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Understanding Management
6. The solution to the integer programming problems can always be obtained by rounding off the fractional values obtained in solution to the problems by using graphic/simplex method. Mark the
5. Capital budgeting problems may be handled as 0-1 type of integer programming problems. Mark the statement as T (True) or F (False).
4. An IPP where all the variables must be equal to zero or one is called a "0-1 IPP." Mark the statement as T (True) or F (False).
3. A mixed IPP is one where mixed constraints are involved. Mark the statement as T (True) or F (False).
2. A linear programming problem with only one decision variable restricted to integer value is not an integer programming problem. Mark the statement as T (True) or F (False).
1. An integer programming problem is a linear programming problem with all decision variables restricted to integer values. Mark the statement as T (True) or F (False).
A firm produces two products P and Q, which yield a contribution margin of Rs 200 and Rs 300 per unit, respectively. The firm has a limited capacity in the two departments where these products need
Using the data given below, develop a linear programming (goal programming) model to evaluate the jobs. The model should include constraints covering:(i) The total score for the Job 1 (highest)
A company produces three items A, Band C. All these are processed in a central plant.Production of one unit of A needs 2 hours, while production of a unit of Band C requires, respectively, 3 and 1
A salesman is planning to tour cities B, C, D and E, starting from his home city A. The inter-city distances are shown in the following table:How should he plan his tour so that (i) he visits each of
A salesman must travel from city to city to maintain his accounts. This week he has to leave his home base and visit four other cities and return home. The table shows the distances (in km)between
A company produces two products, each of which requires stamping, assembly and painting operations. Total productive capacity by operation if it were solely devoted to one product or the other is
A manufacturer of toys makes two types of toys, A and B. Processing of these two toys is done on two machines X and Y. Toy A requires 4 hours on machine X and six hours on machine Y, while Toy B
Write constraints to satisfy each of the following conditions in a project selection model.The projects are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.(i) Exactly one project from the set (1, 2, 3)
Solve the goal programming problem given in Example 7 .13, which is reproduced below: Minimise Subject to Z=Pd+ P(4d2 + 3d 3) + P3d X + x2 300 2x1 + x+d-d=400 x+2=150 X+ d3 = 350 X1, X2, dd, and d 0
A firm is engaged in producing two products A and B, which yield a unit profit of Rs 400 and Rs 300, respectively. Both of these require a certain raw material whose supply is limited to 300 kg per
The production manager of a company wants to schedule a week's production run for two products P1 and P2, each of which requires the labour and materials as shown below:The weekly availability of
Consider Example 2.1 again where a firm is producing two products which yield unit profits of Rs 40 and Rs 35, respectively. The two products are known to need 2 kg and 4 kg of raw material,
Mr Iyer is a salesman with Delite Manufacturing Company. He wants to visit six cities, say, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, starting with city 1 where he is stationed. The distances between various cities are
The cost to perform different jobs by different workers is given as follows:Obtain the optimal assignment of jobs to workers. Job Worker 1 2 3 4 A 90 18 B 72 C D 22 28 48 50 85 80 53 92 12 78 20 70
Solve the problem given in Example 7.1 using cutting plane algorithm.The problem is restated below:The LP relaxation of the problem is: Maximise Subject to Z=200x +300x2 2x + 4x2 17 3.x + 3x2 15 X1,
A company produces two products A and 8. Each unit of product A requires 1 hour of engineering service and 5 hours of machine time. To produce 1 unit of product B requires 2 hours of engineering and
The Standard Cars Limited currently has four plants for manufacturing and assembling cars and six warehouses where these are transported for subsequent delivery to its dealers/showrooms. The company
Three machines are available to make 5000 units which are required for the internal use of a company as components to another product. If the production is to be done by any one of these machines, a
A company is considering five investments. The net present value (NPV) and the initial cash outflow required for each of them is given belowThe company has a total of Rs 48,000 to invest. Further, it
Four items are considered for loading on an aeroplane, which has the capacity to load up to 15 tonnes. The weights and values of the items are indicated below:Which items and what quantities should
Example 7.2 Suppose we have an assignment problem where there are three workers and an equal number of jobs, and the cost matrix as given below:Formulate this as an IPP. Worker W W2 J 4 6 7 W3 Job
The owner of a ready-made garments store sells two types of premium shirts, known as Zee-shirts and Star-shirts. He makes a profit of Rs 200 and Rs 300 per shirt on Zee- and Star-shirts,
28. A trip from Chennai to Bangalore takes six hours by bus. A typical timetable of the bus service in both the directions is given below:The cost of providing this service by the transport company
27. The market research team of the Look Forward Company requires some household data from four different cities. The team has to perform this job in two days-the next Saturday and Sunday. It plans
26. A firm marketing a product has four salesmen S1, S2, S3 and S4. There are three customers to which a sale ofa unit each is to be made. The chances of making a sale to a customer depend on the
A company has five plantsP1, P2, P 3, P 4 andP5• It now wants to introduce three products A, Band C, but not more than one in a plant. The unit production and distribution costs are shown in tables
24. An agency is booking four groups, each of which would give one performance on a particular day.Because of the local preferences of the people, the agency is expecting different audience sizes for
23. The Captain ofa cricket team has to allot five middle batting positions to five batsmen. The average runs scored by each batsman at these positions are as follows:(i) Find the assignment of
22. A college department chairman has the problem of providing teachers for all courses offered by his department at the highest possible level of educational quality. He has got three professors,
21. A company has four salesmen who are to be assigned to four different sales territories. The monthly increases, estimated for each salesman in different territories (in lakh rupees), are shown in
20. A sales manager wishes to assign four sales territories to four sales persons. The sales persons differ in their sales acumen and, consequently, the sales expected to be effected in each
19. The owner of a small machine shop has four machinists available to assign to jobs for the day. Five jobs are offered with an expected profit in rupees for each machinist on each job as
18. Suggest the optimal assignment schedule for the following assignment problem:What will be the total maximum sale? Sale (Rs in lakh) Markets Salesmen I II III IV A 80 70 75 72 B 75 75 80 85 C 78
17. MCS Inc is a software company, which has three projects of Y2K with the departments of health, education and housing of Maharashtra Government. Based on the background and experiences of the
16. Solve the following unbalanced assignment problem of minimising total time for doing all the jobs:Hence, determine the optimal values of the dual variables. (CA, May, 1985) Operator 1 2 Job 4 5
15. A manufacturer of a complex electronic equipment has just received a sizable contract and plans to subcontract part of the job. He has solicited bids for six subcontracts from four firms. Each
14. The purchase manager of a government department is analysing a set of bids that he has received for five projects from six bidders. The guidelines established for selecting the successful bidders
12. In the modification of a plant layout of a factory, four new machines M1, M2, M3, and M4 are to be installed in a machine shop. There are five vacant places A, B, C, D, and E available. Because
11. The following information is available regarding four different jobs to be performed and about the clerks capable of performing the jobs:Clerk II cannot be assigned to job A and clerk III cannot
10. A company solicits bids on each of four projects from five contractors. Only one project may be assigned to any contractor. The bids received (in thousands of rupees) are given in the
9. In the following situation calling for assignment of a-truck-to-a-territory, what assignment would involve the lowest aggregate cost? Territory Truck 1 2 3 4 5 T 200 190 180 190 110 T 150 210 190
8. A fast-food chain wants to build four stores. In the past, the chain has used six different construction companies, and satisfied with each, has invited them to bid on each job. The final bids (in
7. A dispatcher of the police department has received four requests for police assistance. Currently, six patrol-cars are available for assignment and the estimated response time (in minutes) are
6. There are five jobs to be assigned to five machines. Costs of completion of the jobs on the respective machines are as given in the table below:Employ the Hungarian method of optimal assignment of
5. Five employees of a company are to be assigned to five jobs which can be done by any of them.Because of different number of years with the firm, the workers get different wages per hour. These
4. ABC company is engaged in manufacturing 5 brands of packed snacks. It has five manufacturing setups, each capable of manufacturing any of its brands one at a time. The costs to make a brand on
3. Solve the following assignment problem by (a) enumeration method, and (b) Hungarian assignment method. Worker Job 1 Time (in minutes) Job 2 Job 3 A 4 B 8 C 4 255 2 7 5 3 5 6
2. Convert the following LPP into an assignment problem and then solve it by the complete enumeration method. = Minimise Z 8x11 + 5x12+6x13+ 6x21 +9x22 + 4x23 +5x31 + 7x32+7x33 Subject to
1. Write the following as (a) a transportation problem, and (b) a linear programming problem. Time taken (in Hrs) in performing Job 1 Job 2 Job 3 Worker 1 3 4.5 7 Worker 2 6 4 6 Worker 3 5 4 (-)
A company has just developed a new item for which it proposes to undertake a national television promotional campaign. It has decided to schedule a series of one-minute commercials during peak
An airline, operating seven days a week, has given the following schedule of its flights between New Delhi and Mumbai. The crews should have a minimum of five hours between the flights. Obtain the
A firm produces four products. There are four operators who are capable of producing any of these four products. The firm records 8 hours a day and allows 30 minutes for lunch. The processing time in
A company has four sales representatives who are to be assigned to four different sales territories. The monthly sales increase estimated for each sales representative for different sales
Welldone Company has taken the third floor of a multi-storeyed building for rent with a view to locate one of their zonal offices. There are five main rooms in this to be assigned to five managers.
A solicitor's firm employs typists on hourly piece-rate basis for their daily work. There are five typists and their charges and speed are different. According to an earlier understandin~J. only one
To stimulate interest and provide an atmosphere for intellectual discussion, the finance faculty in a management school decides to hold special seminars on four contemporary topics-leasing, portfolio
Write the dual of the problem given in Example 6.1 and obtain the optimal values of the dual variables.The dual problem corresponding to the given problem is as follows:We can obtain the optimal
A company plans to assign 5 salesmen to 5 districts in which it operates. Estimates of sales revenue in thousands of rupees for each salesman in different districts are given in the following table.
Solve the following assignment problem and obtain the minimum cost at which all the jobs can be performed.This problem is unbalanced since number of jobs is 5 while the number of workers is 4. We
You are given the information about the cost of performing different jobs by different persons. The job-person marking x indicates that the individual involved cannot perform the particular job.Using
Using the following cost matrix, determine (a) optimal job assignment, and (b) the cost of assignments. Machinist ABCDE 1 2 Job 587440 422226 33868 9 37550 10
Solve the assignment problem given in Example 6.1 for optimal solution using HAM. The information is reproduced in Table 6.7. TABLE 6.7 Time Taken (in minutes) by 4 Workers Job Worker A B 1 444 234
Solve the assignment problem given in Example 6.1 using transportation method.The problem is reproduced in Table 6.4, wherein the initial solution using V AM is contained. There are only 4 occupied
A production supervisor is considering how he should assign the four jobs that are to be performed, to four of the workers. He wants to assign the jobs to the workers such that the aggregate time to
Recognize cyberbullying
Explore how the role of audience impacts behaviors online
Explain online impression management activities
Identify leading theories of online behavior
Recognize how roles emerge and function in organizations
Explain how leaders can prevent some conflicts and manage conflicts that do occur
Understand the dynamics of new employee socialization
Explain how communication in an organizational setting is similar to and different from communication in other settings
Understand the skills necessary for maintaining healthy relationships in light of conflict events
Explain how patterns of negative conflict can lead to relational dissolution
Recognize common conflict topics and what the possible underlying causes may be
Explain how conflict can be both positive and negative in relationships
Explain several tools families can use for conflict management
Discuss the factors that impact family satisfaction
Differentiate among family types and their strengths and weaknesses
Explain what forgiveness is and is not
Differentiate between forgiveness and reconciliation
Differentiate among state and trait conditions
Recognize key communication strategies of effective mediators
Differentiate between evaluative and facilitative mediation
Explain the phases in the Balanced Mediation Model
Differentiate among types of third-party conflict resolution processes
Contrast the three theories about what causes bullying
Discuss the prevalence of bullying in schools and workplaces
Explain how bullying differs from incivility
Explain the critical lessons about difficult encounters
Understand the error of attributing motives to difficult behaviors
Apply a conflict analysis tool to a personal conflict
Understand the focus of different conflict analysis tools
Explain the usefulness of conflict analysis
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