MS 53 IGNOU MBA Assignments Jan – Jun 2017

1. A principle feature of JIT and TQM is large-scale employee involvement and employee empowerment. What do these concepts mean? Explain with suitable examples.

2. What are the various methods of judgmental forecasting? Comment on possible errors that are associated with judgmental forecasting. Suggest some do’s and don’t for carrying out judgmental forecasting.

3. Capacity will be modified in response to demand. Demand will be modified in response to capacity. Which of these two statements is correct? Give reasons for your answer.

4. Discuss briefly the major differences between aggregate planning in manufacturing and aggregate planning in services. Give suitable examples.

5. Operations personnel usually have a large volume and variety of resources at their command- they should endeavor to make effective and efficient use of these resources to achieve the largest outputs. Comment! What are the approaches for enhancing the utilization of resources?

6. Discuss the impact of new technologies on the role of an Operations Manager in an organization? Give suitable examples.

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