I I· II Note: Part Part 8 & C: A: . 4322() omprises of Part A‚ Part 8 & C: © ICFAI University - 2007 I SLFI 602 1FT43 I 0908 TOTALMARKS: 30 1. Part A : Basic conceptsMAXIMUM TIME: 30 Minutes approach assumes that the purchasing power parity holds good. a. monetary b. demand - supply c. portfolio balance d. asset e. liability 4. Which of tl-1e following is not an appropriate hedging strategy for a likely devaluation of a currency? a. reduce the level of cash b. tighten
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Management Development Workbook 1/S1 - What is Management? At its simplest‚ management can be regarded as the skilful use of resources. H Fayol 1916 – To manage is to forecast and plan‚ to command‚ to co-ordinate and to control EFL Brech 1957 – Management is a social process which consists of planning‚ control‚ co-ordination and motivation Koontz & O’Donnell 1976 – Managing is an operation process initially best dissected by analysing the managerial functions. The essential managerial
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* Qual Health Care 2001;10:40-48 doi:10.1136/qhc.10.1.40 * Viewpoint Management matters: the link between hospital organisation and quality of patient care 1. Elizabeth West‚ senior research fellow + Author Affiliations 1. Royal College of Nursing‚ Radcliffe Infirmary‚ Woodstock Road‚ Oxford OX1 6HE‚ UK 1. Dr E West elizabeth.west@rcn.org.uk * Accepted 21 December 2000 Next Section Abstract Some hospital trusts and health authorities consistently outperform others
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Types of Economic Planning Planning by Inducements Planning by inducement is often referred to as ‘indicative planning’ or ‘market incentives’ . In such type of planning‚ the market is manipulated through incentives andinducements. Accordingly‚ in this system there is persuasion rather than compulsion or deliberate enforcement of orders. Here the consumers are free to consume whatsoever they like‚ producers are free to produce whatsoever they wish. But such freedom of consumption and production
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Food security in India The focus on accelerated foodgrains production on a sustainable basis and free trade in grains would help create massive employment and reduce the incidence of poverty in rural areas. INDIA AT present finds itself in the midst of a paradoxical situation: endemic mass-hunger coexisting with the mounting foodgrain stocks. The foodgrain stocks available with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) stand at an all time high of 62 million tonnes against an annual requirement of
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Frank Mougin‚ executive vice president of human resources‚ and Benedikt Benenati‚ organisational development manager‚ were given the task of developing a means of sharing knowledge between employees from around the world in a company with a highly decentralised business structure with little horizontal communication among divisions (Edmondson‚ Moingeon‚ Dessain‚ Jensen 2008‚ p6). Creating a successful way of sharing knowledge to ensure long term sustainability of the company was Danone’s key issue.
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The area of management and the ways in which managers have led or ‘managed’ others has changed and evolved significantly over the last couple of centuries and there have been a number of different theories into the best way it can be done. This essay will give some background knowledge into those theories but will primarily focus on McGregor’s development of his Theory X and Theory Y‚ incorporating how they evolved‚ what they are and how relevant they are to managers of the 21st century. The aim
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Is sustainability truly built into the 12th 5-Year Plan? | Politics of Biodiversity | Environm... Page 1 of 5 Is sustainability truly built into the 12th 5-Year Plan? Perhaps for the first time‚ environment and related livelihoods issues figure in several chapters of a 5-Year Plan approach paper. But it is far from achieving the kind of integration of environment‚ economy‚ and livelihoods that is required if India is to meet its obligations to its people‚ to nature‚ and to international agreements
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CHANDLER - THE ENDURING LOGIC OF INDUSTRIAL SUCCESS Major Claim: Successful firms capitalize on economies of scale & scope‚ create management structures and invest in research & development • Once a firm loses the opportunity to be a first mover‚ it is difficult to regain competitive advantage Secondary Claims: • Growth through unrelated diversification is a poor business strategy • Business ownership patterns have diminished the likelihood of many firms’ long-term success
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function concerned with securing the inputs to the construction process. Some theories use different terms when describing the purchasing process and structure. However‚ it is assumed that the terms Supply Management‚ Purchasing and Procurement have similar meaning. Thus‚ the term procurement will in most parts of the research work‚ be interchanged with the term purchasing. While the former refers to a broader term (with respect to scope)‚ both terms are fundamentally the same. ABSTRACT In 2006
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