1. What are the life cycle cost components for any plant? Which are the factors affecting life cycle profits of any industrial 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 […]
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1. “Materials management contains an integrated process of materials flow, in, through and out of an organization”. Comment and talk about the reasons behind it! 2. Comment: a. Sound ethical principles contribute toward better buyer-seller relationships. b. Management of supplier network has become a contemporary and critical issue? 3. “Certain elements of JIT, like JIT […]
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1. “Logistics is the function that is responsible for the flow of materials into, through and out of an organisation”. Elaborate! Take the case of a Book Publisher and describe the input and output of materials from the Logistics point of view. 2. Explain (i) Global sourcing and its advantages and disadvantages (ii) World-class management […]
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1. Choose any Financial Institution of your choice and discuss the impact of technology on the services provided by this Institution in the past two to three years. 2. Select any Non-Bank Finance Company or Financial Institution that issues debt instruments to raise funds from the market. Discuss in detail the instruments raised by that […]
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1. Explain in detail how the international financial architecture evolved over a period of time. 2. Explain Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) relationship and its applications. What are the reasons for deviations from such relationship? 3. Describe different types of foreign exchange exposures. Explain the techniques used for management of transaction exposure. 4. Explain in detail […]
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1. What do you understand by investment risk? Classify the traditional sources of investment risk and mention whether they are general sources of risk or specific sources of risk. How is interest rate risk related to inflation risk? 2. Define the various forms of the market efficiency. State the anomalies in the Efficient Market Hypothesis. […]
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1) Explain cultural differences and similarities in a global perspective. Enlist the strategies for dealing with cultural differences in global organisations citing examples. 2) Describe the ‘five-phase’ systematic approach to designing cross-cultural training programmes. What are the challenges faced in training expatriate managers? Cite illustrations. 3) Discuss the barriers to cross-cultural communication citing suitable examples. […]
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1. What are the sources of Industrial jurisprudence? Explain the genesis, objectives and classification of labour legislation in India. 2. Discuss the scope and coverage of the Mines Act, 1952. Explain the process of enforcement of the Act. 3. Discuss the object, scope and coverage of the Industrial Employment (standing orders) Act, 1946. Explain the […]
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1. Explain the functions and responsibility in a compensation programme of any organization you are familiar with. Discuss the issues and current trends of the compensation programme. 2. Define wages under various labour legislation. Discuss, how minimum wage differs from need based minimum wage? 3. Define job evaluation. Explain the methods and systems of job […]
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1. What is alienation? Explain the Sociological and Psychological approach to alienation. Discuss how alienation can be dealt with an example. 2. What is organizational Stress? Briefly describe the strategies to cope with stress at individual and organizational levels. Cite few instances how you deal with organizational stress that you have faced. 3. Discuss the […]
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