OPERATION MANAGEMENT

1. Define the term production sharing? 2. State principles of agility? 3. Define Delphi techniques in forecasting? 4. What is mrp-2? 5. Factors influencing process selection

6. Simo chart ? 7. Why do we need JIT in manufacturing ? 8. Objective of selecting inventory control ? 9. What is routing? 10.What is Project management?

application ? ii) Define the production system ? Concept of production? b). What are the steps involved in strategic formulation process ?how does the manufacturing technology provides unique advantage to organization in providing products and services to the customers ? 12. a) Explain the various approaches for determining demand forecasting ? b) What are the activities involved in long range capacity planning ? 13. a) What is Product design ? Factors influencing product design ? b) Various methods to improve productivity ? Criteria for make or buy approaches ? 14. a) What is rating? what are factors affecting performance rating of a worker and explain the various methods of performance rating? b) Various techniques of inventory control ? 15. a) Quantitative and qualitative factors in facility location analysis?

11.a) i) Explain the types of operation decisions and the areas of their

b) The activities of a project and their time estimates are given below

(estimated duration of activity in weeks) Activity 1-2 1-4 1-5 2-3 2-6 3-6 4-6 5-7 5-8 6-8 7-8 Optimistic time (to) 2 4 5 3 3 2 3 1 2 6 2 most likely time(tm) 5 19 11 9 6 5 6 4 5 12 5 pessimistic time (tp) 8 28 17 27 15 14 15 7 14 30 8

a)Draw the PERT network diagram b)Determine the mean time and standard deviation of each activity c) Determine the critical path and the standard deviation for the critical path d)calculate the total float, free float and independent float for each activity FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

1. Define financial management 2. What is time value of money? 3. A Rs. 10,000per value bond bearing a coupon rate of 12%
will mature after 5 years. What is the value of the bond, if the discount rate is 15%? 4. What is risk free rate?

5. What is indifference point in EBIT EPS analysis? 6. What is trading on equity? 7. What is commercial paper? 8. Define lease. What are the various types of lease? 9. Define cost of capital. What is its significance? 10.
Explain the concept of capital rationing.

11. (A) Explain the meaning of financial management. What

are its objectives? Explain its functions. (B)(i) Profit maximization is the basic goal of a finance manger. Do you agree? Discuss.

(ii) A patent has been purchased for Rs. 17, 50,000 has a remaining life of 13 years and Rs. 2, 50,000 salvage value. It is estimated that the patent will generate operating revenues Rs. 3, 50,000 per year throughout its life. Operating costs will be Rs. 80,000 per year from year 2 t0 13. Using an interest rate of 12% p.a. find the present value of this investment.

12. (a)(i) What is capital budgeting? Discuss in detail the

need and importance of it. (ii)What are the different types of dividend policy? (b) Describe various theories of capital structure.

13. (a) (i) Explain in detail the impact of financial leverage on

earnings per- share. (ii)A firm has sales of Rs. 75, 00,000 variable cost of Rs. 42, 00,000 and fixed cost of Rs. 6, 00,000. It has a debt of Rs. 45, 00,000 at 9% and equity of Rs. 55, 00,000. Calculate operating, financial and combined leverage of the firm. Also calculate the new EBIT, if the sale drops to Rs. 50, 00,000. (b)A project has the following pattern of cash flows Year Cash flow (Rs.) 0 40,00,0 00 (i)Calculate IRR of the project (ii) With i= 8% calculate NPV of the project 1 15,00, 000 2 8,00,0 00 3 7,50,0 00 4 8,00,0 00 5 35,23, 000

14. (a) AB Ltd. Needs Rs. 10, 00,000 for expansion. The
expansion is expected to yield annual EBIT of Rs. 1, 60,000. In choosing a financial plan, AB Ltd has an objective of

maximizing EPS. It is considering the possibility of issuing equity shares and rating debt of Rs. 1, 00,000 or Rs.4, 00,000 or Rs.6, 00,000. The current market price per share is Rs. 25 and is expected to drop to Rs.20 if the funds are borrowed in excess of Rs.5, 00,000. Funds can be borrowed at the rates indicated below: a) Up to Rs.1,00,000 @ 8% b) Over Rs. 1,00,000 up to Rs. 5,00,000 @ 12% c) Over Rs. 5,00,000@18% Assume a tax rate of 50%. Determine the EPS for the three financing alternatives. (b) What are the objectives of inventory management? Explain.
15 (i)What

is venture capital financing? Explain.

(ii) Explain the features of hire purchase with suitable examples.

MARKETING MANAGEMENT
1. Define marketing. 2. Define global marketing.
3. What is de-marketing?

4. What are the steps in consumer decision making? 5. When is price skimming a good option? 6. What are the steps in consumer decision making? 7. State the bases of customer relationship management. 8. What do you mean by retaining? 9. What are B2B exchanges?

10. What are the practical applications of marketing research?

11. (a) Explain marketing interface with other functional areas.

(b) Explain marketing global environment. 12. (a) Explain the competitors analysis of consumer and industrial markets. (b) How does consumer marketing research differ from industrial marketing research? -Explain in detail. 13. (a) Outline the steps involved in marketing segmentation, targeting and positioning? (b) Explain customer satisfaction. 14. (a) Explain marketing channel design. (b) Explain CRM. 15. (a) Explain the ethics in marketing (b) How marketing changed in the connected world? Discuss the strategy implications of Internet for marketing

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

1) What is off shoring? 2) What do you mean by appealed policy? 3) Define stress interview? 4) Explain the purpose of job analysis? 5) What is induction training?
6) Write a note on vestibule training?

7) Explain the behaviour modeling? 8) List any four objectives of compensation plan? 9) Define living wages? 10) Name some seperation techniques? 11)Discuss in detail the functions of human resource manager? 12) Discuss the manpower forecasting techniques adopted in indian organizations? 13) Discuss the various on-the-job training methods with its advantages and disadvantages? 14) Explain two factors theory of motivation and its implications? 15) Explain the process of performance appraisal? 16) Explain about 360 appraisal system?

BRM
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Define research. What is hypothesis? What is randomization? State the different types of variables. Define snow bowling sampling. Define pantry audit. What is pictogram? Define z-test. 9. How to write an executive summary? 10. Write the different steps in writing report. (a)Explain different types of research in detail. (b)What is hypothesis? Explain the different steps in the hypothesis testing. 12. (a)Explain measurement in research. (b)Elaborate important experimental design. 13. (a)Explain clearly the difference between collection of data through Questionnaires & Schedules. (b) Discuss Interview as a Technique of data collection. 14. (a)What do you mean by Tabulation? What are its various methods? Narrate the characteristics of a good table? (b)How is data organized? What should be done to organize the data? Discuss with illustrations. 15. (a)Explain the Research Report in detail. (b)Explain the different types of report. Differentiate a Technical and a Popular Report.
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