Exam Details
| Subject | Production/Operations Management | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Management Programme | |
| Department | School of Management Studies (SOMS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
Define operations management. Describe the decision areas of operations management.
Discuss the ethical and social responsibilities of an operations manager in the current scenario.
Define quality. Discuss total quality management in the service sector with an example.
What is the cost of quality? How can a university control the quality of its output (that is, its graduates)? Explain.
How are medium and long range forecasts distinguished from short range forecasts What is the influence of product life cycle on forecasting? Give examples.
Briefly describe the two general forecasting approaches. Give examples of the industries that are affected by seasonality.
How is aggregate planning done in the service sector? Compare MRP with JIT.
Explain flexible manufacturing system with the help of an example.
List the different steps for conducting a time study. Give the disadvantages of time study. What kind of workplace change might you expect from an employee during a time study?
Distinguish between design capacity and effective capacity. How are actual and expected output computed? Discuss.
Briefly discuss group technology. What is the difference between Computer Aided Manufacturing and Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Explain autonomous maintenance with examples.
Discuss the ethical and social responsibilities of an operations manager in the current scenario.
Define quality. Discuss total quality management in the service sector with an example.
What is the cost of quality? How can a university control the quality of its output (that is, its graduates)? Explain.
How are medium and long range forecasts distinguished from short range forecasts What is the influence of product life cycle on forecasting? Give examples.
Briefly describe the two general forecasting approaches. Give examples of the industries that are affected by seasonality.
How is aggregate planning done in the service sector? Compare MRP with JIT.
Explain flexible manufacturing system with the help of an example.
List the different steps for conducting a time study. Give the disadvantages of time study. What kind of workplace change might you expect from an employee during a time study?
Distinguish between design capacity and effective capacity. How are actual and expected output computed? Discuss.
Briefly discuss group technology. What is the difference between Computer Aided Manufacturing and Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Explain autonomous maintenance with examples.
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Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Accounting and Finance for Managers
- Advanced Strategic Management
- Bank Financial Management
- Capital Investment and Financing Decisions
- Consumer Behaviour
- Economic and Social Environment
- Electronic Banking and IT in Banks
- Employment Relations
- Ethics And Corporate Governance In Banks
- Human Resource Development
- Human Resource Planning
- Information Systems for Managers
- International Banking Management
- International Business
- International Financial Management
- International Human Resource Management
- International Marketing
- Labour Laws
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Maintenance Management
- Management Control Systems
- Management Functions and Behaviour
- Management of Financial Services
- Management of Human Resources
- Management of Information Systems
- Management of Machines and Materials
- Management of Marketing Communication and Advertising
- Management of New and Small Enterprises
- Management of Public Enterprises
- Management of R&D and Innovation
- Managerial Economics
- Managing Change in Organisations
- Marketing for Managers
- Marketing of Financial Services
- Marketing of Services
- Marketing Research
- Materials Management
- Operations Research
- Organisational Dynamics
- Organizational Design, Development and Change
- Product Management
- Production/Operations Management
- Project Management
- Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications
- Research Methodology for Management Decisions
- Retail Management
- Risk Management In Banks
- Rural Marketing
- Sales Management
- Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
- Social Processes and Behavioural Issues
- Strategic Management
- Technology Management
- Total Quality Management
- Wage and Salary Administration
- Working Capital Management