MKT B370 Operations Management SPECIMEN EXAMINATION PAPER Important Note: This specimen examination paper serves solely as an illustration of the types of questions which may be contained in the examination. Students should not construe these questions as the actual examination questions nor part of the actual examination paper. In addition‚ this specimen examination paper does not purport to represent the complete scope or coverage of the course and the distribution of the topics to be examined
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PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT MGMT 1001 PRACTICE QUESTIONS TUTORIAL 1 (a)What are the main levels of management or planning associated with organizations? (b)Name the major schools of thought in management and from each school‚ discuss the contribution of two theorists. (c)Define Management and state the major associated functions. (d)What are some of the satellite problems that are manifest when the root cause is i)culture based ii) production based? TUTORIAL 2 (a)Define the term Paradigm
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Operations Management Overview This chapter provides a definition of operations management. The role and importance of operations in an organization are described‚ along with operations decisions that are made. The differences between manufacturing and services are described. The history and current trends of operations management are discussed‚ including the impact of information systems. Finally‚ the interaction between operations and other business functions
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In your DB where you were talking about Maslow’ hierarchy ladder of needs where the previous foundations that we suppose to base our lives on or motivate us to keep going‚ I believe his foundation is faulty. He doesn’t seem to me that he has a balanced foundation. He tells us that we are in need first of food‚ water‚ air and shelter. I understand that when we are born our parents meet all of our basic needs for these things. I believe like you that if the foundation isn’t safe the person will flounder
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Customer knowledge management via social media: the case of Starbucks Alton Y.K Chua and Snehasish Banerjee Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the extent to which the use of social media can support customer knowledge management (CKM) in organizations relying on a traditional bricks-and-mortar business model. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a combination of qualitative case study and netnography on Starbucks‚ an international coffee house chain. Data retrieved
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QUESTION 1 Decision makers are variably constrained by the environmental factors‚ their education‚ and mental ability. Besides these‚ decision makers may be constrained by the deficiencies in the information that is available to them. Required Elaborate this statement with reference to information deficiency with regard to information timeliness‚ information accuracy and clarity‚ information relevance‚ and information aggregation levels. Cite examples to support your points QUESTION
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where they work and live. BPL is the pioneer in introducing medical service activities: publishing a full-fledged medical newsletter regularly‚ conducting clinical seminars and symposiums to have better understanding of various diseases and their management. Today BPL is ready to face the challenge of scarce sourcing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) in the post-WTO era‚ with its advanced API manufacturing capability. BPL is one of the first companies to have an extensively computerized
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Smart Principles for Designing a Brand Hierarchy We all know the recession has drastically impacted consumer behaviors‚ but we may often overlook its direct impact on brands themselves. The recession has changed the way marketers manage their brand portfolios as they try to do more with less. As such‚ marketers are taking a closer look at how then can stretch existing brand equity across a greater number of products‚ often taking a parent brand/sub-brand approach. We generally see four different
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Hierarchy of needs James Rohland 5-9-14 Dr. Andrews Hierarchy of needs Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs is a five stage process of motivational needs (Maslow 1943‚ 1954). The lower levels of the hierarchy are life sustaining needs‚ such as‚ food‚ water and sleep. These first levels have to be accomplished before they can move to the next levels of safety‚ relationships and friends. If one of the stages such as eating food is not satisfied enough the person will become hungrier
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that the Gods chose him to bring justice and order to his people. Shortly after Hammurabi’s rise in power he created his code of laws known as “The Code of Hammurabi”‚ which were written to upheld honesty‚ protect property rights‚ maintain social hierarchy and define all relationships and aspects of life. The laws were publicly displayed so that everyone would have the equal opportunity to understand and study them. The laws were expected to be followed by everyone. The punishment for breaking the
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