1. Select a specific type of business that you may wish to start. a) Develop a written mission statement for that business. b) Formulate a set of goals for the business c) Formulate specific and verifiable objectives in the lines of the goals. d) Devise a statement of social responsibility for the business. 2. Explain […]
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1. Describe various approaches to understand organisations and their relevance in the present day context. Give examples. 2. Describe and discuss any three types of organizational structures and their advantages and disadvantages with examples. 3. Briefly discuss the concept and purpose of organizational diagnosis. Discuss interview as a diagnosistic tool and it’s limitations with relevant […]
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1. Opportunity costs are the ‘costs of sacrificed alternatives.’ Discuss with the help of examples. 2. How are income effect and substitution effect important in explaining the negative slope of demand functions? Explain giving examples from real world. 3. When there are 2 inputs K, L, given the price of capital (PK)= 10 and price […]
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1. The net incomes of a sample of large importers of antiques were organized into the following table: Net Income ($ millions) Number of Importers 2 up to 6 1 6 up to 10 4 10 up to 14 10 14 up to 18 3 18 up to 22 2 (a) What is the table […]
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1. What is open source software? Where can one find Open Source software? Isn’t it hard to get reliable support for open-source software? Explain the differences between commercial software, shareware, open source software, freeware, and public domain software. 2. What is change in the focus of operations management? Is this change in the focus is […]
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1. (a) Define Marketing and discuss its scope as an exchange process between the firm and its customers. Illustrate with two suitable examples of your choice. (b) Scan various secondary data sources available to you and collect relevant data historically to discuss the importance of Marketing in an emerging economy like India. 2. (a) Explain […]
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1. “Product development and design is basically a research and development activity”. Elaborate the statement with suitable examples. 2. What is work sampling? Why is it called a fact-finding tool? Describe some uses of work sampling. 3. Practical job shops are much more complicated and may have hundreds o f matching centres and thousands of […]
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1. “ Accountancy is an Information System” do you agree? Substantiate your answer with reasons. How does an Accountant help in planning and controlling a large commercial organisation? Explain. 2. Prepare Cash Budget for April-Oct. 2017 from the information relating to Shah Agencies, a trading concern:- Balance Sheet as on 31 March, 2017 Liabilities Rs […]
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1. a) Explain the reasons why a business manager be concerned with business environment? b) Discuss how non-economic environment affects business decisions giving examples. 2. What are the major factors of widespread sickness among the SSI units? How can sickness be identified? Suggest measures to enhance economic viability of the segment. 3. Examine the progress […]
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1. What are the primary objectives, focus, and purpose of Selection Tests and Interview in the whole process of Hiring in organisational set up? Critically examine their usefulness and importance in the short term and long term functioning and culture of the organisation. Draw from the experiences you are familiar with. Describe the organisation and […]
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