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Management
Information Systems
1. Could the 2004 Athens Olympics have been a success without
all of the networks and backup technologies?
2. The 2004 Olympics is a global business. Can a business today
succeed without information technology? Why or why not?
3. Claude Philips said dealing with “crazy scenarios of what
might happen in every area: a network problem, staff stopped in traffic jam,
security attack…everything that might happen,” was the reason for so much
testing. Can you think of other business that would require “crazy scenario”
testing? Explain.
1. What is the business value of data warehouse? Use Argosy
Gaming as an example.
2. Why did Argosy use a ETL software tool? What benefits and
problems arose? How were they solved?
3. What are some of the major responsibilities that business
professionals and managers have in data warehouse development? Use Argosy
Gaming as an example.
1. What is business intelligence? Why are business-intelligence
systems such a popular business application of IT?
2. What is the business value of the various BI applications
discussed in the case?
3. Is a business-intelligence system an MIS or a DSS?
1. Why do more than a third of all Web self-service customers
get frustrated and end up calling a help center? Use the experiences of Blue
Cross-Blue Shield and AT & T Wireless to help you answer.
2. What are some solutions to the problems users may have with
Web self-service? Use the experiences of the companies in this case to propose
several solutions.
3. Visit the websites of Blue Cross-Blue Shield and AT & T
Wireless. Investigate the details of obtaining and individual health plan or a
new cell phone plan. What is your appraisal of the self-service features of
these websites? Explain your evaluations.
1. What are several possible solutions to the failures in IT
project management at many companies described at the start of this case?
Defend your proposals.
2. What are several key ways that Avon and Guardian assure that
their IT projects are completed successfully and support the goals of the
business?
3. If you were the manager of a business unit at Avon or
Guardian, what are several other things you would like to see their IT groups
do to assure the success of an IT project for your business unit? Defend your
suggestions.
LOGISTIC
MANAGEMENT
1. Give a critical analysis of the privatization
of telecom sector in India.?
2. Highlight the secrets
of success of Alpha Talent Ltd. in terms of technological advancements and
service provided?
1. Comment on the upstream and downstream
supply chain portions operating in the company.
2. How far are the plans to improve the
supply chain efficiency in the company feasible?
3. "Internal supply chain at the
company can be characterized by the lack of it". Comment.
1. What made SCL a leader in the logistics
industry?
2. Discuss the strategies adopted by SCL
for its survival in the competitive scenario.
3. Comment on the contributions of SCL to
society.
4. What steps the company should take to
globalize its network reach?
Discuss the strategies
adopted by SCL for expansion.
1. Analyze the case in view of the
logistics outsourcing practices of the ISL.
2. Discuss the importance of logistics
outsourcing with reference to supply chain management.
3. Suggest strategies for further
strengthening the supply chain of ISL.
4. The participants/students are expected
to have a clear understanding of Supply Chain and Logistics Management
concepts.
5. The issues involved in the case are
Sales Forecasting, Strategic Sourcing, Selection of Warehousing Service
Provider, Transportation Mode and other nuances in Logistics Management.
Managerial Economics
1. What is the objective of Dabur? Is it
profit maximization or growth maximization? Discuss.
2. Do you think the growth of Dabur from a
small pharmacy to a large multinational company is an indicator of the
advantages of joint stock company against proprietorship form? Elaborate.
1. Try to identify various stages of
growth of IT industry on basis of information given in the case and present a
scenario for the future.
2. Study the table given. Apply trend
projection method on the figures and comment on the trend.
3. Compute a 3 year moving average
forecast for the years 1997-98 through 2003-04.
1. As money costs will decrease due to
decision to outsource human resource, some real costs and opportunity costs may
surface. What could these be?
2. Elaborate the external and internal
economies of scale as occurring to Contract Counsel.
3. Can you see some possibility of
economies of scope from the information given in the case? Discuss.
1. Is stock market a good example of
perfect competition? Discuss.
2. Identify the characteristics of perfect
competition in the stock market setting.
3. Can you find some basic aspect of
perfect competition which is essentially absent in stock market?
1. What major pricing strategies have been
discussed in the case? How effective these strategies have been in ensuring
success of the company?
2. Is perceived value pricing the dominant
strategy of major players?
3. Which products have reached maturity
stage in audio industry? Do you think that product bundling can be effectively
used for promoting sale of these products?
Managerial
Economics
1. Is stock market a good example of
perfect competition? Discuss.
2. Identify the characteristics of perfect
competition in the stock market setting.
3. Can you find some basic aspect of perfect
competition which is essentially absent in stock market?
1. What major pricing strategies have been
discussed in the case? How effective these strategies have been in ensuring
success of the company?
2. Is perceived value pricing the dominant
strategy of major players?
3. Which products have reached maturity
stage in audio industry? Do you think that product bundling can be effectively
used for promoting sale of these products?
1. Identify the most important factors of
production in case of automobile industry. Also attempt to explain the relative
significance of each of these factors.
2. What more information would you like to
obtain in order to draw a production function for Maruti Udyog? Explain with
logic.
3. Automobile industry is a good example
of capital augmenting technical progress. Discuss.
1. Which factors, according to you, are
prompting organizations to adopt a package instead of traditional salary?
2. Do you think package compensation is
more suitable in modern globalised business? Can you draw some lessons from
marginal productivity theory?
3. Do you think that the case supports the
efficiency wage theory or bargaining theory? Give arguments in support of your
logic.
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