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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.

JOBS
1 / 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 TIME
MACHINE 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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