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SMU MBA SEM 2 SPRING 2018 ASSIGNMENTS
MBA201 - Production & Operation Management
ASSIGNMENT SET-1
1Differentiate between Production Planning and Production Control. Point out various functions of Production Planning and Production Control.
Functions of Production Planning
Functions of Production Control
2What do you mean by Strategic management process? Differentiate between Environmental scanning & Differentiation strategies
1. Strategic management process
2. Environmental scanning
3. Differentiation strategies
3Explain various Elements or Components of Operations Strategy in detail.
Elements of operations strategy:
1) Designing of the production system
2) Facilities for production and services
3) Product or service design and development
4) Technology selection, development, and process development
5) Allocation of resources
6) Focus on facilities planning
ASSIGNMENT SET-2
1Explain The Strategic Importance of Forecasting.
Strategic Importance of Forecasting in term of Human Resource
Strategic Importance of Forecasting in term of Supply Chain Management.
2Explain the concept of Rating Method for Location decision sequence. Discuss different types of Rating methods.
Rating plan method
Factor rating method
Point rating method
Break-even analysis
Centre of gravity method
3What do you mean by Quality? Point out, various dimensions of quality?
Meaning of Quality
Dimensions of Quality
MBA202 – FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Assignment Set -1
1. Financial planning means deciding in advance the financial activities to be carried on to achieve the basic objective of the firm. Explain the objectives, benefits and guidelines forfinancial Planning.
a) Objectives
b) Benefits
c) Guidelines
2. Explain the ‘Rule of 69’ and ‘Rule of 72’.
The below depicts the interest rates offered by the fixed deposit scheme of a bank.
Period of deposit Rate per annum
<45 days 9%
46 days to 179 days 10%
180 days to 365 days 10.5%
365 days and above 11%
What will be the status of Rs. 1,00,000 after four years if it is invested at this point of time?
a) Explanation of ‘Rule of 69’ and ‘Rule of 72’
b) Solution to the problem
3. Calculate the upper and lower limits, and the return point as per MO (Miller-Orr) model forGupta Industries which have a policy of maintaining Rs. 500000 minimum cash balance. Thestandard deviation of the company’s daily cash flows is Rs. 200000. The interest rate is 14%.The company has to spend Rs. 150 per transaction.
Solution to the problem
Assignment Set -2
1 Roy Ltd. has an expected usage of 50,000 units of a certain product during the next year. Thecost of processing an order is Rs 20 and the carrying cost per unit per annum is Rs 1. Lead timefor an order is seven days and the company will keep a reserve of three days usage. CalculateEOQ and Re – order point. Assume 250 days in a year.
a) Calculation of EOQ
b) Calculation of Re-order point
2 List and explain the various costs associated with Maintaining Receivables.
Costs associated with Maintaining Receivables
3 Stability of dividends is the consistency in the stream of dividend payments. This method relatesto the payment of certain amount of minimum dividend to the shareholders. List and explain theadvantages because of it?
Advantages which are due to Stability of dividend
MBA203 -Marketing Management
Assignment Set -1
1Write short notes on 7Ps of Marketing Mix and Marketing Planning Process.
7Ps of Marketing Mix
Marketing Planning Process
2Explain Marketing Information System (MIS). What are the various characteristics of MIS?
Explain MIS.
Explain the various characteristics of MIS.
3Write short notes on Difference between Consumer and Business Market and Buying Roles in Industrial Marketing.
Difference between Consumer and Business Market
Buying Roles in Industrial Marketing.
Assignment Set -2
1What do you mean by Market Segmentation? What are the various requisites of effective market segmentation?
Explain Market segmentation.
Explain various requisites of effective market segmentation.
2Explain Brand? What are the various advantages of Branding?
Define and Explain Brand.
Explain the various advantages of Branding.
3Explain the concept of E-Marketing or Online Marketing. Explain various types of Internet Advertising.
Explain the concept of E-Marketing.
Explain various types of Internet Advertising.
MBA204 – MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Assignment Set – 1
1What are the different challenges a manager face in managing Information systems?
Challenges faced by the manager in Managing Information systems
2Explain the concepts of
a) Transaction Processing System
b) Management Information System
a) Transaction Processing System
b) Management Information system
3How Information system can be used to support Competitive strategy? Substantiate with suitable examples.
Information system to support competitive strategy
Examples
Assignment Set – 2
1 Explain the following concepts
a) Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
b) Online Payment Technology
c) Mobile Commerce
a) Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
b) Online Payment Technology
c) Mobile Commerce
2What is DSS? How it is different from MIS? How DSS helps in Decision making?
Decision Support System
Differences between MIS and DSS
DSS in Decision making
3Explain why privacy is important for individuals in the organizations?
How workplace electronic monitoring is done in the organizations?
Explaining the reasons why privacy is important in the organizations
Explaining the ways in which electronic monitoring is done in the organizations
MBA205 & OPERATIONS RESEARCH
SET-I
1 Explain the process of Operation Research.
Process of Operation Research
2 Write short note on
a) Concept of Duality in Linear Programming problem.
b) North-West Corner Method in Transportation problem
c) Benefits of holding inventory
d) Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) model
a. Concept of Duality in Linear Programming problem.
b. North-West Corner Method in Transportation problem
c. Benefits of holding inventory
d. Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) model
3 ABC Pvt. Ltd. is currently using a machine that was purchased for Rs 36,000. The resale value of the machine is Rs 12,000. Maintenance cost of machine is 3,000 Rs for first year and then increases by 500 Rs every year. Calculate total and average cost for 12 Years and find the best time to replace the machine.
Calculation of Total and Average cost
Replacement Year
SET-II
1 a. Define the meaning of assignment problem in operation Research.
b. In a manufacturing unit, time required by machineries to perform jobs is given in following matrix.
JOBS1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
MACHINES / A / 15 / 12 / 20 / 18 / 22
B / 18 / 20 / 17 / 22 / 27
C / 20 / 18 / 17 / 19 / 18
D / 25 / 22 / 18 / 30 / 25
E / 24 / 22 / 28 / 25 / 30
How should the jobs be allocated to machinery to minimize the total man-hours?ADescription of assignment problem
Optimum allocation through Hungarian method
2 Define following criteria’s used for decision making under Uncertainty
a. Optimism (maximax or minimin) criterion
b. Pessimism (maximin or minimax) criterion
c. Equal probabilities (Laplace) criterion
d. Coefficient of optimism (Hurwicz) criterion
e. Regret (salvage) criterion
3 a. Explain the importance and utility of the replacement model in business organizations.
b. b. There are six jobs, each of which must go through two machines A and B in the order AB. The processing time of machines (in hours) is given in Table
JOB / PROCESSING TIMEMACHINE A / MACHINE B
1 / 12 / 9
2 / 20 / 12
3 / 8 / 7
4 / 16 / 14
5 / 7 / 13
6 / 14 / 8
Determine a sequence for the six jobs that will minimise the elapsed time. Also calculate the idle time for Machine A & Machine B.
Importance and utility of the replacement model
Optimal Sequence
Total Ellapsed Time
Idle time for Machine A
Idle time for Machine B
MBA206 - Project Management
ASSIGNMENT SET-I
1Define Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Detail nine knowledge areas of Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
Nine knowledge areas of PMBOK
2Elaborate five project life cycle phases.
Five project life cycle phases
3Define the determination of the Critical Path
Earliest Occurrence Time (EOT)
Latest Occurrence Time (LOT)
The slack for each event
The critical and slack paths
The activity floats
ASSIGNMENT SET-II
1Illustrate strategies to control the project risk.
Risk avoidance
Risk reduction
Risk retention
Risk transfer
2Detail the planning process of PMIS.
1. Identify the information needed
2. Capture data
3. Process data into information and store it
4. Communicate information to stakeholders
3What is Project Performance Evaluation? Elaborate types of project performance evaluation.
Project Performance Evaluation
1. Process (or implementation) evaluation
2. Outcome evaluation
3. Impact evaluation
4. Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses
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