Company Background: Starting Right Company * Inspired by a movie‚ Julia Day decided to build a baby food company named as Starting Right Company‚ which targets the upper class market. * To differentiate the product from its competitors‚ the company offers frozen baby foods with no preservatives while ensuring great taste. * Julia Day hired people with experience in finance‚ marketing and production. The group started to develop product samples of the new frozen baby food. * Julia
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What is a linear programming problem? Discuss the scope and role of linear programming in solving management problems. Discuss and describe the role of linear programming in managerial decision-making bringing out limitations‚ if any. 2. Explain the concept and computational steps of the simplex method for solving linear programming problems. How would you identify whether an optimal solution to a problem obtained using simplex algorithm is unique or not? a) What is the difference between a
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Sub: Quantitative Techniques in Management 1) Answer any Sixteen 1. What is a linear programming problem? Discuss the scope and role of linear programming in solving management problems. Discuss and describe the role of linear programming in managerial decision-making bringing out limitations‚ if any. 2. Explain the concept and computational steps of the simplex method for solving linear programming problems. How would you identify whether an optimal solution to a problem obtained using simplex
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1. a. “Statistics is the nerve center for Operations Research.” Discuss. b. State any four areas for the application of OR techniques in Financial Management‚ how it improves the performance of the organization. 2. At the beginning of a month‚ a lady has Rs. 30‚000 available in cash. She expects to receive certain revenues at the beginning of the months 1‚ 2‚ 3 and 4 and pay the bills after that‚ as detailed here: Month Revenue Bills 1 Rs
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under uncertainty b) what decison criterion should he use? Maximax c) what alternative is best He should choose Sub100‚ since it has the best possible outcome. 2) although Ken (above) is the principal owner‚ his bother bob is credit with making the company a sucess. Bob is vice president of fincance. Bob attributes his sucess to hsi pessimistic attitude about business and oil industry. Give the information from the previous problem is it likely bob will arive at a different decision? What deicison
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SEMESTER 3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENTAND ENGINEERING CORPORATE LAWS $ SECRETARIAL PRACTICE PART 1 MARKS 80 Attempt any Four Q1 (A) How are the first directors of the company appointed? (B) What is the notice period required for a board meeting? Q2 (A) Can a company appoint managing director and manager simultaneously? (B) Is company allowed to appoint a part-time secretary instead of a Whole-time Secretary? Q3 (A) Who can fix the remuneration of auditors under
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Design capacity refers to the maximum output that can possibly be attained. (T/F)T Among decision environments‚ risk implies that certain parameters have probabilistic out- comes. (T/F) T 9. The maximax approach is a pessimistic strategy. (T/F) F A job-shop processing system generally requires less-skilled workers than a continuous pro- cessing
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Assignment Set- 2 (60 Marks) Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions. 1. a. Explain the terms: Pure strategy‚ Mixed Strategy‚ Saddle point‚ Competitive games‚ Payoff matrix‚ Rectangular games. [ 5 marks] b. Explain the Maximin and Minimax principle used in Game Theory.[ 5 marks] 2. a. Explain the steps involved in Monte-Carlo simulation. [ 5 marks] b. What are the advantages and limitations of using simulation? [ 5 marks] 3. a. Distinguish between PERT and CPM. What is
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EXPLAIN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS WITH EXAMPLE OF YOUR OWN. Introduction:- Decision making is an integral part of the most of the top manager’s duties. Not even a single day passes without taking decisions particularly in modern organisations. Hence‚ management and decision making are considered as inseparable. In fact‚ whatever a manager does‚ he can do it only by taking some decision. All matters related to planning‚ organization‚ staffing‚ directing and
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STUDY GUIDE EMRM5103 Project Risk Management CENTRE FOR GRADUATE STUDIES STUDY GUIDE EMRM5103 Project Risk Management Writer: John Rudolph Raj Developed by: Centre for Instructional Design and Technology Open University Malaysia First Edition‚ August 2012 Copyright © Open University Malaysia (OUM) All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of the President‚ Open University Malaysia. 1 STUDY
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