Code No: NR 220401

April / May-2004 Examinations

Set No. 3

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

(Common to Electronics & Communication Engineering, Electronics & Telematics)

[Time:3 hours]
Max. Marks:80

Answer any FIVE questions

All questions carry equal marks

1. What is an organizational chart? What does and what does not an organization chart reveal.

2. Define the organization's environment. Describe the various factors in an organization's specific environment.

3. What is inspection? What are the kinds of inspection?

4. What is induction and how is it important? How is it different from training and development?

5. a) What is meant by store keeping? What are its objectives?
b) What are the various categories of stores? Enumerate the duties of a store keeper.

6. a) What are the factors retarding productivity? Suggest measures of their removal.
b) State the benefits of increased productivity to management, workers and society.

7. How does network analysis help in project work? Define the following terms.
a) Activity
b) Critical path
c) Slack.

8. Explain the nature of costs involved in a project. Discuss how a project manager should go about analyzing the difference costs for the purpose of project crashing.