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MBA INFORMATION SYSTEM I YEAR
1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
1. What do you
see as the main difference between a successful and an unsuccessful decision?
How much does luck versus skill have to do with it? Give a detail note on it.
2. Take any two
Indian companies and examine how they have succeeded or failed due to poor
strategic planning.
3. Suggest a
method of departmentation for a large multi-product organization with a huge
market spread over the whole country. Explain the reasons for your suggestions.
4. ‘Motivation
is the core of management’. Comment. What practical suggestions would you offer
to management to motivate its staff in an industrial organization?
1.2 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
1. “The
objective of Managerial Economics is to provide framework for analyzing business
decisions. Instead of presenting detailed list of rules for specific decision-making,
managerial economics addresses the larger economic forces that shape day-to-day
decision-making”. Critically analyse the above statement.
2. “The quantity
demanded of any good appears to depend upon utility, price and income”.
Elucidate the above statement with appropriate example.
3. “If the
production function is homogeneous with constant returns to scale everywhere,
the returns to a single variable factor will be diminishing.” – Comment.
4. “If there is
active price competition and free entry, the equilibrium output under monopolistic
competition will be very close to the minimum cost-output. However, if firms
avoid price competition and instead enter into non-price competition there will
be excess capacity in each firm”. – Comment the above statement.
1.3 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOR MANAGERS
1. Arun the
managing director is surprised that his profit every year is quite different
from what he wants or expects to achieve. Someone advised him to install a
formal system of budgeting. He employs a fresh accountant to do this. For two
years, the accountant faithfully makes all budgets based on previous year
accounts. The problem remains unsolved. Advise Arun the managing director and
the accountant on what steps they should take. Make assumptions about what is
lacking.
2. In a factory,
actual fixed cost overheads were different from the standard fixed overheads
because the actual output, actual time consumed, actual rate per hour and per
unit of output differed. Compute the variances taking assumed figures.
3. A company has
to decide whether to Make or Buy. Through differential cost analysis, how will
you ascertain the net difference between the two alternatives so as to assist
the management in their decision making? Use hypothetical figures to
illustrate.
4. As a
management accountant your are asked to introduce a system of capital expenditure
control for your organization. Explain the important feature you want to
incorporate in the system you propose to introduce with the suitable example of
a project involving capital expenditure.
1.4 MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. “Chinese
computer and electronic products possess advantages in design, innovation,
rapid response and global market flexibility.” – Comment.
2. “Legal aspects
protect competitors and consumers from many unethical pricing strategies that
unscrupulous marketers may wish to attempt.” – Critically analyse the
statement.
3. “Advertising
on the internet has changed significantly over the past decade and some might argue
that it is for the worse" Do you agree or disagree? Discuss with practical
illustrations.
4. Examine the
challenges encountered by the pharmaceutical wholesale distributor for surviving
and thriving in this new and ever changing environment
1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. “The field of
HRM changes so rapidly that had become necessary for one to constantly review
procedures and laws So that the practices will be effective and legal”.
Critically evaluate this statement.
2. “Majority of
the testing techniques for selection do not accurately assess
thecharacteristics of the job. In fact most of the executives would divulge
that the testing had no impact on future job performance. Do you accept or not?
Discuss with justification.
3. “Identify the
paramount barriers to effective training programme in IT field and how to crush
them.” Explain with real life examples.
4. Technological
advancements and automation are causing high stress and burn out among
employees, which results negatively and unable to reap the benefit of automation”.
Do you agree or disagree? State your view.
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1.6 PRODUCTION AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
1. Production
and materials management is the area of creating competitive advantage. Do you
agree? Justify your answer.
2. A
manufacturer requires 10,000 items per year. Price discount as follows:
a) Rs.4 upto
2000 items, Rs. 3.80 between 2000 and 4000 items. Rs.3.70 for quantities above
4000. Ordering cost = Rs. 50.
b) Comparative
inventory cost = 25% per year of average inventory price.
c) Determine the
optimum purchase policy under discount.
3. Explain JIT.
Do you think it is practically feasible in India? What is your suggestion for
implementing JIT?
4. Discuss the
impact of new technologies on the role of an production Manager in an
organization? Give suitable examples.
1.7 RESEARCH METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT
1. “Human Lock”
a leading human security force company has planned to know the employee
satisfaction level and the problems faced by employees in their job at various
levels. As a consultant you are requested to complete the task. Design a
suitable questionnaire for this purpose by considering different dimensions
related to human security force, and suggests a suitable sampling design for
the collection of data.
2. You are the R
& D Manager of a research consultancy company. You have been assigned to
conduct a customer satisfaction study about cosmetic products of a leading
cosmetic company in India. You conducted the study and you are ready to submit
the report. How will you prepare the research report for your client? (Use your
own data and other relevant information)
3. Mr. Puneeth,
the personnel manager of a Textile Mill is recruiting its graduate trainees
through two consultancy agencies. The performance index (0 – 10 scale) of the
trainees from each consultancy agency follows normal distribution. The variance
of the performance index of the trainees selected through a Consultancy Agency
X is 12 and that of the trainees selected through another Consultancy Agency Y
is 6. The manager feels that the mean performance index of the trainees
selected through the Consultancy Agency X is less than that of the trainees
selected through the Consultancy Agency Y. To test his intuition, he has drawn
a sample of 64 trainees selected through the Consultancy Agency X and their
mean performance index is found to be 8. Similarly, he has drawn a sample of 81
trainees selected through the Consultancy Agency Y and their mean performance
index is found to be 6.5. Test the intuition of Mr. Puneeth at a significant
level of 0.01.
4. “The economy
of a nation depends on the quantum of research and development activities.” –
Comment on the statement and substantiate your views with real time examples.
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