MBA III SEMESTER ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

ARISTOTLE PG COLLEGE

MBA II YEAR III SEM

Assignment questions

OPERATION MANAGEMNT MB301

1.      Process Life Cycle 2.Capacity Planning 3.line balancing 4.quasi manufacturing 5. Define continuous production 6. Batch production 7. Define material management 8.aggregate planning 9. Scheduling 10. Process design 11. Function of production 12. Service quality layout 13.Service management 14.What is acceptance sampling 15.What is vendor rating 16.What is waste management 17.Types of layouts   18.Quality circles 19. Quality assurance 20. ABC analysis

.E- BUSINESS  MB302

1. What is E-business? 2. What is mobile? 3. What I Internet? 4. What is password?  5. What is Cyber Law? 6. What is Cyber Crime? 7. What is banking?  8. What is E-banking?  9. What is Savings Account? 10. What is Current Account? 11. What is landline phone? 12. What is mobile phone? 13. What is Intranet?  14. What is e-commerce? 15. What is e-marketing? 16. What is legal environment? 17. What is on-line crime? 18. What is Ethics? 19. What is taxation? 20. What is Intellectual Property Rights?

OPERATION RESEARCH  MB303

1.What is OR? Explain scope, managerial applicability and limitations of OR 2.Write a note on linear, non-linear, Goal and Dynamic Programming. 3.Explain the terminology involved in formulating a linear programming problem? 4. Describe the steps for graphical method. 5. Discuss Degeneracy in LPP. 6.Describe the steps involved in simplex method. 7. What is Dual LPP? Prove with an Example. 8.Define Sensitivity analysis. Discuss its role and implications in LPP. 9.What is assignment problem? Managerial applications of AP and TSP. 10.Explain the travelling sales person problem with an example. 11.How to obtain IBPS by NWCM, LCM, VAM? Explain. 12.Discuss the step by step process of Hungarian Method. 13.What is time cost trade off? What are Total and Free Float? 14.In a network, please explain the critical path, forward pass and backward pass methods. 15.What is network analysis? What are its features? Explain the terms: event, predecessor event, successor event, activity, dummy activity and network. Discuss Fulkerson’s rule.16.Explain how time of an activity is estimated in PERT and explain the measure of certainty in PERT.17.What is queue discipline? Explain the ways in which customers in the queue are served with examples.18.Explain different terms used in game theory. 19. Write about graphical method for 2 x n or m x 2 games. 20. Discuss the various steps involved in the process of simulation.

FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT MB 304

1. Risk 2. Capital Market 3. Product market risk 4. Value at risk 5.Stress testing 6. Capital Adequacy 7. Derivatives 8. Hedgers 9. Arbitrageur’s 10.Interest rate risk 11. Forward contract 12.Hedge ratio 13.swaps 14.Interest rate swaps 15.Currency swaps 16.Futures contract 17.Options 18.Binomial pricing option model 19.Black & Scholes option model 20.American option

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE MB305

1. Gold standard system. 2. Breton wood system 3. Foreign exchange market 4. International financial system 5. Subsidiary bank 6. Offshore bank 7.Euro bonds 8.Global bonds 9. American depositary report 10.Balance of payments 11.Foreign bonds 12. Swaps 13. Option 14.Foreign direct investment 15.Forward market 16.Future market 17. Derivatives 18.Capital account convertibility 19. Value added tax 20. Hedging.

ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT MB305

1. What is an organization? 2. What is development? 3. What is growth? 4. What is self development? 5. What is culture? 6. What is organizational culture? 7. What is HR Management? 8. Who is a Consultant? 9. What is the function of Organization Development Consultant? 10. What is behavior? 11. What is attitude? 12. What is aptitude? 13. Who is a Manager?  14. What are the managerial functions? 15. What is planned change? 16. What is value? 17. What is team? 18. What is a Group? 19. What is parallel learning?       20. What is Six Box Model?

COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT  MB 304

1. Concept of compensation management. 2. 3-p compensation concept. 3. New trends in compensation management. 4. Non financial compensation systems. 5. Traditional pay systems and modern pay systems. 6. Incentive pay. 7. Seniority pay and longevity pay. 8. Merit pay linked with competitive strategy. 9. Process of building market competitive compensation system. 10. Internal equity through job analysis 11.Organizational pay structures.  12. Internal job structure with external pay rates. 13. Components of employee benefits. 14. Brief VEBA. 15. Importance of totally integrated employee benefit program. 16. Employee benefits and employee services. 17. International compensation and competitive strategies 18.Flexible work schedules.19.Executive compensation packages.20.stratagic issues and choice.

 PROMOTION AND DISTRIBUTIO N MANAGEMENT MB305                                         

     1. Marketing Communication.2.  Integrated Marketing communication.3.  Explain Planning process.4.   Models of Marketing Communication. 5. Advertising. 6.what is Personnel Selling. 7. What is Sales Promotion 8? Interpersonal vs Mass Communication. 9. Product life Cycle. 10. Types of Advertising. 11.  Public Relations and Publicity. 12.  Personnel Selling Approaches. 13. Creativestrategydevelopment. 14.  Mediaobjectives. 15. Distribution. 16 Advantages of Newspaper Advertisement. 17. Product Market Analysis.  18. Word of Mouth Marketing. 19.  Market Potential.   20. Demand Forecasting.

PRODUCT AND BRAND MANAGEMENT MB304

1. Product Policy 2.Product Mix  3. Modification and deletion.  4. Brand in 5. Brand Positioning 6. Repositioning Strategies 7. Brand loyalty 8. Brand Equity. 9. Brand Management Practices.  10.New Product Development Strategy. 11. Theories of NPD 12. Generic Product Development Process. 13. Diversification Strategies.   14. Risk Return Analysis  15.Product Portfolio Analysis  16.Models of NPD  17. Growth Strategies  18. Test Marketing.  19.Product Launching. 20. Market Segmentation.

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT  MB 306

1. Differentiate Invention & innovation.  2. Explain various R & D strategies 3.Classify R & D Operations. 4. Explain traditional view of R & D. 5. Explain role of R & D in company success. 6. Explain the importance of setting R & D Budget. 7. Explain various forms of external R & D. 8. Explain the changing nature of R & D management. 9. Explain how to organize industrial R & D. 10.Explain the need of acquisition of external technology. 11. Explain the need of inculcating scientific temper. 12. Explain the impact of R & D investment on product success. 13. Explain the procedure for evaluating R & D progress 14.Mention the evaluation criteria of R & D. 15.How do you link R & D with product innovation process. 16. Explain the need & importance of innovation. 17. Explain the significance of innovation management. 18. Mention few successful & unsuccessful innovation. 19. Explain various types of innovations. 20. Explain innovation as a management process.

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