Monday, 25 January 2016

Group Technology as applied to a operations system is a human relations technology.Would you agree with this statement


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Production Planning & Inventory






1.         In your Opinion, where is India on the trajectory of the changing operations management function? Discuss.
2.         How are people important in an operations strategy? Discuss what needs to be done in your organization and in India, in general.
3.         Suppose the average cost of maintenance for a piece of equipment is related to its life as follows:
4.         Read through the literature and find out what ‘Technology Assessment’ is? How is it useful to operations management?
5.         What is organizational learning? Is it important for quality? Discuss.
6.         How does one ensure that ‘job evaluation evaluates the job and not the man’?
7.         Discuss the importance of training in the context of job redesign.
8.         ‘Group Technology as applied to a operations system is a human relations technology.’ Would you agree with this statement? Discuss
9.         Should cost be the primary criterion in operations planning? Explain.
10.       What role for production and operations management do you foresee in another 15-20 years time in India?


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Give your opinion on whether the shift in strategic decision-making from India to Unilever’s headquarters could prove to be advantageous to HUL or not


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Strategic Management



Q1 Write a descriptive note on the historical evolution of strategic management and business policy of India and the world.
Q2 Describe some of the important characteristics of environment and demonstrate how a strategist can be understand it better by dividing into external and internal components and general and relevant environment.
Q3 Select a high-profile industry such as the IT or entertainment industry. Identify the major competitors and analyze these reports to identify the types of corporate-level strategies being used by these firms.
Q4 Which types of regionalization strategies are adopted by firms? Explain and state your opinion on whether Indian companies should adopt regionalization strategies.
Q5 Describe the different ways in which digitalization can help organizations in achieving cost leadership, differentiation and focus.
Q6 Critically comment on the use of corporate portfolio analysis for examining the objective factors involved in exercising a strategic choice.
Q7 Describe the manner in which an organization can align its resource allocation with its strategies.
Q 8 Discuss the need for stakeholder relationship management. Also describe the technique of stakeholders’ analysis.



Strategic Management





1.         State the strategy of Hindustan Unilever in your own words.
2.         At what different levels is strategy formulated in HUL?
3.         Comment on the strategic decision-making at HUL.
4.         Give your opinion on whether the shift in strategic decision-making from India to
            Unilever’s headquarters could prove to be advantageous to HUL or not.
1.         Consider the vision and mission statements of the Reserve Bank of India.
            Comment on the quality of both these statements.
2.         Should the RBI go for a systematic and comprehensive strategic plan in place of
             its earlier  pragmatic approach of responding to environmental events as and
            when they occur? Why?
1.         What is the motive for internationalization by the Kalyani Group? Discuss.
2.         Which type of international strategy is Kalyani Group adopting? Explain.
1.         Identify the type of organization structure being used at Synergos and explain
             how it works. What are the benefits of using this type of structure? What are the
            pitfalls?
2.         Express your opinion about whether the structure is in line with the recruitments
            of the strategy that Synergos is implementing.
3.         Based on the information related to the information, control and reward systems
             available in the case, examine whether these systems are appropriate for the type
            of strategy being  implemented.
1.         Analyze the iGATE case to highlight how it could apply some of the strategic
              controls such as  premise control, implementation control, strategic surveillance
              and special alert control.
2.         Analyze and describe the process of setting of standards at iGATE.
3.         Give your opinion on the effectiveness of the role of reward system in exercising
            HR performance management at iGATE and suggest what improvements are
             possible, given the environmental conditions in the IT/ITES industry in India at
            present.



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Give a critical analysis of the privatization of telecom sector in India Highlight the secrets of success of Alpha Telnet Ltd in terms of technological advancements


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LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT





1)      Give a critical analysis of the privatization of telecom sector in India.?
2)     Highlight the secrets of success of Alpha Telnet Ltd. in terms of technological advancements and service provided?
3)     Comment on the upstream and downstream supply chain portions operating in the company.
4)     How far are the plans to improve the supply chain efficiency in the company feasible?
5)     "Internal supply chain at the company can be characterized by the lack of it". Comment.
6)     What made SCL a leader in the logistics industry?
7)     Discuss the strategies adopted by SCL for its survival in the competitive scenario.
8)    Comment on the contributions of SCL to society.
9)     What steps the company should take to globalize its network reach?
10) Discuss the strategies adopted by SCL for expansion.
11)  Analyze the case in view of the logistics outsourcing practices of the ISL.
12) Discuss the importance of logistics outsourcing with reference to supply chain management.
13) Suggest strategies for further strengthening the supply chain of ISL.
14) The participants/students are expected to have a clear understanding of Supply Chain and Logistics Management concepts.
15)  The issues involved in the case are Sales Forecasting, Strategic Sourcing, Selection of Warehousing Service Provider, Transportation Mode and other nuances in Logistics Management.



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From the facts outlined above what report would Neha submit to the Board of Directors of palco Ltd


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FINANCE MGMT



1.                   Who are the two parties to this potential lease transaction?
2.                  How will these alternative decisions impact the company's Capital Structure and its balance sheet?
3.                  What discount rate should be used in this Net Present Value analysis? Why?
4.                  In the Purchase Decision, what are the cash flow impacts of the Bank Loan? (Please focus on the after tax cash flows.)
5.                  Construct a spreadsheet to calculate the payback period, internal rate of return, modified internal rate of return, and net present value of the proposed mine.
6.                  Based on your analysis, should the company open the mine?
7.                  If the cost of capital is 8%, which of the 3 projects should the ABC Company accept?
8.                 As a Statistician, advice what kind of Sampling schemes can we consider, and what factors will influence choice of scheme. What are the questions we should ask Mr. Namdeo, who works in the assembly line?



FINANCE MGMT





1.       Suppose you are Mr.Keen Kumar,  the new manager.  What steps will you take for the growth of Cooking LPG Ltd.?

2.      (a)       As a financial consultant, advise the proprietor whether he should go for the extension of credit facilities.
3.      (b)       Also prepare cash budget for one year of operation of the firm, ignoring interest.  The minimum desired cash balance & Rs. 30,000, which is also the amount the firm has on January 1.  Borrowings are possible which are made at the beginning of a month and repaid at the end when cash is available.
4.      As a finance analyst, prepare a report for submission to the CFO and the Board of Directors, explaining to them the feasibility of the new investment.
5.      From the facts outlined above, what report would Neha submit to the Board of Directors of palco Ltd ? 
6.      Analyze the financial viability of the two options.  Which option would you recommend ?  Why ?



FINANCIAL MGMT





1.                Analyze the debt capacity of the company. 
2.               How profitable are its operations? What are the trends in it? How has growth affected the profitability of the company?
3.               What factors have contributed to the operating performance of Greaves Limited? What is the role of profitability margin, asset utilisation, and non-operating income?
4.               How has Greaves performed in terms of return on equity? What is the contribution of return on investment, the way of the business has been financed over the period?
5.               If the cost of capital is 8%, which of the 3 projects should the ABC Company accept?

1.        Complete the attached “overhead cost distribution sheet” (Exhibit C).
          Note: Wherever possible, identify the overhead costs chared directly to the production and service departments. If such direct identification is not possible, distribute the costs on some “rational basis.

2.       Calculate the overhead cost (per direct labour hour) for each of the four producing departments. This should include share of the service departments’ costs.

3.       Do you agree with:
a.       The procedure adopted by the company for the distribution of overhead costs?
b.       The choice of the base for overhead absorption, i.e. labour-hour rate?

          As a Statistician, advice what kind of Sampling schemes can we consider, and what factors will influence choice of scheme. What are the questions we should ask Mr. Namdeo, who works in the assembly line?


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