in2 & the distribution is approximately normal, the modulus of rupture
will fall between 5,000 & 6,200 for what percentage of the specimens?
b) For what percentage will it be above
4,000?
c) Below 3,500? (5 Marks)
Q.2) a) How many different hands of a
13-card might you have out of standard deck of 52 playing cards?
b) What is the probability of a 13-card
hand containing all four aces?
c) What is the probability of a 13-card
hand without an ace, king, queen, or jack?
d) What is the probability of a 13-card
hand containing one or more aces? (5 Marks)
Q.3) An acceptance plan calls for the
inspection of a sample of 75 articles out of a lot of 1,500. If there are no
nonconforming articles in the sample, the lot is accepted; with 7 or more, it
is rejected. If a lot 5% nonconforming is submitted, what is the probability
that it will be rejected? Solve using the poisson distribution as an app (5
Marks)
Q.4) Random Samples of 100 items are
drawn from a continuous process that is known to produce 20% nonconforming
items. Determine the probability of finding exactly 15 nonconforming items in a
sample:
a) Using the exact binomial
distribution.
b) Using the normal approximation to
the binomial.
c) Using the poisson approximation to
the binomial.
d) Comment on the relative accuracy of
the approximations
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ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOR
1. Define organizational
behavior, and organizational structure?
2. What is the difference
between a manager and a leader? Do leaders need different skills to be
effective?
3. What is the difference
between a group & a team? What are the different types of work teams?
4. How would you define
conflict? Distinguish between functional & dysfunctional conflicts
by giving suitable examples?
5. Explain the different types
of employee involvement and employee recognition programs with the help of
suitable examples.
6. Select the most appropriate
answer of the following: (20, each 2 marks)
1) The groups to which an
individual aspires to belong, i.e. the one with which he or she
identifies is called
a) coalitions b) committees c)
reference groups d) task groups
2) One small drawback of the
five-stage model is that it
a) ignores the organizational
context b) ignores the situational factors c) ignores the individual attributes
d) ignores the formal structure
3) Individual employees can be converted
into team players through
a) appropriate feedback b) training
c) monitoring d) demonstration
4) One who tries to bring
discipline and order through formal structures, plans and
processes and tries to monitor
performance against plans is a
a) leader b) manager
c) co-ordinator d) team-player
5) If the followers are able
and unwilling, then the leader will have to use the
a) authoritarian style b) participative style c) situational style d) strategic style
6) According to situational
leadership approach, the style that denotes a high-task and a
low-relationship style is
a) selling style b) delegating style c) participating style d) telling style
7) Decision-making heavily
depends on the individual
a) understanding b) creativity
c) perception d) ability
8) In formal groups and
organizations, an individual has maximum access to
a) referent power b) reward power c) legitimate power d) coercive power
9) In an attempt to preserve
their perceptions, people tend to
a) resist change violently b) ignore the change process c) create bottlenecks for change agents
d) process information
selectively
10) The process, which is aimed
at seeking change in attitudes, stereotypes and perceptions,
that groups hold of each other
is called
a) Organizational
development b) Inter-group development c) T-groups d) Team-building
ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOR
1 List the various reasons in
Organization xyz , which lead to its development?
2 If the organization had not
invested in its employee, would they have developed?
3 Site few examples of Indian
companies, similar to XYZ mentioned above?
4 What would have been the
drawback of the XYZ Company prior to 1991?
1 Is it fine to privatize
profits and nationalize losses, is it right for organizational development ?
2 Was this a result of failure
of leadership of these firms?
1 Do the core values, really
influence and have a impact on organizational development ?Explain.
2 Is organizational development
depended internally on employees and externally influenced by
customers? Discuss
1) Measurement has the power to
focus attention on desired behavior and results," How it leads to
organizational development?
2) Discuss benchmarking
techniques, are really helpful for succeeding in I today’s scenario?
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Q1) Define the term “Manpower
Planning”?
Q2) Discuss “Manpower Planning
makes for different purposes at different level”?
Q3) Explain some other pay-offs
from Manpower Planning to the enterprise?
Q4) Objectives of Manpower
Planning. Explain in detail?
Q1) Define the term “Word of
Mouth”.
Q2) Define the objective and
importance of advertisement in the process of Recruitment?
Q3) Define the term selection
in brief.
Q4) Explain the methods of
selection?
Q1) Distinguish between one way
versus two way communication.
Q2) Define the tem formal and
informal organizational communication?
Q3) Explain the most common
channels available for downward communication in an organization?
Q4) What do you mean by
communication filters?
Q1) What do you understand by
the concept of QWL?
Q2) Identify its major
activities and concerns?
Q3) Discuss the relevance of
QSL in the Indian context?
Q4) ‘Flexible working time
arrangement can be an answer to the multifarious roles of the Indian worker’, Evaluate.
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
1. Psychological test as
selection criteria can at best be a support to the interview process. Please
evaluate. (15 Marks)
2. Retention of employees in
the organization starts with a structured and effective induction
program.Please comment. (15
Marks)
3. If you have to hire an HR
Manager for your firm,what competencies would you look for?
Please answer in terms of your
understanding of the HR function. (15 Marks)
4. Designing an attractive
motivational strategy is the key to making of a high performance driven
organization. (15 Marks)
5. Briefly explain (Any two):
a) Different type of employee
appraisals and rating
b) Validity / reliability
c) Job analysis
d) Stress interview
PHARMACOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Q.1) What are the important
responsibilities of Mr. Kate?
Q.2) What are the different
stages Mr. Kate will use in the Process to set up the project and run it?
Q.3) On what elements will Mr.
Kate focus?
Q.4) What are your Suggestions?
Q.1) What is a clinical trial?
Q.2) What is the process of
designing and carrying out clinical research?
Q.3) Explain the Planning Steps
of Mr. Simpson.
Q.4) What are the important
considerations to conduct of any type of clinical trial?
Q.1) Define CRC
Q.2) Define CRA
Q.3) Who can be appointed as a
CRC/CRA?
Q.4) Elaborate the
responsibilities of the CRC and CRA?
Q.1) What is the definition of
fraud and misconduct in clinical research?
Q.2) According to you what are
the steps and procedures adopted by Mr. Kunte to investigate fraud?
Q.3) What are the penalties you
can suggest to Dr. Kunte for proven fraud and misconduct?
Q.4) Explain the
responsibilities of Dr. Kunte as an investigator in the Whole process.
PHARMACOLOGY MANAGEMENT
1. Understand how the Bitech
& Pharma industries are evolving in India.
2. Understand the relationship
between the Bitech & Pharma industries.
3. Establish the innovations in
both the industries.
4 Learn about the competencies
developed by certain companies and the growth
opportunities in both the
industries.
1. Study the entry and
expansion strategies of Ranbaxy in foreign markets
2. Elaborate on the Growth
initiatives of Ranbaxy in the US
3. What are the Challenges
faced by Ranbaxy in the US
1. Understand the importance of
corporate social responsibility and its impact on the image of corporate
2. Appreciate the role of
corporate in bringing about social change
1. Write down the facts of the
case.
2. Establish the growth of the
Ranbaxy and the major hurdles the company experienced in its growth.
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PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF
MANAGEMENT
1. a) What are the steps
involved in planning?
b) How you make planning
effective?
2. What is the difference
between a policy and a procedure?
3. Explain the advantages and
limitations of planning.
4. Explain the strategic
planning in the Indian industry. Which are the planning skills required for
better business.
5. a) Define a decision making?
b) Explain common difficulties
in decision-making.
6. a) Decision-making is a key
part of a manager’s activities. – Elaborate.
b) What are the steps involved
in rational decision-making.
7. a) Explain the individual
and group decision-making.
b) Describe advantages and
disadvantages of group decisions.
8. a) Draw models of
decision-making? b) Explain any two.
PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF
MANAGEMENT
Q1) “Coordination is imperative for the success
of any organization.” Explaining the need for coordination suggest the ways to
achieve effective coordination in a decentralized private sector manufacturing
organization?
Q2) Describe the interpersonal needs in terms
of expressed and wanted behavior. Cite suitable examples to support your views?
Q3) Why do managers need to acquire different
skills at various levels? What are the skills conceptualized by Katz? Explain
how they are proving useful for Indian managers at different levels?
Q4) Discuss various strategies used in
implementing organizational change in the context of a large public sector
manufacturing organization?
Q5) Identify major barriers of communication
and explain why do they arise. Explain ways to overcome these barriers with
suitable examples?
Q6) Write short notes on any four
of the following: (5 marks each )
i)
Delegation and Decentralization
ii)
Line and Staff functions
iii) Theory
X and Y
iv)
Domino Effect
v)
Organizational culture and climate
PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF
MANAGEMENT
1. How should Mr. Durant assess
the opportunities in various countries around the world?
2. Should Carrefour adopt
Wal-Mart's strategy of "low prices everyday"? What would be the
advantage or disadvantage of such a strategy?
3. How could Carrefour differentiate
itself from Wal-Mart?
4. Identify cultures in
selected countries that need to be considered in order to be successful?
1) The reengineering efforts of
P&G focused on the business process system. Do you think other processes, such
as the human system, or other managerial policies need to be considered in a
process redesign?
2) What do you think was the
reaction of the brand managers, who may have worked under the old system for many
years, when the category management structure was installed?
3) As a consultant, would you
have recommended a top-down or a bottom-up approach, or both, to process redesign
and organizational change?
4) What are the advantages and
disadvantages of each approach.
1) What is your assessment of
Daimler-Benz's operations in many different fields?
2) Should the various groups
operate autonomously? What kinds of activities should be centralized?
3) Daimler-Benz is best known
for its Mercedes-Benz cars. Why do you think Daimler bought AEG in the first place
and why did it venture into the Aerospace and Inter Services businesses?
4) Given the apparent mistakes
in acquiring non-automotive businesses, what should Jurgen Schrempp do now?
1) Prepare a profile of the
potential buyer of the Lexus.
2) What should Mercedes and BMW
do to counteract the Japanese threat in the United States and Europe?
3) Why has the Lexus model been
very successful in the U.S. but has not been marketed in Japan?
(Suggestion: Review the
frequency of repair records of luxury cars. Also talk to Lexus dealers or Lexus
owners).
4) Do you think Lexus will
succeed in Japan? Why or why not?
PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF
MANAGEMENT
1. What opportunities and threats did McDonald’s face ? How did
it handle them ? What alternatives could it have chosen ?
2. Before McDonald’s entered the European market, few people believed that fast food could be
successful in Europe. Why do you think
McDonald’s has succeeded ? What
strategies did it follow ? How did these differ from its strategies
in Asia ?
3. What is McDonald’s basic philosophy ? How does it enforce
this philosophy and adapt to different
environments ?
4. Should McDonald’s expand its menu ? If you say no, then why
not ? If you say yes, what kinds
of precuts should it add ?
5. Why is McDonald’s successful in many countries around the
world ?
1. Can a
division manager develop verifiable goals, or objectives, when the president
has not assigned them to him or her? How? What king of information or help do
you believe is important for the division manager to have from headquarters?
2.
Was the division manager setting goals in the
best way? What would you have done?
1. Evaluate the formulation of the merger
between Daimler and Chrysler.
Discuss the strategic fit and the different product lines
2. Assess the international perspectives of
Eaton and Schrempp.
3. What are the difficulties in merging the
organizational cultures of the
two companies?
4. What is the probability of success of failure
of the merger? What other mergers do you foresee in the car industry?
1. The re-engineering efforts focused on the
business process system. Do you think other processes, such as the human
system, or other managerial policies need to be considered in a process
redesign?
2. What do you think was the reaction of the
brand managers, who may have worked under the old system for many years, when
the category management
structure was installed?
3. As a consultant, would you have recommended a
top-down or bottom-up approach, or
both, to process redesign and organizational
change? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach?
1. Is the Hewlett – Packard way of managing
creating a climate in which employees are motivated to contribute to the aims
of the organization? What is unique about the HP Way
2. Would the HP managerial style work in any
organization? Why, or why not?
What are the conditions for such a style to work?
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Production Management
1. What are the different types
of production/operation system? Where would each one of them be
applicable? Give practical
examples.
2. What is flexibility in
operations function? Can it be one of the strategic weapons? Explain your
response.
3. What is the distinction
between accounting profit & economic profit? How is such a distinction
linked with the concept of opportunity cost?
4. What is the difference
between the Scanlon & rucker plans?
5. Productivity improvement is
not a one shot project Do you agree with this statement? Discuss
6. Is supply chain management a
philosophy? Discuss
7. What is the aim of
production planning?
8. What is forecasting?
Elements of forecasting & Methods of forecasting?
Production Management
Q 1 : Identify the appropriate
level of risk for the following items and justify your answer.
(a)Space
Shuttle
(b)X-ray
machine
(c)
Camera
(d)
Canned soup
(e)
Pencil
(f)
Computer keyboard
(g)
Chair
(h)
Running shoe
(i)
Automobile
(j)
Fresh vegetables
(k)Child’s
toy
(l)
Golf club
(m)
Baby food
(n)
Restaurant food
Q .2 : The bearing department
is planning their schedule for the following week. They need an understanding
of last week’s performance. The schedule called for two 8-hour shifts per day
for five days. Downtime charged to production averaged 76 minutes per day.
Downtime charged to maintenance averaged 135 minutes per day. Calculate the
actual running time and the percentage of available time.
Q 3 : (a) Does exponential smoothing track a
trend in the demand satisfactorily? What is the reason?
( b) How would forecasting be useful
for operations in a BPO unit? What factors may be important for this industry?
Discuss
Q.4 : (a) Would a six sigma implementation involve
significant financial investment? Discuss
(b) Can total organizational
satisfaction be achieved while a company is also aiming for key business
results? Is there a conflict in these two goals? Discuss.
Q.5 : How would have good production &
Operations Management Practices averted the terrible Bhopal Gas strategy?
Research & Discuss
Q.6 : Differentiate between
Loading and Scheduling. Is a clear-cut distinction between the two possible
under all production situations? If so where is it possible & where is it
not possible?
Q.7: What are the advantages of
the HMMS model over the Linear programming model? The HMMS.and other
sophisticated models have not been very popular in practice. What may be the
reasons?
Q.8: What is the scope of
purchasing activities? Where would you fit purchasing in the materials
management function? In the Organizational structure, where should purchasing
be fitted?
(i) in a single plant situation
(ii) in a multiple plant situation
Q.9: Some say that we need a
“national level job evaluation” in India. Can you envisage the issues involved?
Is it possible to do such a national level exercise? How would you proceed in
this regard?
Q.10 :How can work study be used for arriving at (i) Manufacturing
Budget (ii) Production Plan (iii) Personnel Policies (iv) Materials Planning?
Explain.
Production Management
Q.1) Suggest
the best decision?
1) Analyze the above case and
give your comments?
1) Analyze the above case and
give your comments?
1) Analyze the above case and
give your comments?
1) Analyze the above case and
give your comments?
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Q1) Project risks can be
eliminated if the project is carefully planned, Explain?
Q2) What is the difference
between avoiding a risk and accepting a risk?
Q3) How you face the Schedule
risk?
Q4) Explain the term RBS?
Q1) What is the critical path?
Q2) How many weeks to complete?
Q3) What is the slack for
activity F?
Q4) What is the slack for
activity G?
Q1) Why are accurate estimates
critical to effective Project Management?
Q2) What is estimated cost for
Mrs John’s house if they use contractors to complete all of the
house?
Q3) Estimate what the cost of
the house would be if the Mrs John and Mr ohn use their talents
to do some of the work
themselves?
Q4) Do you have any suggestion
to Mr & mrs John?
Q1) What kind of Project
Management structure would you recommend they use for the KYSO
project?
Q2) What information would you
like to have to make this recommendation & why?
Q3) What do you believe is more
important for successfully completing a project. Discuss.
Q4) Define the word “Project”
in brief?
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. Give a detailed description
on “Detailed Project Report”. Indicate the Pros and Cons of it also.
(10 Marks)
2. What is Project Management Information
System? Why is a Project Management Information
System considered to be of
immense importance in a project? In designing a Project Management
Information System what
parameters are to be spelt out clearly in line with the objectives of the
Project management Information
System? (20 Marks)
3. Technology and processes
play crucial role in certain projects. What the key issues are in regards
to choice of technology,
equipment and processes at the stage of formulation of Detailed Project
Report?
4. Given the activity mean and
Standard Deviation, Find the probability that the project will take
more than 10 weeks to complete.
(20 Marks)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Q1) Write short notes (10
Marks)
a) Investment Criteria
b) Generation and Screening of
Project Ideas
Q2) Explain briefly the various
Considerations in selecting the project? (10 Marks)
Q3) Explain Project
Organization Structure. (10 Marks)
Q4) Distinguish between Market
Analysis and Demand Analysis? (10 Marks)
Q5) Discuss Project Management
and explain Network Techniques for Project
Management? (10 Marks)
Q6) Explain in brief the over
view of project planning? (10 Marks)
Q7) Explain major issues in
Financing of Projects? (10 Marks)
Q8) What is Risk Analysis and
explain in brief Firm Risk and Market Risk? (10 Marks)
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PUBLIC RELATION MANAGEMENT
a) Various public for public
relations
b) Media relation
c) Essential qualities of
Public Relation Officer
Q2) Define the term Public
relation. Explain its features and Scope. (10 Marks)
Q3) What do you mean by
in-house PR Explain its pros and cons. (10 Marks)
Q4) What is the role of
financial PR in an organization? (10 Marks)
Q5) What do you mean by in –
house PR department. Explain its pros and cons. (10 Marks)
Q6) What is corporate Public relations.
Discuss its basic principles. (10 Marks)
Q7) What is the role of PR in
an organization? Discuss the five attributes of public relations.
Q8) What is the importance of
ethics in PR? (10 Marks)
PUBLIC RELATION MANAGEMENT
a) Investor Relations for
Shareholder Value
b) A Strategic Approach to
Crisis Management
c) Broadcast Media Relations
Q2) Explain the following (any
two). (10 Marks)
a) Career Paths in Public
Relations
b) Global and Local Media
Relations
c) The various aspects of
Connecting with Consumers in Public Relations
Q3) Explain in brief the
Environmental Issues in Public Relations (10 Marks)
Q4) Define Media Relations.
Explain Integrated Marketing Media Relations (10 Marks)
Q5) Discuss the various aspects
of Managing a Diverse Workforce in a Changing
Corporate Environment’. (10
Marks)
Q6) Discuss the Role of
Research in Public Relations Strategy and Planning (10 Marks)
Q7) Discuss the various
strategies to Maintaining Effective Client-Agency Partnerships
Q8) What is Media
Transformation? Explain in brief the current Practice of Public
Relations in India and abroad.
(10 Marks)
Purchase Management
Q.1) Place yourself in the
shoes of Roy and prepare a statement for the purchase of the boiler or
submitting to the Principal.
Q.1) Analyze the case and give
your comments.
Q.1) Do you, like the purchase
executive, subscribe to the view that employees should not be the suppliers of
the company?
Q.2) Draft a memo to the M.D.
against the current policy.
Q.3) How can the existing
policy be reversed without causing bitterness?
Q.1) Do you think this practice
of accepting gifts from suppliers is ethical or unethical? How can you classify
some activities as distinctly ethical and some unethical? Define a policy/a
procedure for accepting gifts by buyers from the suppliers.
Q.1) Summarize & Analyze
the case with reference the principals of purchase management?
Q.1) Summarize and Analyze the case with ref to
the principles of purchase management?
Q.1) Summarize and analyze the case with
reference to the principal of purchase management?
QUANTITATIVE METHODS
CASE
1
The bulbs manufactured by a
company gave a mean life of 3000 hours with standard
deviation of 400 hours. If a
bulb is selected at random, what is the probability it will
have a mean life less than 2000
hours?
Question:
1) Calculate the probability.
2) In what situation does one
need probability theory?
3) Define the concept of sample
space, sample points and events in context of probability theory.
4) What is the difference
between objective and subjective probability?
CASE
2
The price P per unit at which a
company can sell all that it produces is given by the
function P(x) = 300 — 4x. The
cost function is c(x) = 500 + 28x where x is the number
of units produced. Find x so
that the profit is maximum.
Question:
1) Find the value of x.
2) In using regression analysis
for making predictions what are the assumptions involved.
3) What is a simple linear
regression model?
4) What is a scatter diagram
method?
CASE STUDY : 3
Mr Sehwag invests Rs 2000 every
year with a company, which pays interest at 10% p.a.
He allows his deposit to
accumulate at C.I. Find the amount to the credit of the person
at the end of 5th year.
Question :
1) What is the Time Value of
Money concept.
2) What do you mean by present
value of money?
3) What is the Future Value of
money.
4) What the amount to be
credited at the end of 5th year.
CASE STUDY : 4
The cost of fuel in running of
an engine is proportional to the square of the speed and is
Rs 48 per hour for speed of 16
kilometers per hour. Other expenses amount to Rs 300
per hour. What is the most
economical speed?
Question:
1) What is most economical
speed?
2) What is a chi-square test?
3) What is sampling and what
are its uses.
4) Is there any alternative
formula to find the value of Chi-square?
QUANTITATIVE METHODS
1. What is a linear programming problem? Discuss
the scope and role of linear programming in solving management problems.
Discuss and describe the role of linear programming in managerial
decision-making bringing out limitations, if any.
2. Explain the concept and computational steps
of the simplex method for solving linear programming problems. How would you
identify whether an optimal solution to a problem obtained using simplex
algorithm is unique or not?
a) What is the difference between a feasible
solution, a basic feasible solution, and an optimal solution of a linear
programming problem?
b) What is the difference between simplex
solution procedure for a `maximization’ and a `minimization’ problem?
c) Using the concept of net contribution,
provide an intuitive explanation of why the criterion for optimality for
maximization problem is different from that of minimization problems.
Outline the steps involved in the simplex
algorithm for solving a linear programming maximization problem. Also define
the technical terms used therein.
3. ``Linear programming is one of the most
frequently and successfully employed Operations Research techniques to
managerial and business decisions.’’ Elucidate this statement with some
examples.
4. Describe the transporation problem and give
its mathematical model. Explain, by taking an illustration, the North-West
Corner Rule, the Least Cost Method and the Vogel’s Approximation Method to
obtain the initial feasible solution to a transportation problem. Discuss the
various methods of finding initial feasible solution of a transportation
problem and state the advantages, disadvantages, and areas of application for
them.
5. What is an assignment problem? It is true to
say that it is a special case of the transportation problem? Explain. How can
you formulate an assignment problem as a standard linear programming problem?
Illustrate. What do you understand by an assignment problem? Give a brief
outline for solving it.
6. What are different types of inventories?
Explain. What functions does inventory perform? State the two basic inventory
decisions management must make as they attempt to accomplish the functions of
inventory just described by you.
7. What is queuing theory? What type of questions
are sought to be answered in analyzing a queuing system? Give a general
structure of the queuing system and explain. Illustrate some queuing
situations. What is queuing theory? In what types of problem situations can it
be applied successfully? Discuss giving examples.
8. What is a replacement problem? Describe some
important replacement situations and policies. Briefly explain the costs which
are relevant to decisions for replacement of depreciable assets. Illustrate
their behavior and explain how the optimal time for replacement of an asset can
be determined.
9. What kinds of decision-making situations may
be analysed using PERT and CPM techniques? State the major similarities between
PERT and CPM. Under what circumstances is CPM a better technique of project
management than PERT? A construction company has received a contract to build
an office
complex. It has frequently engaged itself in
constructing such buildings. Which of the two network techniques, PERT and CPM,
should in your opinion, be employed by the company? Why?
10. Describe the steps involved in the process
of decision making. What are payoff and regret functions? How can entries in a
regret table be derived from a pay-off table?
11. What do you understand by Markov processes?
In what areas of management can they be applied successfully? What do you
understand by transition probabilities? Is the assumption of stationary
transition probabilities realistic, in your opinion? Why or why not?
12. Explain how the probability tree helps to
understand the problem of Markov processes. Explain the method of calculation
of ending up in each absorbing state when a chain beings in a particular
transient state. What is fundamental matrix of Markov chains? What does it
calculate?
13. What is simulation? Describe the simulation
process. State the major two reasons for using simulation to solve a problem.
What are the advantages and limitations of simulation? ``When it becomes
difficult to use an optimization technique for solving a problem, one has to
resort to simulation’’. Discuss. Simulation is typically the process of
carrying out sampling experiments on
the models of the system rather than the system
itself.’’ Elucidate this statement by taking some examples.
14. A company has three offers for its existing
equipment in one of the divisions. The first buyer is willing to pay Rs. 50,000
at the end of 8 years’ period. The second buyer offers Rs. 39,000—consisting of
an immediate payment of Rs. 14,000 and Rs. 25,000 after 6 years. The third
buyer agrees to buy the equipment for Rs. 29,000 payable right away. Which is
the best offer for the
company if it can earn an interest @ 8% per
annum on the money received?
15. What is the difference between qualitative
and quantitative techniques of forecasting. When is a qualitative model
appropriate? Briefly discuss the Delphi method of making forecasts.
16. a) How do you distinguish between resource
leveling and resource allocation problems? State and explain an algorithm for
resource allocation.
b) Explain the following as they are used in
PERT/CPM
(i) Beta distribution, and (ii) Budget over-run.
17. The following table gives data on normal
time and cost, and crash time and cost for a project.
`Duration (Weeks) Total Cost (Rs) Activity
i) Draw the network and find out the critical
path and the normal project duration.
ii) Find out the total float associated with
each activity.
iii) If the indirect costs are Rs. 100 per week,
find out the optimum duration by crashing and the corresponding project costs.
iv) With the crash duration indicated, what
would be the minimum crash duration possible, ignoring indirect costs?
18. What is a `game’ in game theory? What are
the properties of a game? Explain the ``best strategy’’ on the basis of minimax
criterion of optimality. Describe the maximin and minimax principles of game
theory.
19. Explain the steps involved in solution to
dynamic programming problems. Explain the following in the context of dynamic
programming:
(a) Stages
(b) States
(c) Pay-off function
(d) Recursive relationship
20. A political campaign for election to the
parliament is entering its final stage and pre-poll surveys are medicating a
very close contest in a certain constituency. One of the candidates in the
constituency has sufficient funds to give five full-page advertisements in four
different areas. Based on the polling information, an estimate has been made of
the approximate number (in thousands) of additional votes that can be polled in
different areas. This is shown below.
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
CASE-1 (16 Marks)
A professor is interested in following whether the
"good" students finish the test earlier or later than
the others in the class. He observes a particular test and
gets the following data given below
If 'good' students are those who get 90 and above, can the
professor conclude that good students finish the test randomly (use a 5% level
of significance) ?Explain
CASE-2 (16 Marks)
The weight (gms) of 31 books picked from a consignment are
as follows:
106, 107, 76, 82, 106, 107, 175, 93, 187, 95, 123, 125, 111,
92, 86, 70, 127, 68, 130, 129, 139,
119,115, 128, 100, 186, 84,99, 113, 204, 111
Test whether this sample may be treated as random? Briefly
explain?
Case-3 (16 Marks)
A local supermarket has experienced a decline in unit sales
and little change in rupee value sales.
Profits have almost vanished. The chief executive in
searching for ways to revitalize the operation, was
advised to increase the number of hours the market is open
for business. He comes to you for advice in structuring a research problem that
will provide relevant information for decision making, Define the research
problem taking care to:
(a) state the relevant question.
(b) enumerate the alternative answers.
(c) clearly define the units of analysis and characteristics
of interest.
CASE-4 (16 Marks)
According to the National Retail Federation and Center for
Retailing Education at the University of
Florida, the four main sources of inventory shrinkage are
employee theft, shoplifting, administrative
error, and vendor fraud. The estimated annual dollar amount
in shrinkage ($millions) associated with
each of these data sources are as follows
Employee theft $ 17918.6
Shop lifting $ 15191.9
Administrative error $ 7617.6
Vendor fraud $ 2553.6
Total $43281.7
Construct a pie chart to depict these data ?
1. Discuss the various bases or criteria for segmenting
consumer markets. Explain Tanishq’s
segmentation and positioning strategy.
2. What are Tanishq’s key brand values or brand strengths?
Explain.
3. What are the strength and weakness of Tanisq
CASE-6 (16 Marks)
A recent survey on washing machines conducted among
housewives showed that most of them
belonged to middle income households, were generally
employed had growing up children and
preferred a compact, easy-to-use, top-loading washing
machine. They wanted a machine that gets
clothes clean and comes with a trouble-free service. If you
were the marketer of Whirlpool's washing
machine, how will you use this information for planning your
marketing strategy?
CASE-7 (16 Marks)
A company wishes to launch a new tooth paste which can
effectively prevent cavities and tooth decay
as well make teeth whiter. But the tooth paste markets is
highly crowed with multiple brands. Design a questionnaire to identify product
attributes important to consumers and consumer purchase behavior. Also decide
the target group on whom the questionnaire can be executed.
RETAIL MANAGEMENT
1. What are the advantages
and disadvantages from the buyer’s and seller’s perspectives of
purchasing merchandise
through Internet auctions like eBay?
2. Will a significant amount
of retail sales be made through Internet auctions like eBay in the future?
Why or why not?
3. What are eBay’s
competitive advantages? Will it be able to withstand the competition from other
auction sites like Yahoo! And
Amazon’s auctions?
1. What prices caused Courtney’s charge?
2. Which price would result in the highest profit?
3. What other factors should Courtney’s consider?
4. What price would you charge, and how many units would you
order?
1) Knowing that the company wants a mixed-media ad campaign
to support this event, prepare an ad
plan for the general merchandise manager that costs no more
than $40,000?
2) Work out the daily scheduling of all advertising?
3) Work out the dollars to be devoted to each medium?
4) Justify your plan?
1. What are the pros and cons of Enterprise’s human resource
management strategy?
2. Would you want to work for Enterprise? Why or why not?
3. How does its human resource strategy complement the quality
of customer service delivered by
its representatives?
1) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various
alternatives Ruth Diamond is
considering?
2) Do you nave any other suggestions for improving the
store’s sales?
3) What would you recommend? Why?
1) What is the best way for the Home Depot to continue to
grow?
2) Can Home Depot maintains its current market position with
its new policies and increasing
competition?
3) Will more efficient operations and increased
centralization be effective in streamlining Home
Depot’ business?
4) How might the shifts in corporate culture affect
executives, management, and associates?
1) Can this type of advertising campaign improve Wal-Mart’s
image in the eyes of associates,
consumers, investors, and the press?
2) What else could Wal-Mart do to improve its reputation?
3) Go to Wal-Mart Stores home page at http://www.
walmartstores.com and click on College
Recruiting. Explore what this page has to offer. If a
Wal-Mart recruiter came to your campus,
would you consider Wal-Mart as an employer? Why or why not?
1) What, if any, are the differences in A & F’s and AE
retail strategy?
2) What are the brand images of A&f and AE? What words
and phrases are associated with each
retailer’s brand name?
3) List other specialty apparel retailers that target the
same customers as A&F and AE. How do these
brands differentiate themselves in the competitive retail
environment? Construct a product
positioning map to illustrate.
4) Which retailer(s) has (have) the stronger competitive
position? Why?
RETAIL MANAGEMENT
1. What can an
independent retailer learn from this case?
2. What are the
positive implications of this case with respect to the use of leased
departments in department stores?
3. How can a
mid-priced apparel store become a destination retailer?
4. How is Gap
Inc. utilizing the principles of the wheel of retailing through its Gap, Old
Navy, and Banana Republic divisions?
5. How can
high-priced apparel specialty stores successfully compete against full-line
discount stores?
6. What role
should the Internet play for apparel retailers?
7. Can an
apparel retailer prosper in the future if it does not engage in multi-channel
retailing? Explain your answer.
1. What overall
conclusions do you reach after reading this case?
2. How can
apparel retailers compete with Wal-Mart?
3. Does
cross-shopping affect apparel retailing? Is this good or bad? Why?
4. What are the
retail implications of this statement ``American consumers are not trendy –
either at work or play?’’ Do you agree with the statement? Explain your answer.
5. How could
the information cited in the case be used in a retail information system?
6. Devise a
questionnaire to determine what improvements the loyal customers of an apparel
store chain would like to see in the chain.
7. What
additional consumer-related information would you like to review about apparel
shoppers besides that stated in the Case?
RETAIL MANAGEMENT
Q.1) What is the purpose of developing a formal retail
strategy? How would a strategic plan
be Used by a college book store? (10 Marks)
Q.2) Do you believe that customer service in retailing is
improving or declaring, if yes, why
and If no why? (10 Marks)
Q.3) What are the expected and augmented value chain
elements for the following retailers.
a) Fast food restaurants
b) Motel
c) Local pharmacy
Q.4) What do you understand by service retailing. Explain
the unique aspects of service
Retailing with suitable examples. (10 Marks)
Q.5) Explain the wheel of retailing. Is this theory
applicable in today’s context. Why or why not?
Q.6) Compare a single channel and a multi-channel retailing.
State the advantages and
Dis-advantages also. (10 Marks)
Q.7) a) Explain non-store retailing with example (10 Marks)
. b) Explain the 30 days rule for direct marketers.
Q.8) Explain the characteristics of retail training methods?
(5 Marks)
Rural Management
1. The affluent class of rural consumer
2. Cottage Industry
3. Chique sachet shampoo
4. Attitude
Q2. Describe the
various sources of collecting primary and secondary data during
rural market research? (10
marks)
Q3. What are the
various basis of segmentation of rural market? (10
marks)
Q4. Describe the
rural consumer classification according to income? Which all
classes are most likely to possess a two-wheeler? (10 marks)
Q5. What are the
various innovations companies have evolved to overcome the
barriers in rural India. Answer using rural success stories. (10 marks)
Q6. Why are money
lenders so successful in villages despite charging high interest rates?
Q7. What does
NABARD stands for? Explain the various services offered by NABARD?
SAFETY MANAGEMENT
1) Do you agree with foreman?
2) What things would you want to investigate relative to
possible clauses?
3) Discuss some of the possibilities in this case?
4) Is Safety more a psychological problem or more an
engineering problem, why?
1) From a Safety point of view what investigations would you
wish to have made?
2) Suggest how these investigations might be handled? i.e.
what people, departments or
organizations might carry out investigations of what
hazards?
3) How serious are the dangers is unsuspected hazards of new
products? Cite an
example or two briefly?
4) Suggest steps a company may take to increase the
probability that its products will
not prove injurious on occasion?
1) What are the two considerations in reducing the fire
hazard?
2) What provisions should be made for rescue units?
3) Which portable fire-extinguishing equipment you would
recommend?
4) Suggest a training program for fire prevention?
1) Define the term Insurance cost?
2) Define the term Average Uninsured costs?
3) Why is it desirable to make some use of averages or
ratios in calculating the cost to a
company resulting from its work injuries?
4) What is the logical basis for including the cost of no
injury accidents as well as
injury cases when appraising the measurable dollar gain from
safety work?
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SAP CONSULTANCY MANAGEMENT
Q1) Explain “Retailing”?
Q 2) What do you mean by
franchise?
Q 3) What are the
essentials of business?
Q4) What are the types
of Integration & mergers?
Q1) Explain
counterfeiting
Q2) What do you mean by
Licensing
Q 3) Explain protecting
rights to merchandising properties?
Q 4) Explain
Intellectual property ?
Q1) Explain Line
Planning ?
Q2) What do you mean by
product development?
Q3) Explain Line
presentation
Q4) How do you explain
these concepts
i)
Labels ii) Hang Tags
iii) Tickets iv) Pocket Flashers
1) What are the
influences on the design process?
2) Examine pre adoption
processes in relation to creative design?
3) Examine post adoption
processes in relation to technical design ?
4) What are the factors
influencing product development?
1.
What are the differences between system fresh and client fresh?
2.
What is the difference Between Role and Profile?
3.
What is the process of dialog program from first to last?
4.
How can one use Bar codes in Sap-script?
5.
Answer the following set of questions
a)
What is MANUE field in NAST table?
b)
What is its purpose?
c)
What for it is used in SAP Script?
d)
How can we use that field in our own driver program?
e)
Where Standard Driver programs reside?
f)
What is the t code & path for finding the standard driver programs?
6.What
are client dependant objects in ABAP or SAP?
7.How
do we debug sap script?
8.What
are the diff types of dispatcher in SAP?
9.
How you will send mail from one SAP system to other SAP system?
10.Is it possible to link R/3 projects to the MS Project?
Explain
SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. You have been
appointed a Project manager for a major software products company. Your job is
to manage the development of the next generation version of its widely used
word-processing software. Because new revenue must be generated, tight
deadlines have been established and announced. What team structure would you
choose and why? What software process model(s) would you choose and why?
2. You have been asked
to develop a small application that analyzes each course offered by a
university and reports the average grade obtained in the course (for a given
term). White a statement of scope that bounds this problem.
3. Use the COCOMO II
Model I to estimate the effort required to build software for a simple ATM that
produces 12 screens, 10 reports, and will require approximately 80 software
components, Assume average complexity and average developer/environment
maturity. Use the application composition model with object points.
4. Develop a spreadsheet
model that implements one or two of the estimation techniques described in this
chapter. Alternatively, a acquire one or more on-line models for software
project estimation from web-based sources.
5. A system has 12
external inputs, 24 external outputs, fields 30 different external queries,
manages 4 internal logical files, and interfaces with 6 different legacy
systems (6 EIFs). All of these data are of average complexity, and the overall
system is relatively simple. Compute FP for the system.
6. Give at least three
examples in which black-box testing might give the impression that everything’s
OK, while white vox tests might uncover an error. Give at least three examples
in which white-box testing might give the impression that “everything’s OK,”
while black-box tests might uncover an error.
SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. Prepare
a business case
2. Draft
the feasibility report
3.
Identify the stake holders involved in this project with their suitable role
and responsibilities
4. Under
what circumstances can Ms.Mary outsource this work?
5.
Identify few known quality principles/policies that can be implemented while
developing this
project.
1.
Calculate the weighted average development time for each module
2.
Standard deviation for each module
3.
Calculate the standard deviation for the complete project and the estimated
time frame for
completion?
4.
Assuming Rakesh has to finish this project 20 weeks. What is the team strength
he would need to do it?
5. What
are the possible issues Rakesh may face while hiring Human Resources from the
local
country?
1. Based
on assumptions, identify minimum of five important risks involved in the
project
2. Perform
a qualitative risk analysis based on the answer for Q. 1 above
3. Perform
a quantitative risk analysis based on Q.1 and Q. 2 above. Assume numerical
value ranges
for
probability and impact (Exposure) of risks
4. Prepare
a sample risk register for such a project
5. List
out three positive risks in such a project
1. Should
a third party vendor be selected to do this software project? If yes, then what
are the legal
formalities
D-Smart Infotech need to complete with New Boston School and the selected
vendor?
2. What
are the high level risks associated in such a project?
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Q1)
Explain the term strategic decision making?
Q2)
Explain the process of decision making?
Q3) What
is the basic thrust of strategic decision making?
Q4)
Explain in detail the issues in strategic decision making?
Q1) Define
vision? And explain the benefits of a vision?
Q2) What
do you mean by mission?
Q3) How
are Mission statements formulated and communicated?
Q4)
Explain in detail the characteristics of a Mission statement?
Q1)
Explain the concept of Environment?
Q2)
Explain in detail the characteristics of Environment?
Q3)
Explain Internal Environment?
Q4)
Explain External Environment?
Q1)
Explain the term mergers and acquisitions?
Q2) What
are the types of mergers and acquisitions?
Q3)
Explain in detail the reasons for mergers and acquisitions?
Q4) What
are the important issues in mergers and acquisitions?
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. Define strategic intent, vision and
mission. Write major components of a mission statement. How do you define
corporate objectives? Distinguish between purpose, mission, long-term
objectives and goals.
2. Discuss the roles of the following in
corporate governance.
3. The organizational resources and behavior
exercise a significant influence on the environment of an organization.
Illustrate how strengths and weaknesses create synergistic effects.
4. Define strategic management and bring
out the main elements of strategic management. Explain with appropriate diagram
the strategic management model and its major components.
5. Discuss the global challenge facing
Indian firms. Explain important techniques for environmental analysis.
6. What are generic Strategies? Discuss
the reasons for adopting stability and expansion strategies.
7. What do you understand by industry
environment? Discuss main components of industry environment.
10. Explain Cost leadership strategy, its
strategic choices, and advantages and disadvantages of cost leadership. Define Differentiation Strategy. Discuss is
advantages and disadvantages.
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
a) Explain the push/pull view
of supply chain.
b) Explain, what is the
competitive strategy of supply chain.
c) Discuss the goal of Supply
Chain.
d) Describe the major obstacle
that must be overcome to successfully manage a supply chain.
Q2) a) Identify the major
drivers of supply chain performance and discuss the role of each driver in
creating strategic fit between
the supply chain strategy and the competitive strategy.
b) Evaluate the strengths and
weakness of different modes of transportation
Q3) Attempt any three of the
following
a) List the various view of
supply chain and discuss one of them.
b) Describe how the company
achieves strategic fit between its supply chain strategy and
competitive strategy.
c) Discuss the impact of
replenishment policies on supply chain on safety inventory.
d) Discuss the role of
distribution in the supply chain.
Q4) Write the short note on any
five of the following.
a) Role of transportation in
supply chain
b) Role of sourcing in supply
chain.
c) Safety inventory management
in Supply chain
d) Coordination in supply
chain.
e) Role of Information
technology in Supply chain.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
How
has technology helped SCM ?
Is
e-tendering a good process to select vendors?
Define supply chain and supply
chain collaboration?
Define hierarchy of decision
making in supply chain management?
Define
Inventory is a ``Flexibility Buffer’’?
What
are the various pitfalls in inventory management?
TAXATION
i) Annual Value
ii) Assessee
iii) Assessment year
iv) Assessment
Q2)
Distinguish between :
a) Resident and Non-resident
b) Ordinary Resident and non-ordinary
Resident?
Q3)
Discuss the following exemption from Income tax?
a) Scholarship
b) Daily allowance of MP or MLA
c) Awards and Rewards.
Q4)
What are the different heads of income under which income is to be computed
under the Income tax Act 1961?
Q5) Define
a) Salary
b) Pre-quisite
c) Profits in lieu of Salary
Q6)
How will you determine the income from house property under the Income Tax Act
1961?
Q7) What are the incomes chargeable under the
head “Profits and Gains of Business or Profession? Explain.
Q8) Which are the amounts chargeable under the
head “Income from Capital gains”?
TOTAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT
1.
What is HASAWA? Describe this in terms of the following:
a)
Employees
b)
Employers
c)
Manufacturers
d)
Suppliers
e)
Occupiers of premises;
2.
How many types of Fire appliances are available? Explain them.
3.
What is Stress? Classify the Stressors? What are the sources of stress among
managers?
4.
What is Benchmarking? Explain the process of Benchmarking in respect of Health
& Safety Management.
5.
What are the Ergonomics on the occupational health?
6.
Explain the concepts of BS 8800?
7.
What are the parameters of Safety Monitory System? Explain them.
8.
Enumerate the various occupational health initiatives?
9.
What is the role of communication on health & safety issues?
10.
Who are a Atypical workers? Give example.
11.
What is MHSWR? Differentiate between MHSWR & HASAWA in terms of employers?
12.
What is Risk Management? Critically Evaluate Risk Management strategies?
13.
Describe the role of the health and safety practitioner?
14.
What are the different measures (rates) used in the calculation of accident and
ill health?
15.
Identify the different areas of influence, which affects the people at work?
16.
What do you understand by ‘The Fire Triangle’ Explain this with illustration.
17.
(I). Based on your perception, describe the following.
a)
Safety in offices
b)
Safety at home
c)
Safety at operational areas.
(II).
In each of the above situation (a, b, & c), establish the necessary safety norms
as a part of precautionary measures.
18.
Describe the basics of Electrical safety. Explain the nomenclature ‘sound
working environment’.
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
1. Which of the gurus would be the father
of quality control? Which had the greatest impact on management? Which is noted
for robust design?
2. Write your personal philosophy or
creed?
3. List and explain the six most important
factors that influence consumer purchases?
4. What conditions are necessary for
empowerment?
5. Describe how empowerment, work groups,
and multifunctional teams would or would not affect the five types of problems?
6. Working as an individual or in a team
of two or three people, develop a supplier selection plan for one of the
organizations.
7. Working in a team of three or more
people, what performance measures would you recommend for the following
organizations?
a) Large bank
b) Health-care facility
c) University academic department
d) University nonacademic department
e) Large department store
f) Grade School
g) Manufacturing facility
h) Large grocery store
8. What is a critical success factor? How
is it important in benchmarking?
9.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of
wireless communication?
10.
What can be
accomplished by the addition of a third party registering a quality system?
11.
Visit an organization
in your community and determine if their accident and emergency preparedness
plan meets the ISO 14001 criteria.
12.
Briefly describe the
difference between sequential engineering and quality by design (or concurrent)
engineering.
13.
Devise a compensation
plan for injured users where the product defect manifests itself in the second
or third generation, such as when a man or woman takes a prescribed drug that
injures their future children.
14.
Form a project team
of six or seven people, elect a leader, and construct a cause-and-effect
diagram for bad coffee from a 22 cup coffee maker used in the office.
15.
Formulate a full factorial experiment to determine
what factors affect the
retention rate in college. Identify four factors
each at two levels that you feel influence retention rate. For example, one
factor could be external work with two levels, 20 and 40 hours per week.
16.
Given three two-level
factors and three suspected two – factor interactions; determine the degrees of
freedom and the OA.
TREASURY MANAGEMENT
Q1)
Explain six components of interest rate risk?
Q2)
What is Earnings at Risk (EAR) ?
Q3)
Explain the important wings of organizational structure for management of
market risk?
Q4)
Define currency risk and explain how a domestic organization is concerned with
currency risk?
Q5)
Define equity risk and state the various forms of equity risk?
Q6)
What is OTC Market?
Q7)
What is commodity currency. Explain in brief.
Q8)
State the various categories of investment? How can a bank undertake security
shifting?
Q9)
What are the obligations of Mutual Funds to the unit holders?
Q10)
Discuss Zero Based Budgeting in detail?
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QUALITY STANDARDS AND POLICY
.
Q.1) The mean value of the modulus of
rupture of a large number of test specimens of green Sitka spruce has been
found to be 5,600 Ib/in2.
a) If the standard deviation is 840
Ib/in2 &
the distribution is approximately normal, the modulus of rupture will fall
between 5,000 & 6,200 for what percentage of the specimens?
b) For what percentage will it be above
4,000?
c) Below 3,500? (5 Marks)
Q.2) a) How many different hands of a
13-card might you have out of standard deck of 52 playing cards?
b) What is the probability of a 13-card
hand containing all four aces?
c) What is the probability of a 13-card
hand without an ace, king, queen, or jack?
d) What is the probability of a 13-card
hand containing one or more aces? (5 Marks)
Q.3) An acceptance plan calls for the
inspection of a sample of 75 articles out of a lot of 1,500. If there are no
nonconforming articles in the sample, the lot is accepted; with 7 or more, it
is rejected. If a lot 5% nonconforming is submitted, what is the probability
that it will be rejected? Solve using the poisson distribution as an app (5
Marks)
Q.4) Random Samples of 100 items are
drawn from a continuous process that is known to produce 20% nonconforming
items. Determine the probability of finding exactly 15 nonconforming items in a
sample:
a) Using the exact binomial
distribution.
b) Using the normal approximation to
the binomial.
c) Using the poisson approximation to
the binomial.
d) Comment on the relative accuracy of
the approximations.
SHIPPING MANAGEMENT
1) what are quality Management Systems? (Marks
10)
2) Explain Impact of Competition on rates? (Marks
10)
3) Describe the complete structure of shipping
Operations? (Marks 10)
4) Explain the following in brief? (Marks 10)
a) Bulk Cargo market.
b) Iron Ore trade.
c) Coal trade.
d) Grain Trade.
e) Shipping Demand Forecast.
f) Operating Cost.
g) Ship Market.
h) Freight Market.
5) Explain Financial Management with the help of
the following points. (Marks 20)
a) Debt Equity Mix and Dividend.
b) Treasury Function.
c) Funds from international sources.
d) Trading activities.
e) Shipping Business.
f) Buying and selling of ships.
SIX
SIGMA QUALITY STANDARDS
.
Q.1) Explain the hyped six
sigma? (10 Marks)
Q.2) Explain the benefits of
ultimate Six Sigma. (10 Marks)
Q.3) Explain hyped Six Sigma
weakness area by area. (10 Marks)
Q.4) Which are the
infrastructure to capture maximum customer vality? (10 Marks)
Q.5) Explain 10 steps process
in constructing & Empowerment infrastructure? (10 Marks)
Q.6) Types of majorment? (10
Marks)
Q.7) Explain Design Quality
Liliability? (10 Marks)
Q.8) Explain the Escalating
important of Supply Chain Management?
WARE HOUSE MANAGEMENT
Q.1} If you are in charge of an
warehousing department what steps you will take to understand, its
basic and formulate and structure? (10
Marks)
Q.2} “Haphazard’ inventory management
is great cost. How will you take care of:- (10 Marks)
(i) FMCG Goods
(ii) Perishable Goods
(iii) White Goods
Q.3} As an auditor what will recommend
for:- (10 Marks)
(i) Unaccounted good
(ii) In process losses
Q.4} Enumerate five major steps to put
Management Control System for:- (10 Marks)
(i) In flow material
(ii) Scrap Materials
(iii) Issue and receipt of material
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Business
Communication
Q1. Explain the nature and
general purpose of financial statements.)
Q2. What is meant by the term
‘Just-in-Time’ Inventory system?
Q3. Differentiate between push
and pull strategies for promotion.
Q4. Define the term “Material
Management”. What are the problems faced by materials managers in today’s
world?
Q5. Define channel of
communication, discuss different types of channels of business communication.
Q6. What do you know about
‘Adjustment Requests’?
Q7. Which format one should
perceive while writing a report?
Q8. What is a bad news message?
Business
Ethics
Q1. Write a note on
consumerism.
Q2. How morality is useful in
business?
Q3. Write a note on value
education.
Q4. Discuss philosophy and
religion.
Q5. Give 7 points of New World
order by M. K. Gandhi.
Q6. Give a note on Human
culture.
Q7. Write a note on Consumer
Safety.
Q8. Give benefits of consumer
education.
Corporate
Law
Q1. Is it safe to go in for
oral contracts?
Q2. What is FEMA?
Q3. What are powers of the
authorized person
Q4. What are powers of RBI to
inspect authorized person
Q5. What is possession and
retention of foreign currency
Q6. Discuss FDI
Q7. Discuss Foreign Investment
in small scale sector
Q8. What are the essentials of
contract
Financial
& Cost Accounting
Q1. Differentiate between
Management Accounting and Financial Accounting.
Q2. What is the different
between cost accounting and management accounting?
Q3. State the objectives of
cost accounting briefly explain the advantages of cost accounting.
Q4. “Cost accounting is better
understood as a cost control and cost reduction exercise and not a more cost
ascertainment process”. Discuss.
Q5. “Cost accounting is a
system of foresight like pre-natal care, but financial accounting is just a
postmortem examination”. Critically examine this statement
Q6. Define “Costing”, “Cost”
and “Cost Accountancy”. Distinguish between cost accounting and financial
accounting.
Q7. “A Good system of costing
must place the same emphasize on cost control as on cost ascertainment”.
Comment on this statement.
Q8. What one the limitations of
financial accounting? How do you overcome item in cost accounting?
General
Management
Q1. Define management. What are
the characteristics of management?
Q2. Is management an art,
science and profession
Q3. What are the classification
of managerial functions?
Q4. What are the steps in
decision making?
Q5. Define organization Explain
the classical theory of organization
Q6. What are the prerequisites
for effective Human resource planning?
Q7. How to forecast human resource
demand?
Q8. What are the sources of
recruit?
International
Business
Q1. What is meant by
Technology? What is its influence on business?
Q2. What are the functions of
WTO?
Q3. How do differences in
culture affect in international business?
Q4. Write a detailed note on
foreign direct investment
Q5. Explain theory of global
competitiveness alignment
Q6. Explain global human
resource management
Q7. What is agricultural &
village industry facility in special focus initiatives?
Q8. What is cost & freight
(CFR)?
Marketing
Management
Q1. Define marketing and
explain how marketing has evolved to the current state as it is practiced?
Q2. What is Marketing planning?
And what are the steps involved in corporate planning process?
Q3. What is Brand? What is the
distinction between a product and brand?
Q4. Define marketing channel.
And explain various types of marketing channels?
Q5. What is Sales Promotion?
And what are objectives of sales promotion?
Q6. Explain the important
factors in designing a marketing organization?
Q7. What is rural market?
Explain the dimensions of Indian rural market?
Q8. What is Importance of
Marketing as a subject of study?
Operation
Management
Q1. Suzan has a part-time
“cottage-industry” producing seasonal plywood yard ornaments for resale at
local craft fairs and bazaars. She currently works a total of 4 hours per day
to produce 10 ornaments. a. What is her productivity? b. She thinks that by
redesigning the ornaments and switching from use of a wood glue to a hot-glue
gun she can increase her production to 20 ornaments per day. What is her new
productivity? c. What is her percentage increase (or decrease) in productivity?
Q2.Ahmet grows domatoes in his
100 by 100 meters garden. He then sells the crop at the local farmer’s market.
Two summers ago, he was able to produce and sell 1200 kgs of tomatoes. Last
summer, he tried a new fertilizer that promised a 20% increase in yield. He
harvested 1350 kgs. Did the fertilizer live up to its promise?
Q3. A company has asked YOU to
evaluate the firm’s productivity by comparing this year’s performance with last
year’s. The following data are available:
______________Last Year This
Year OUTPUT 10 500 units 12 100 units Labor Hours 12 000 13 200 Utilities 7 600
MU 8 250 MU Capital 83 000 MU 88 000 MU Has the company improved its
PRODUCTIVITY during the past year?
Q4. A firm cleans chemical tank
cars in the Bay Gazimagusa area. With standard equipment, the firm typically
cleaned 60 chemical tank cars per month. They utilized 10 gallons of solvent,
and two employees worked 20 days per month, 6 hours a day. The company decided
to switch to a larger cleaning machine. Last February, they cleaned 60 tank
cars in only 15 days. They utilized 12 gallons of solvent, and two employees
worked 6 hours a day. a. What was their productivity with the standard
equipment? b. What is their productivity with the larger machine? c. What is
the change in productivity?
Q5. Ahmet Uslu makes wooden
boxes in which to ship motorcycles. Ahmet and his three employees invest 40
hours per day making the 120 boxes. a. What is their productivity? b. Ahmet and
his employees have discussed redesigning the process to improve efficiency. If
they can increase the rate to 125 per day, what would be their new
productivity? c. What would be their increase in productivity?
Q6. Magusa Metal Works produces
cast bronze valves on an assembly line. On a recent day, 160 valves were
produced during an 8-hour shift. Calculate the productivity of the line.
Q7. Kleen Karpet cleaned 65
rugs in April, consuming the following resources: Labor: 520 hours at 13
MU/hour Solvent: 110 litres at 5 MU/litre Machine Rental: 20 days at 50 MU/day
a. What is the labor productivity? b. What is the multifactor productivity?
Q8. Ilhan Dalci is president of
Ilhandir Manufacturing, a producer of Go-Kart Tires. Dalci makes 1000 tires per
tires per day with the following resources: Labor: 400 hours at 12.50 MU/hr Raw
Material: 20 000 kgs/day at 1MU/kg Energy: 5 000 MU/day Capital: 10 000 MU/day
a. What is the labor productivity for these tires at Ilhandir Manufacturing? b.
What is the multifactor productivity for these tires at Ilhandir Manufacturing?
c. What is the percent change in multifactor productivity if Ilhandir can
reduce energy bill by 1000 MU without cutting production or changing any other
inputs?
Organizational
Behavior
Q1. How does the study of
personality helps in understanding organizational behavior?
Q2. What are the barriers in
communication? Explain the Strategies for improving organizational communication
Q3. How does line and staff
organization structure differ from pure line organization structure? What are
the benefits and limitations of line and staff organization structure?
Q4. Explain the significance of
non-verbal communication in organization and explain different types of
non-verbal communication
Q5. Define leadership. Explain
the measure that can be taken for developing leadership ability of managers.
Q6. What elements comprise an
organizational culture? How does this differ from our understanding of
organizational climate?
Q7. Theorists have attempted to
define organizational cultures into specific taxonomies. How useful has this
profiling work been to our understanding of cultural effectiveness?
Q8. How have traditional
theories in social psychology contributed to our understanding of how
organizational identity is formed?
Personnel
Management
Q1. What is Rational
System Model? Explain in short the examples of Rational System Model.
Q2. What are the
characteristics of the Rational System Model?
Q3. What is Social
System Model? Explain in short the examples of Social System Model.
Q4. What are the
characteristics of the social system model?
Q5. Critically compare
Rational system model and social system model
Q6. Why is there need
for training in industry?
Q7. What are the areas
of training?
Principles & Practice of Management
Q1. Explain different
roles of a manager.
Q2. Distinguish between
management and administration. What is an importance of management?
Q3. Which are the skills
are required by a manager?
Q4. a)What are the
important features of Bureaucratic administration? b)State its contributions
and limitations.
Q5. Describe the Modern
approach to management with its types. a) Quantitative approach. b) Systems
approach c) Contingency approach.
Q6. What is Social
Audit? Explain its benefits and limitations.
Q7. a) What is the
nature of planning? b) State the importance of planning.
Q8. a) What are the
steps involved in planning? b) How you make planning effective?
Finance Management
1. How negatively
correlated investments behave in a market
2. What types of shares
available in the market
3. Explain why financial
planning is important to today’s chief executives
4. How risk and expected return
is compared in two distribution
5. What do you mean
by yield to maturity (YTM ) of a Bond ? Explain briefly
6. How does
interest coverage ratio affects the capital structure.
7. Why Capital budgeting
decisions are more important?.
8. What is Financial risk? How
does it arise?
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