1. What is reliability centred maintenance? What are the important steps involved in implementing it in any plant? 2. Explain what is meant by cost absorption and cost apportionment? Illustrate each with two examples from maintenance department. Discuss the methods of cost absorption and state which method do you consider to be the best and why? 3. Many organizations have standing conflicts amongst maintenance and production/operations employees. Describe the nature of these conflicts. What are the main causes? 4. What is meant by reliability and explain how it is different from … [Read more...]

1. Discuss, with suitable examples, how socioeconomic and cultural aspects may become the determining factor in the success of international purchasing. 2. Define the various roles of materials management in the context of internal and external interfaces to materials management system. 3. Describe the information systems in materials management and explain their importance in manufacturing process. 4. MRP II is widely used in the batch production environment. However, it has some discernible limitations. What are these limitations? How they can be overcome these limitations by using … [Read more...]

1. Why is it said the, “The new supply chain game is becoming a competition between effective supply networks rather than individual corporations”. 2. Highlight the importance of location in supply chain network. What situations could result due to poor location? 3. What are the essential differences in a B2C and a B2B supply chain? List the respective characteristics that necessitate such differences? 4. What are pull and push strategies? Do you agree that a supply chain is usually a combination of both push and pull? Justify your answer. 5. What are the various modules of SAP … [Read more...]

1. Explain the meaning and concept of Financial Services. Discuss the different types of Fee Based and Fund Based Services that are being provided by Financial Institutions. 2. Select any two Government Securities and discuss how these Securities are issued. Give your views on why investors should invest in these Securities. 3. Explain the meaning and scope of ‘Corporate Advisory Service’. Discuss the different types of Corporate Advisory Services that are provided. 4. What are the purposes for which Venture Capital Companies provide finance, Discuss the modes that it uses for … [Read more...]

1. Explain the various forms of international financial flows. Discuss the structure of balance of payments and explain the impact of various international financial flows on the structure of balance of payments. Ans : .... to favor capital mobility across national borders as it.... out the highest rate of return. ... flows further offer several advantages.... ...flows can be grouped into... other investment....when an investor, in many cases a firm rather than an.... A number of factors affect the flow of foreign direct investment..... to foreign markets also plays a role, as shown by … [Read more...]

1. Define Investment. Discuss the effect of changes in investment environment on investment decisions. 2. What are the objectives of listing of securities? Discuss the requirements for listing of securities on stock exchange. 3. What is efficient market hypothesis? Explain the different forms and anomalies of efficient market hypothesis. 4. How is Sharpe’s model an improvement over Markowitz model? Explain the procedure for portfolio risk measurement under Sharpe’s model. 5. Critically examine the applicability of Jenson and Treynor’s measures of portfolio performance to Indian … [Read more...]

Q1. What are the complexities associated with IHRM operating in different countries with different culture. Why cultural sensitivity is crucial when an organisation adopts international Human resource management system? Q2.Briefly explain culture shock. Explain how Degree of adjustment varies with time with the help of examples from different cultures. Q3. Explain cross cultural negotiation. Under globalised working environment how people from different culture go through negotiation process. Support your answer with the help of relevant examples. Q4. Describe some IR practices … [Read more...]

1. Discuss the sources of industrial jurisprudence in India. Describe the genesis, objective and classification of labour legislation in India. 2. Explain the object and scope of the Delhi shops and establishments Act, 1954. Describe the procedure for registration of an establishment. 3. Discuss the important definition under the Industrial disputes Act, 1947. Describe the provisions for investigation and settlement of industrial disputes under the Act. 4. Explain the object, scope and coverage of the minimum wages Act, 1948. Discuss the functions and composition of advisory board and … [Read more...]

1. Explain the frame work for compensation policy at macro and micro levels. Discuss the practical difficulties in translating the policies into action. 2. Explain the norms for fixation of wages. Discuss, whether the same principles of wage fixation apply to industries in public and private sector. 3. Explain the concept of internal and external equity. Briefly describe the methods and systems of job evaluation. 4. Discuss whether and why stock options are becoming popular? What are their advantages and disadvantages? 5. Explain the concept of tax planning. What is the distinction … [Read more...]

1. Describe the concept of Mapping Role Systems / Role Set and Role Space. Explain with example taking your role and various other roles in the organization and draw the Role space and Role Set Maps in relation to your role and various organizational roles in the organization you have worked or aware of. Briefly describe the organization structure of the organization you are referring to. 2. How do you see decentralization as a structured mechanism of Empowerment? Why is there a need for integrating mechanisms with decentralization? How does it serve the objective of an organization? … [Read more...]