ASSIGNMENT
DRIVE SUMMER 2014
PROGRAM MBA/ MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ PGDBAN2
SEMESTER II
SUBJECT CODE & NAME MB0044 - PRODUCTION AND OPERATION
MANAGEMENT
BK ID B1627
CREDIT & MARKS 4 CREDITS, 60 MARKS
Q.No Criteria Marks Total Marks
1 Explain the four basic varieties of layouts for manufacturing facilities.
A Description of each basic type of layout 10 (2.5 marks each) 10
2 The major decision areas in supply chain management have both strategic and
operational elements . Explain these decision areas in detail.
A Explanation of decision areas 10 ( 2.5 marks each) 10
3 Business process is a total response that a business undertakes utilising the resources
and delivering the outputs that create a value for the customer. Business process
modelling refers to a set of activities undertaken to optimise the business process.
Business process modelling can be categorised into two parts – Logical processing
modelling and physical process modeling. Explain in detail of the two processes of
modeling.
A Logical processing modeling
• Definition
• Steps to be followed to make the work
smoother
• Explanation of logical process
model(including what it consists of ,
represents, improves and identifies;
logical modelling formats ;ways of
representing logical process modeling)
Physical process modeling(definition, what it
deals with , why objects during physical
modelling vary on the database software being
used, outcomes)
1
2
4
3
10
4 Write short notes on:
a) Dimensions of quality
b) Characteristics of project mindset
A a. Dimensions of Quality
b. Characteristics of project mindset
5
5
10
5 It is possible to work according to the project plan only by careful monitoring of the
project progress. There are various steps involved in monitoring and controlling a project
from start to end. One of the steps is progress control of a project which can be
achieved by completing certain steps. Explain the steps of progress control.
A Explanation of each step of progress control 10 (1.25 marks each) 10
6
Write short notes on
a) Pure strategies employed to assist in aggregate planning
b) Approaches to scheduling
A • Pure strategies
• Approaches to scheduling
6(2 marks for each
strategy)
4( 2 marks each
approach of
scheduling)
10
A-Answer
Note –Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme
ASSIGNMENT
DRIVE SUMMER 2014
PROGRAM MBA/ MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ PGDBAN2
SEMESTER II
SUBJECT CODE &
NAME
MB0045
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
BK ID B1628
CREDIT 4
MARKS 60
Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.
Q.No Question Marks Total Marks
1 TCS has emerged as India's most admired company ahead of Hindustan Unilever, ITC, and
Infosys, says global management consultancy Hay Group. TCS replaced last year's winner
group company Tata Steel by scoring highest on parameters such as corporate governance,
financial soundness, and talent management. Two criteria in particular, Leadership, and
Creating Shareholder Value separated the winners.
How do you think effective interaction between HR and finance department of a firm helps in
achieving its skills?
Do you think that TCS has preferred the profit maximization approach over the wealth
maximization approach?
Interaction between HR and finance functions
Goals of Financial management
4
6
10
2 A) The current price of an Ashok Leyland share is Rs. 30. The company is expected to
pay a dividend of Rs. 2.50 per share which goes up annually at 6%. If an investor’s
required rate of return is 11%, should he or she buy this share or not?
B) A bond with a face value of Rs. 100 provides an annual return of 8% and pays Rs. 125
at the time of maturity, which is 10 years from now. If the investor’s required rate of
return is 12%, what should be the price of the bond?
A) Problem
B) Problem
5
5
10
3 a) How do you think the trend of capital structure across the Indian corporates affect the
economy as a whole?
b) What proportion of debt and equity should be taken up in the capital structure of a
firm?
c) Discuss the theories that are propounded to understand the relationship between
financial leverage and value of the firm.
a) Trend of capital structure
b) proportion of debt and equity
c) explain the theories
2
3
5
10
4
HPCL was established in 1952, operates from 500 different locations, including refineries,
terminals, LPG plants, aviation service facilities, etc. They developed a Lotus Notes
workflow tool and deployed it across the organisation so that any capital investment proposal
from any operating location in the country can be routed to relevant revie wers and approving
authorities. With the implementation of the new online system, the total cost savings as a
result of reduced man-hours amounts to about Rs 25 lakh per annum.
1. What do you think would have been the complexities involved in implementing this new
project at HPCL?
2. What are the various phases in the capital budgeting process? To what extent do you
believe that automation can ease out the process?
1) capital budgeting process
2) phases in capital budgeting decisions
5
5
10
5 a) Indicate whether the operating cycle in the following industries is short (less than 30
days), medium (less than 6 months) or long (more than 6 months)
Steel, rice, vegetables, fruits, jewelry, processed food, furniture, mining, flowers
and textiles
b) Companies with the shortest working capital cycles have current ratios much lower
than the firms with longer cycles. What is your view on this statement? How do you
think the operating cycle affects operating profit margins?
c) Discuss the relationship between working capital management and market
performance of a company? Do you think the kind of relationship varies depending on
the type of industry?
a) duration
b) operating cycle
c) need for working capital
2
4
4
10
6 Nirma acquired Core Healthcare Ltd. in FY 2007. To bring about improvement in terms of
liquidity in the script of the Company , it has gone for a stock split because it hasn’t had any
buyback in the recent past. Nirma paid Interim dividend in 2007 to avoid the higher dividend
tax announced in that year’s budget.
Henkel, on the other hand, has a very weak Dividend Policy. The major reason being that the
company has weak operations and low margins. There is no record of Stock Splits and
Buybacks by Henkel India in the past.
Discuss the dividend polices of these two companies.
a) Analyse the dividend policies of the two
companies for the last 10 years
b) Explain stock split and buyback of shares
7
3
10
ASSIGNMENT
DRIVE SUMMER 2014
PROGRAM MBA/ MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ PGDBAN2
SEMESTER 2
SUBJECT CODE & NAME MB0046- Marketing Management
BK ID B1629
CREDIT & MARKS 4 Credits, 60 marks
Q.No Questions Marks Total Marks
1 A brand is a composite set of beliefs and associations in the mind of consumers. In brand
development, as a part of branding strategy decision, the brand manager can decide to
create new brand elements for the new products, apply some of the existing brand elements
to the new product, or use a combination of existing and new brand elements to the existing
and new products. Explain the different branding strategies used by the companies for their
range of products.
Definition of Brand 2
Advantages of Brand 2
Explanation of different branding strategies adopted
by companies
6 10
2 Describe the international market entry strategies in brief.
Joint ventures 2
Strategic alliances 2
Direct investment 2
Contract manufacturing 2
Franchising 2 10
3
Explain the classification of market based on nature of Competition and area.
Definition of market 2
Classification of market based on nature of
Competition and area
8 10
4
Personal selling focuses in on ‘personal’ or ‘one to one’ selling. It involves an individual
salesman or a sales team establishing and building a profitable relationship with customers
over a period of time through a series of steps. Explain the steps in the personal selling
process which helps in the successful sales.
Definition of Personal Selling 2
Explanation of steps in the Personal selling process 8 10
5 List out the various methods of pricing and explain the product mix pricing strategies in
detail with examples.
Define pricing 2
List of Various methods of pricing 2
product mix pricing strategies with examples 6 10
6
Do you think the argument of some theorists that the traditional Ps are not enough for
services marketing? Give suitable examples to prove your point.
Define Service Marketing 2
Explanation of 4p’s 4
Explanation of Additional 3 p’s 4 10
Note – Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately
of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.
ASSIGNMENT
DRIVE SUMMER DRIVE 2014
PROGRAM MBA/ MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ PGDBAN2
SEMESTER II
SUBJECT CODE &
NAME
MB0047 – MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
BK ID B1968
CREDIT 4
MARKS 60
Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.
Q.No Questions Marks Total Marks
1 In the current e-world any organisation’s massive operations are managed by various types of
information systems that help them to achieve their goals of servicing their clients. This can be
done by the growth of modern organization. Discuss some of the essential features of modern
organisation.
A Listing the features 2
10 Explaining each of them in brief 8
2 Marketing managers are keener to look for a least cost route that also allow a sales person to
meet all his customers. Identifying a least cost route with this features is slightly complicated.
Therefore, managers depend on decision support tools to find the most cost effective routes to
cover the market. The travelling salesman problem is one of such tool. Describe the tool with a
diagram.
A Graphical representation of Travelling salesman
problem
4
10
Describing the problem 6
3 There are many examples of digital goods. Companies such as Amazon.com are selling digital
versions of books over their site. These digital books can be read on special readers that
display the pages on a screen.
a. List the important properties of information goods
b. Explain positive feedback with diagrams
A a. Listing the properties 4
10 b. Two diagrams 3
Explanation on positive feedback 3
4 Decision support systems (DSS) are used extensively across organisations to assist managers
with making decisions. Decision making by managers involves the phases of intelligence,
design, and choice, and DSS help mainly with the choice part as they support structured and
unstructured types of decisions.
a. What is it that managers do when they make decisions?
b. Explain the different types of decisions
A a. Explaining decision making process 5
10 b. List and describing the different types of
decisions
5
5 What is crowdsourcing? How does the site Galaxy Zoo manage crowdsourcing?
A Crowdsourcing definition 2
10 Explaining site Galaxy Zoo management 8
6 Data and information relating to individuals could be of sensitive nature. Give some examples
of such kind of data
A Explaining five examples 10 10
*A-Answer
ASSIGNMENT
DRIVE SUMMER 2014
PROGRAM MBA/ MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ PGDBAN2
SEMESTER II
SUBJECT CODE &
NAME
MB0048
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
BK ID B1631
CREDITS 4
MARKS 60
Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.
Q.N
o
Questions Marks Total Marks
1 Discuss the various stages involved in the methodology of Operations Research. Briefly
explain the techniques and tools of Operations Research.
Operations Research Methodology
Techniques and tools of Operations Research
5
5
10
2 Explain the steps involved in linear programming problem formulation with an
example. Discuss in brief the advantages of linear programming.
Steps involved in LPP
Example
Advantages of LPP
4
3
3
10
3 a. What is degeneracy in transportation problem? How it can be resolved?
b. Solve the following transportation problem using Vogel’s approximation method.
Factories Distribution Centres Supply
C1 C2 C3 C4
F1
3 2 7 6 50
F2
7 5 2 3 60
F3
2 5 4 5 25
Requirements 60 40 20 15
Degeneracy in transportation problem and resolving it
Computation/Solution to the problem
5
5
10
4 a. Explain the steps in Hungarian method. Differentiate between Transportation and
Assignment problem.
b. Find the optimal assignment of four jobs and four machines when the cost of
assignment is given by the following table:
J1 J2 J3 J4
M1 10 9 8 7
M2 3 4 5 6
M3 2 1 1 2
M4 4 3 5 6
Steps in Hungarian method
Differences between Transportation and Assignment
problem
Computation/Solution to the problem
3
3
4
10
5 Define Simulation. Explain the Simulation procedure. Discuss the use of Simulation
with an example.
Meaning of Simulation
Simulation procedure
Use of simulation with an example
2
4
4
10
6 Explain the following:
a. Integer programming model
b. PERT and CPM
c. Operating Characteristics of a Queuing System
Explanation of Integer programming model
Explanation of PERT and CPM
Explanation of Operating Characteristics of a Queuing
System
4
3
3
10
ASSIGNMENT
DRIVE SUMMER 2014
PROGRAM MBA/ MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ PGDBAN2
SEMESTER II
SUBJECT CODE & NAME MB0049 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
BK ID B1632
CREDIT & MARKS 4 CREDITS, 60 MARKS
Q.No Criteria Marks Total Marks
1 There cannot be a single ideal structure for all organisations as different organisations
have different size, environment, resources, technologies, and goals. There are many
different ways in which people can be organised to work on projects.
Explain in brief the concept of organisational structure.
A Brief explanation following organisation
structures, advantages, disadvantages and
examples for each type of structure
10 marks 10
2 Write short notes on:
• Work Breakdown Structure(WBS)
• Rules for network construction
• Risk retention
• Emerging methods of communication
A • WBS
• Rules for network construction
• Risk retention
• Emerging methods of communication
10 (2.5 marks each) 10
3 Purchase cycle is a standard process that corporations and individuals progress through
(in order) when purchasing a product or service. It is also known as the 'buying cycle' or
'purchase process'. Explain the elements of the purchase cycle of a project.
A Elements of the purchase cycle
Conclusion
8.75 (1.25 marks for
each element)
1.25 marks
10
4 Write a note on Earned Value Method (EVM)
A EVM explanation
Parameters to calculate performance measures
Plot of BCWS versus time
Plots BCWS, ACWP, and BCWP for a typical
project
2
6
1
1
10
5 What are the common features available in PM software packages?
A Common features available in PM
Conclusion
9 ( 1 mark each)
1 mark
10
6 A project should earn sufficient return on the investment. The very idea of promoting a
project by an entrepreneur is to earn attractive returns on investment on the project.
If there are many alternative projects, all of which, at first sight, appear to be more or less
equal in profit earning capacity, the investor should make a comparative study of the
return on the different alternative proposals before choosing one. Such financial analysis
broadly falls under two categories. They are:
• No discounted cash flow techniques
• Discounted cash flow techniques
Explain the subdivisions within the above two categories.
A Explanation of subdivisions of No discounted
cash flow techniques
Explanation of subdivisions of discounted cash
flow techniques
3 (1.5 marks for each
technique)
7( 3.5 marks for each
technique)
10
A-Answer
Note –Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme
***********
DRIVE SUMMER 2014
PROGRAM MBA/ MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ PGDBAN2
SEMESTER II
SUBJECT CODE & NAME MB0044 - PRODUCTION AND OPERATION
MANAGEMENT
BK ID B1627
CREDIT & MARKS 4 CREDITS, 60 MARKS
Q.No Criteria Marks Total Marks
1 Explain the four basic varieties of layouts for manufacturing facilities.
A Description of each basic type of layout 10 (2.5 marks each) 10
2 The major decision areas in supply chain management have both strategic and
operational elements . Explain these decision areas in detail.
A Explanation of decision areas 10 ( 2.5 marks each) 10
3 Business process is a total response that a business undertakes utilising the resources
and delivering the outputs that create a value for the customer. Business process
modelling refers to a set of activities undertaken to optimise the business process.
Business process modelling can be categorised into two parts – Logical processing
modelling and physical process modeling. Explain in detail of the two processes of
modeling.
A Logical processing modeling
• Definition
• Steps to be followed to make the work
smoother
• Explanation of logical process
model(including what it consists of ,
represents, improves and identifies;
logical modelling formats ;ways of
representing logical process modeling)
Physical process modeling(definition, what it
deals with , why objects during physical
modelling vary on the database software being
used, outcomes)
1
2
4
3
10
4 Write short notes on:
a) Dimensions of quality
b) Characteristics of project mindset
A a. Dimensions of Quality
b. Characteristics of project mindset
5
5
10
5 It is possible to work according to the project plan only by careful monitoring of the
project progress. There are various steps involved in monitoring and controlling a project
from start to end. One of the steps is progress control of a project which can be
achieved by completing certain steps. Explain the steps of progress control.
A Explanation of each step of progress control 10 (1.25 marks each) 10
6
Write short notes on
a) Pure strategies employed to assist in aggregate planning
b) Approaches to scheduling
A • Pure strategies
• Approaches to scheduling
6(2 marks for each
strategy)
4( 2 marks each
approach of
scheduling)
10
A-Answer
Note –Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme
ASSIGNMENT
DRIVE SUMMER 2014
PROGRAM MBA/ MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ PGDBAN2
SEMESTER II
SUBJECT CODE &
NAME
MB0045
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
BK ID B1628
CREDIT 4
MARKS 60
Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.
Q.No Question Marks Total Marks
1 TCS has emerged as India's most admired company ahead of Hindustan Unilever, ITC, and
Infosys, says global management consultancy Hay Group. TCS replaced last year's winner
group company Tata Steel by scoring highest on parameters such as corporate governance,
financial soundness, and talent management. Two criteria in particular, Leadership, and
Creating Shareholder Value separated the winners.
How do you think effective interaction between HR and finance department of a firm helps in
achieving its skills?
Do you think that TCS has preferred the profit maximization approach over the wealth
maximization approach?
Interaction between HR and finance functions
Goals of Financial management
4
6
10
2 A) The current price of an Ashok Leyland share is Rs. 30. The company is expected to
pay a dividend of Rs. 2.50 per share which goes up annually at 6%. If an investor’s
required rate of return is 11%, should he or she buy this share or not?
B) A bond with a face value of Rs. 100 provides an annual return of 8% and pays Rs. 125
at the time of maturity, which is 10 years from now. If the investor’s required rate of
return is 12%, what should be the price of the bond?
A) Problem
B) Problem
5
5
10
3 a) How do you think the trend of capital structure across the Indian corporates affect the
economy as a whole?
b) What proportion of debt and equity should be taken up in the capital structure of a
firm?
c) Discuss the theories that are propounded to understand the relationship between
financial leverage and value of the firm.
a) Trend of capital structure
b) proportion of debt and equity
c) explain the theories
2
3
5
10
4
HPCL was established in 1952, operates from 500 different locations, including refineries,
terminals, LPG plants, aviation service facilities, etc. They developed a Lotus Notes
workflow tool and deployed it across the organisation so that any capital investment proposal
from any operating location in the country can be routed to relevant revie wers and approving
authorities. With the implementation of the new online system, the total cost savings as a
result of reduced man-hours amounts to about Rs 25 lakh per annum.
1. What do you think would have been the complexities involved in implementing this new
project at HPCL?
2. What are the various phases in the capital budgeting process? To what extent do you
believe that automation can ease out the process?
1) capital budgeting process
2) phases in capital budgeting decisions
5
5
10
5 a) Indicate whether the operating cycle in the following industries is short (less than 30
days), medium (less than 6 months) or long (more than 6 months)
Steel, rice, vegetables, fruits, jewelry, processed food, furniture, mining, flowers
and textiles
b) Companies with the shortest working capital cycles have current ratios much lower
than the firms with longer cycles. What is your view on this statement? How do you
think the operating cycle affects operating profit margins?
c) Discuss the relationship between working capital management and market
performance of a company? Do you think the kind of relationship varies depending on
the type of industry?
a) duration
b) operating cycle
c) need for working capital
2
4
4
10
6 Nirma acquired Core Healthcare Ltd. in FY 2007. To bring about improvement in terms of
liquidity in the script of the Company , it has gone for a stock split because it hasn’t had any
buyback in the recent past. Nirma paid Interim dividend in 2007 to avoid the higher dividend
tax announced in that year’s budget.
Henkel, on the other hand, has a very weak Dividend Policy. The major reason being that the
company has weak operations and low margins. There is no record of Stock Splits and
Buybacks by Henkel India in the past.
Discuss the dividend polices of these two companies.
a) Analyse the dividend policies of the two
companies for the last 10 years
b) Explain stock split and buyback of shares
7
3
10
ASSIGNMENT
DRIVE SUMMER 2014
PROGRAM MBA/ MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ PGDBAN2
SEMESTER 2
SUBJECT CODE & NAME MB0046- Marketing Management
BK ID B1629
CREDIT & MARKS 4 Credits, 60 marks
Q.No Questions Marks Total Marks
1 A brand is a composite set of beliefs and associations in the mind of consumers. In brand
development, as a part of branding strategy decision, the brand manager can decide to
create new brand elements for the new products, apply some of the existing brand elements
to the new product, or use a combination of existing and new brand elements to the existing
and new products. Explain the different branding strategies used by the companies for their
range of products.
Definition of Brand 2
Advantages of Brand 2
Explanation of different branding strategies adopted
by companies
6 10
2 Describe the international market entry strategies in brief.
Joint ventures 2
Strategic alliances 2
Direct investment 2
Contract manufacturing 2
Franchising 2 10
3
Explain the classification of market based on nature of Competition and area.
Definition of market 2
Classification of market based on nature of
Competition and area
8 10
4
Personal selling focuses in on ‘personal’ or ‘one to one’ selling. It involves an individual
salesman or a sales team establishing and building a profitable relationship with customers
over a period of time through a series of steps. Explain the steps in the personal selling
process which helps in the successful sales.
Definition of Personal Selling 2
Explanation of steps in the Personal selling process 8 10
5 List out the various methods of pricing and explain the product mix pricing strategies in
detail with examples.
Define pricing 2
List of Various methods of pricing 2
product mix pricing strategies with examples 6 10
6
Do you think the argument of some theorists that the traditional Ps are not enough for
services marketing? Give suitable examples to prove your point.
Define Service Marketing 2
Explanation of 4p’s 4
Explanation of Additional 3 p’s 4 10
Note – Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately
of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.
ASSIGNMENT
DRIVE SUMMER DRIVE 2014
PROGRAM MBA/ MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ PGDBAN2
SEMESTER II
SUBJECT CODE &
NAME
MB0047 – MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
BK ID B1968
CREDIT 4
MARKS 60
Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.
Q.No Questions Marks Total Marks
1 In the current e-world any organisation’s massive operations are managed by various types of
information systems that help them to achieve their goals of servicing their clients. This can be
done by the growth of modern organization. Discuss some of the essential features of modern
organisation.
A Listing the features 2
10 Explaining each of them in brief 8
2 Marketing managers are keener to look for a least cost route that also allow a sales person to
meet all his customers. Identifying a least cost route with this features is slightly complicated.
Therefore, managers depend on decision support tools to find the most cost effective routes to
cover the market. The travelling salesman problem is one of such tool. Describe the tool with a
diagram.
A Graphical representation of Travelling salesman
problem
4
10
Describing the problem 6
3 There are many examples of digital goods. Companies such as Amazon.com are selling digital
versions of books over their site. These digital books can be read on special readers that
display the pages on a screen.
a. List the important properties of information goods
b. Explain positive feedback with diagrams
A a. Listing the properties 4
10 b. Two diagrams 3
Explanation on positive feedback 3
4 Decision support systems (DSS) are used extensively across organisations to assist managers
with making decisions. Decision making by managers involves the phases of intelligence,
design, and choice, and DSS help mainly with the choice part as they support structured and
unstructured types of decisions.
a. What is it that managers do when they make decisions?
b. Explain the different types of decisions
A a. Explaining decision making process 5
10 b. List and describing the different types of
decisions
5
5 What is crowdsourcing? How does the site Galaxy Zoo manage crowdsourcing?
A Crowdsourcing definition 2
10 Explaining site Galaxy Zoo management 8
6 Data and information relating to individuals could be of sensitive nature. Give some examples
of such kind of data
A Explaining five examples 10 10
*A-Answer
ASSIGNMENT
DRIVE SUMMER 2014
PROGRAM MBA/ MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ PGDBAN2
SEMESTER II
SUBJECT CODE &
NAME
MB0048
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
BK ID B1631
CREDITS 4
MARKS 60
Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.
Q.N
o
Questions Marks Total Marks
1 Discuss the various stages involved in the methodology of Operations Research. Briefly
explain the techniques and tools of Operations Research.
Operations Research Methodology
Techniques and tools of Operations Research
5
5
10
2 Explain the steps involved in linear programming problem formulation with an
example. Discuss in brief the advantages of linear programming.
Steps involved in LPP
Example
Advantages of LPP
4
3
3
10
3 a. What is degeneracy in transportation problem? How it can be resolved?
b. Solve the following transportation problem using Vogel’s approximation method.
Factories Distribution Centres Supply
C1 C2 C3 C4
F1
3 2 7 6 50
F2
7 5 2 3 60
F3
2 5 4 5 25
Requirements 60 40 20 15
Degeneracy in transportation problem and resolving it
Computation/Solution to the problem
5
5
10
4 a. Explain the steps in Hungarian method. Differentiate between Transportation and
Assignment problem.
b. Find the optimal assignment of four jobs and four machines when the cost of
assignment is given by the following table:
J1 J2 J3 J4
M1 10 9 8 7
M2 3 4 5 6
M3 2 1 1 2
M4 4 3 5 6
Steps in Hungarian method
Differences between Transportation and Assignment
problem
Computation/Solution to the problem
3
3
4
10
5 Define Simulation. Explain the Simulation procedure. Discuss the use of Simulation
with an example.
Meaning of Simulation
Simulation procedure
Use of simulation with an example
2
4
4
10
6 Explain the following:
a. Integer programming model
b. PERT and CPM
c. Operating Characteristics of a Queuing System
Explanation of Integer programming model
Explanation of PERT and CPM
Explanation of Operating Characteristics of a Queuing
System
4
3
3
10
ASSIGNMENT
DRIVE SUMMER 2014
PROGRAM MBA/ MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ PGDBAN2
SEMESTER II
SUBJECT CODE & NAME MB0049 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
BK ID B1632
CREDIT & MARKS 4 CREDITS, 60 MARKS
Q.No Criteria Marks Total Marks
1 There cannot be a single ideal structure for all organisations as different organisations
have different size, environment, resources, technologies, and goals. There are many
different ways in which people can be organised to work on projects.
Explain in brief the concept of organisational structure.
A Brief explanation following organisation
structures, advantages, disadvantages and
examples for each type of structure
10 marks 10
2 Write short notes on:
• Work Breakdown Structure(WBS)
• Rules for network construction
• Risk retention
• Emerging methods of communication
A • WBS
• Rules for network construction
• Risk retention
• Emerging methods of communication
10 (2.5 marks each) 10
3 Purchase cycle is a standard process that corporations and individuals progress through
(in order) when purchasing a product or service. It is also known as the 'buying cycle' or
'purchase process'. Explain the elements of the purchase cycle of a project.
A Elements of the purchase cycle
Conclusion
8.75 (1.25 marks for
each element)
1.25 marks
10
4 Write a note on Earned Value Method (EVM)
A EVM explanation
Parameters to calculate performance measures
Plot of BCWS versus time
Plots BCWS, ACWP, and BCWP for a typical
project
2
6
1
1
10
5 What are the common features available in PM software packages?
A Common features available in PM
Conclusion
9 ( 1 mark each)
1 mark
10
6 A project should earn sufficient return on the investment. The very idea of promoting a
project by an entrepreneur is to earn attractive returns on investment on the project.
If there are many alternative projects, all of which, at first sight, appear to be more or less
equal in profit earning capacity, the investor should make a comparative study of the
return on the different alternative proposals before choosing one. Such financial analysis
broadly falls under two categories. They are:
• No discounted cash flow techniques
• Discounted cash flow techniques
Explain the subdivisions within the above two categories.
A Explanation of subdivisions of No discounted
cash flow techniques
Explanation of subdivisions of discounted cash
flow techniques
3 (1.5 marks for each
technique)
7( 3.5 marks for each
technique)
10
A-Answer
Note –Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme
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