UPSC Mains MANAGEMENT-PAPER-II 2024

Explain the necessary conditions for application of simplex method to be applied to linear programming problems.

State the assumptions made for the study of ANOVA.

Discuss in brief system development management life cycle in the context of Management Information System.

What is e-business? Discuss the dependance of e-business on Internet, Intranet and Extranet to implement and to manage innovative e-business application.

Discuss in brief flexible manufacturing systems.

A company gives on-the-job training to its salesmen, which is followed by a test. The company is considering whether there is any relationship of test scores and sales performance made by the ten salesmen during last one year, and also whether the company should terminate the services of any salesman who does not perform well in the test : Test Score 50 60 58 47 50 33 65 43 46 68 Sales ('000) 48 65 50 48 55 58 63 48 50 70 Give your comment whether the company should terminate the services of any salesman who does not perform well in the test.

A law graduate student randomly guesses at nine multiple-choice questions in All India Bar Examination. There are four possible answers for every question. However there is only one correct answer. Assuming that all questions are independent to each other, find the possibility that the student chooses six correct answers.

For conducting Third Semester Practical Examination, the Chemistry department of a university affliated college requires 10, 12 and 7 units of three chemicals X, Y and Z respectively. The chemicals are available in two boxes-box A and box B. Box A contains 3, 2 and 1 unit of X, Y and Z respectively and costs ₹ 300. Box B contains 1, 2 and 2 units of X, Y and Z respectively and costs ₹ 200. Find how many boxes of each type should be purchased by the department so that the total cost is minimal by formulating the problem in linear programming problem and solve it through graphical method.

Comment on the sensitivity analysis.

Discuss briefly capacity planning. Explain various kinds of capacity planning.

Discuss in brief various phases of quality management.

The time taken by two machines on various jobs in a factory is tabulated in the table below : Processing Time (in hours) Job Machine-1 Machine-2 A 2.5 1.5 B 3.6 2.0 C 1.1 3.25 D 2-25 2.75 E 3.75 1.8 F 1-25 4.0 Calculate the loading sequence for the given jobs and machines to make the line balancing properly.

Discuss in brief the new information technology trends that will change the way of industry workings.

Discuss briefly the advantages and disadvantages of ERP system.

Discuss briefly DSS and RDMS, and make their comparisons.

“SMEs are backbone of any country's industrial development." Critically analyze the statement in the Indian context giving suitable examples.

“Increasing cyber frauds in India are a major cause of concern." Explain. Analyze the shortcomings of cyber laws in India.

Identify the sectors of environment that are currently more important in the Indian context. What sectors are likely to become more important in coming years? Explain.

What are the signals which point out that a turnaround is needed? Elaborate any four turnaround actions giving suitable examples.

Critically evaluate the trends in India's foreign trade during last ten years.

“Removing regional imbalance of industrial development should be top priority of Indian planners.” Elaborate this statement mentioning various initiatives taken by the Central and State Governments.

An organization involved in automobile manufacturing wishes to exercise strategic choice at business level. How can the concept of experience curve help in it? Give suitable example.

“Voluntary organizations play an important role in protecting consumer rights under the Consumer Protection Act (CPA)." In the light of this statement, discuss the process of involvement of NGOs giving suitable examples.

Elaborate different levels of economic integration giving costs and benefits. Discuss the role of ASEAN and SAARC in successfully promoting integration between member countries.