MS07 : INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTERS
DEC 2003
Note:
(i) Answer any three questions from Section A.
(ii) Section B is compulsory.
SECTION
A
1(a) What do you mean by a spreadsheet? How does it
help in managerial decision making? Give examples. [15]
(b) “Personal computers have revolutionised
managerial activities.” Explain. [10]
2(a) Discuss application of computers in stores of
an organisation. [10]
(b) How does operations research help in various
functions of management? Give examples. [15]
3(a) Discuss the importance of Management
Information System in modern organisations. How do you calculate cost of
information? [15]
(b) What do you mean by decision tables and decision
trees? How do they help us? [10]
4(a) Use graphical method to solve the following
problem: [15]
Maximise 4x1 + 10x2
subject to
2x1 - 6x2 < 0
-x1 + 2x2 > -2
-3x1 - 3x2 > -24
x1 > 2
x2 > 0
(b) Using Simplex method solve the following
problem: [10]
Maximise
z = 80x1 + 60x2 + 30x3
subject
to
10x1 + 4x2 + 5x3 < 2,000
2x1 + 5x2 + 4x3 < 1,009
x1,
x2, x3 > 0
5 A manufacturer must produce a product in
sufficient quantity to meet contractual sales in the next four months. The
production capacity and unit cost of production vary from month to month. The
product produced in one month may be held for sale in later months, but at an
estimated storage cost of Re. 1 per unit per month. No storage cost is incurred
for goods sold in the same month in which they are produced. There is no
opening inventory and none is desired at the end of four months. The necessary
details are given in the following table: [25]
The management wishes to know how much to produce
each month in order to minimise total cost.
Formulate and solve the problem as a transportation
problem.
SECTION B
6 M/s ABC Ltd. has hired the services of your
organisation for computerization of their
(i) Pay-roll Accounting
(ii) Personnel Information System
You are required to prepare a project report giving
various information requirements, sources of such information, software
requirement, hardware requirement, cost associated and benefit that will
accrue. This report will be placed before top management for final approval. [25] |