1. Assume you are a team member of the marketing research department of a low cost domestic airline. Your manager has asked you to evaluate the service quality of the airline. How would you go about It.? What service quality dimensions would you use to evaluate the same? 2. Explain the importance of physical evidence […]
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1. Explain the interaction between science, technology and business. How do these interactions affect industrial growth? Give suitable examples. 2. Are innovations and creativity interrelated? Discuss the various methods of enhancing or maintaining the creativity. 3. Discuss the rationale of partnership in innovation and R&D. Explain the different types of partnership for this purpose. 4. […]
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1. Elaborate your understanding about maintenance planning and scheduling. 2. Explain the importance of maintenance budgeting. Discuss the advantages of Zero Based Budget. 3. What do you understand by the term ‘Total Safety Management’? Differentiate between investigation of incidents and audits. 4. What do you mean by Reliability? How it is different from Quality? Explain […]
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1. If the responsibility for maintaining the quality of the product and incurring less cost on its production is the responsibility of the “production/ operation” and deciding the price of the product and finding the customers that will buy it comes under “marketing”. What do the “materials management function” does? 2. How does JIT differ […]
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1. “It is the integration of the business processes of all firms in the supply chain where the real gold can be found”. Do you agree or disagree? Justify your answer. 2. Correlate the practical problems and factors influencing the transportation of a company or carrier. 3. Give an example of a channel assembly supply […]
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1. What do you understand by risk? Explain the various types of risks. Risk means the possibility of loss caused by a given action or inaction. In finance, risk refers to the probability that an actual return on an investment will probably be less than the expected return. Financial risk could be split into following […]
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1) Explain the term ‘International Human Resource Management’. Discuss in detail the differences between domestic and international HR practices. 2) a) Briefly explain the importance of Performance Management from international context. b) What criteria should be evolved before assessing an expatriate? c) Discuss an expatriate Performance Management Model. 3) Discuss in detail different barriers to […]
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1. Explain the concept, origin and objectives of Labour Legislations. Describe the regulative protective and wage related labour legislations which have been followed in an organisation you are familiar with. Briefly describe the organisation you are referring to. 2. Explain the scope and coverage of the Mines Act, 1952. Describe the enforcement of the Act. […]
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1. Explain the role of Compensation. Why is an effective Compensation Policy an important function of Management? Discuss. Describe the compensation structure of an organisation you are familiar with. 2. Explain the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965. Is the employer liable to pay minimum bonus even in case of loss in the establishment? Discuss. Describe, […]
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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. Answer. Alienation refers to a condition in social relationships indicated by a low level of integration. Read on What are the Causes of Alienation 2. Describe how stress can be managed and identify the strategies […]
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