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The city of Srinagar Is the
largest city and the summer capital of
the Union territory of
Jammu and Kashmir in India.
You have been invited as an external
IT consultant by Government of India
with a mandate to convert Srinagar
into a “Smart City”a.Which “Smart”
city in the world will you choose as a
benchmark to emulate some of the
best practices of that city into
Srinagar?Provide atleast 3 reasons
with brief descriptions behind your
choice of choosing that particular city
as a benchmark?
t is often stated that “E-
governance helps in building trust
between governments and
citizens”. Do you agree with this
statement? If yes, provide one detailed
example of any EGovernance project
undertaken by any municipality in
any part of India. Provide features
of the project & benefits. If No, then
justify with appropriate reasons
(minimum 10 reasons) as to why
eGovernance does not facilitate trust.
Jack Cohen founded Tesco Plc (TSCO.L) in 1919. After expanding into every available market in the United Kingdom, including developing new store formats for small areas (Tesco Metro) and a superstore format (Tesco Extra), new product lines such as electronics and home goods, and an environmentally-aware range of foods, the company began to expand internationally.
Tesco operates using four strategic business units - Core UK, which handles United Kingdom grocery operations, International, which handles international holdings, Non-Food, which handles sales of electronics, home goods and other non-food items sold in Tesco Extra and other stores, and Retailing Services.
Question 2
Advice TESCO on the changes or improvements which ought to be done as to the retailing related sector in order to overcome the pandemic situation as faced by the world now strategically beside their current practice in the industry.
Jack Cohen founded Tesco Plc (TSCO.L) in 1919. After expanding into every available market in the United Kingdom, including developing new store formats for small areas (Tesco Metro) and a superstore format (Tesco Extra), new product lines such as electronics and home goods, and an environmentally-aware range of foods, the company began to expand internationally.
Tesco operates using four strategic business units - Core UK, which handles United Kingdom grocery operations, International, which handles international holdings, Non-Food, which handles sales of electronics, home goods and other non-food items sold in Tesco Extra and other stores, and Retailing Services
Question 1
Based on the article above, Tesco choose to pursue SBU structure across all its business areas for maximising the degree of competitiveness. Advise Tesco based on your opinion on the success of TESCO upon pursuing the selected sturucture as the main tool to overcome competitors.
You have been appointed as IT Head of a soon to be opened bank in India by the name of “People’s bank” which will have branches all over India. People’s bank is a private sector bank. Highlight atleast 5 security threats that a bank may face in today’s times and suggest 5 innovative IT security mechanisms to ensure that such threats do not harm your
bank & that your systems remain as secure as ever.
Assume you are a part of the Operations team in an automobile manufacturing setup. You
are also working in coordination with other departments. Discuss the following aspects of
the operations of your organisation a. Define Quality & list and discuss in brief the various dimensions of quality in operations
b. Discuss the concept of EOQ in brief. Using the data below, find EOQ, and the reorder point.
Annual Demand: 15,000 units; Weeks Operating: 50 weeks/year; Ordering Costs: Rs.
60/order & Holding Costs: Rs. 7/unit/year; Lead-Time: 5 weeks & Safety Stock: 250 units
List and explain in brief the various types of plant layout concepts in operations
management, highlighting the objective, considerations of a good layout design. Give
examples on where each of these types can be employed respectively. Briefly explain a
layout for a Banking branch operations (mention the type of layout applicable).
Discuss the various inventory management/control techniques prevalent in the industry.
Discuss how some of these techniques would be applicable to a retail store in the FMCG
sector for effective management of their inventories; i.e soaps, household supplies, etc. (you can assume inventories of your choice to explain)
You attitude is an important element to be observed in business communication. Justify
the statement and rewrite the following sentences using You attitude.
a. We give an added discount of 15% if you visit our shop before 31st October.
b. The company will not reimburse the medical and phone bills with this month’s salary
if the details and supporting documents are not submitted before 10th of this month.
c. We will give you an extra one-day stay in out resort if you book it for 3 days and 2
nights in the monsoon season.
d. Avail ‘Buy 1 get 3’ offer in the stock clearance sale at Humphrey’s
e. We are giving the facility to pay in easy monthly installments for the latest German
built home theatres by Bosch.
f. Our team is always there to address your issues.
g. We now have all out products available in our newly designed online stores.
h. We have a wide network of medical practitioners worldwide available for online
consultation.
Describe business management as a young science, which could be regarded as an independent science based on characteristics of science?
