INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TRIVANDRUM DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES FINAL SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, MAY 2014 HS 321: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS me allowed: 3 hours ‘Maximum Marks: 50 Note: 1. All. questions carry equal marks. 2. Supplement your answers with appropriate diagrams and examples, a Discuss the contribution of Gilbreths to management discipline. Also draw the organizational structure as envisaged by Taylor. oe % a 2+ Explain the contributions of Max Weber tthe field of management. 3\ y . Explain the motivation theories given by (i) Herzberg and (ii) McClelland "7! 7% Discuss characteristics of RED projects withthe help of a famework, 7~ oa Explain balanced scorecard approach and important measures for each of them. How can 4, 6 Explain in detail the framework of human resource manag they useful for managers? Nhe ae at. SY ce ie. 7. Five workmen are assigned works to five turning jobs. Because of their experience and skill, they are paid different wages per hour. P, Q, and R are paid Rs.20 per hour each and S and T are paid Rs.30 per hour. The amount of time taken by each worker to do a given job is as follows: + iS 5) ro. 20'| R ol Anas von a oh” Determine the assignment whjch: (i) Minimizes the total cost (ii) minimize she tal tim Vi G E432 Bae v 8. A company is engaged if m4nafacturing electronic sensors, Relevant accounting dat 20. follows: Variable cost per sensor Fixed cost Rs. $0,000 for the year. Capacity 2,000 sensors per year. Selling price per sensor Rs. 70. Find (0 Find the break-even point. (1 mark (ii) Find the number of sensors to be sold to get a profit of Rs, 30,000 (1 mark) (ii Ifthe company can ma Rs. 2,000. What should be the selling p acture 600 buckets more per year with an additional fixed cost of to maintain the profit per bucket as at (ii) above ? marks) “2a.98) ee Te eeoa 9. A company plans to fill six positions. Since the positions are known to vary considerably With respect to skill and responsibility, different types of aptitude tests and interviews are required for each, While the aptitude tests are conducted by people from the clerical positions, the job interviews are held by the personnel from management cadre. The job ———— mediately follow the aptitude test, ‘The time required (in minutes) by each of interview: the positions is given here: Position PL pea je D7 a Aptitude test [140 180 150 200 | _170 100 gesbineniew | 70 120 10 80 ‘100 90. Ifit is desired to minimize the waiting time of the management personnel, in what order the position filling be handled? What is the idle time for management personnel in this case? (a ‘The data for a project with 9 activities are given in following table: Job Immediate | Normal time | Crash time | Normal cost [ Crash cost | | predecessor(s) | (weeks) (weeks) (ins) _| time (in Rs A ~ ae 3 Ff 18000 | 19000 a ee 600 1000 2 a 10000 12000 a 2B is 4000 10000 = A iB | 3000 | ‘9000 E A 15000 15000 C F s 1200 1400 W, CEG 3500 NEST. | Vv F 7000 [000 a) Draw the project network and find the critical path (2 marks) 4) Caleulate and plot on a graph the cost/time function for the project and find the shortest time and associated cost. “+ BEST OR LUCKEY