Exam Details

Subject Management of R&D and Innovation
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

Critically examine the role' of market research in product development. Discuss the pros and cons of market research based R and D.

What does the 'Creative process' mean? Describe and comment upon the elements of the creative process.

Discuss the following techniques of enhancing/maintaining the creativity

Brainstorming

Synectics

Write a short essay on SIRO (Scientific and Industrial Research Organisations)

Bring out similarities and differences in the concepts of technology base and competence.

Who can be partners in innovations? Discuss their role and limitations.


What is meant by the 'Potential' value of an invention or discovery and why is it important?

India is a nation with very sound scientific and technological base and yet we rely on foreign technologies for our industrialisation. Supplement your view with examples.

Discuss the provision for funding of R and D projects under various schemes of the Government of India. Also critically comment upon them.

Discuss the salient features of the Technology Policy of India. What have been the achievements and failures of the technology policy

What is the WIPO What is the WTO What are TRIPS? Explain.

What is GATS? How can it facilitate access to technology and technical information for developing countries. Discuss with examples.


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