...MBA 540 EXAM Due: Monday, April 6, at 10:00 p.m. The following exam is composed of fourteen short answer/essay questions worth 1-2 points each. Be sure to address ALL parts of each question. You may use your textbook, notebook, PowerPoint slides in Sakai, and classroom notes, but may NOT work with anyone else to complete this exam. You are not required to cite your sources. Submit your completed exam to Sakai by 10:00 p.m. on Monday, April 6. Two points will be deducted for each day that the exam is late. Points 1. Describe how Lumos Labs uses mass customization and CRM (customer relationship management) to enhance its marketing efforts? Include a definition of each term. 1.5 Customer relationship management (CRM) is a term used to define software programed with a database that works as an integrated management system focused on customers. It includes several process and tasks...
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...Question 1: Describe your specific career aspirations and your reason for pursuing an MBA. This may be the most important essay question you tackle. You must convince the admissions committee that you deserve one of their few, cherished spots. Reference your background, skills and career aspirations, demonstrating how this degree is a bridge to the next step in your professional life. Be sure to speak to how this particular program will help you realize your potential. It's okay to present modest goals. Deepening your expertise and broadening your perspective are solid reasons for pursuing this degree. If you aspire to lofty goals, like becoming a CEO or starting your own company, be careful to detail a sensible, pragmatic plan. Don't be unrealistic. Question 2: What are your principal interests outside of work or school? What leisure and/or community activities do you particularly enjoy? There's more to b-school than the library. The best programs buzz with the energy of a student body that is talented and creative and bursting with personality. They're not just about case studies and careers. Describe how you will be a unique addition to the b-school community. B-school is also a very social experience. Much of the work is done in groups. Weekends are full of social gatherings, and the networking you do here will impact the rest of your career. Communicate that people, not just your job, are an important part of your life. Question 3: Who do you most admire...
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...Masters Program in Business Administration (MBA 4 SEM) ( Semester IV ) Specializations :- Human Resource Management Note: - Solve any 4 Case Study All Case Carry equal Marks. Case 1 :- Meeting the Challenge of Sexual Harassment At an office of Goldman, Sachs and Company in Boston, some male employees allegedly pasted photos of bare-breasted women on company newsletters, next to biographies of new female employees (suggesting that the photos were pictures of the new staff members). Copies of the newsletters were circulated around the office. Sexist literature such as “The Smart Man’s Creed or Why Beer Is Better Than Women” (“After you’ve had a beer, the bottle is still worth a dime”) was allegedly also distributed. Kristine Utley, a former Goldman sales associate, has made these allegations in a suit charging that the environment at Goldman, Sachs constitutes sexual harassment. Fired for refusing a transfer to a New York office, she is suing to gain reinstatement and damages and to eliminate the harassment. Joanne Barbetta has filed a similar suit seeking damages for harassment caused by an environment that she asserted “was poisoning my system.” Ms. Barbetta reports that during her tenure as a clerk at Chemlawn, male employees circulated pornographic magazines and pinup posters. She viewed a slide presentation that included suggestive pictures (e.g., a nude woman)...
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...5 common Personal Interview (PI) questions for distance MBA graduates Nowadays, as the demand for MBA graduates through the distance learning mode has increased, many working professionals seek to upgrade their academic qualifications for a better career. Every year, lakhs of students and professionals apply for MBA programs at top business schools in the country. However, with limited seats, there is tough competition to get an entry into one of the top institutions. For this purpose, management entrance exams are conducted to filter out candidates at a primary level. After clearing the entrance exam, a candidate has to pass through the rounds of Group Discussion (GD) followed by Personal Interview (PI). An aspirant successfully clearing all the three rounds is eligible for admission to distance MBA programs at top B-Schools. Personal Interview is a generic interview. Here, the interviewer seeks to test the confidence, communication and presentation skills of the candidate. A number of students get eliminated at this level due to inability to produce impressive answers. There are some typical questions that are asked in the PI rounds of various colleges. Here are a few. Tell us something about yourself. This is the most common interview question not only asked in PI interviews forpart time MBA professionals, but in several other interviews. Here, the interviewer intends to assess your presentation and how you pitch yourself in front of others. Communication is, ofcourse,...
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...Assessed Discussion Questions: Concentration Consideration Phyllis Quarles University of Phoenix Management/ 521 Paul Borkowski September 23, 2010 Assessed Discussion Questions: Concentration Consideration The assignment is designed to help me to decide if I want to have a concentration in my MBA course work, and when I consider the Kudler Fine Foods and its wonderful establishment it does shed some light on how I can focus on a concentration in my field of expertise. The prospect of narrowing down my are is some what of a opportunity for me to broaden my field, Kudler Foods has not brought forth anything appealing to me to concentrate in however tantalizing as it may be to concentrate in a specific area I feel he need to work on the MBA as it is at this point in time in my life, but I do reserve the option to change my mind down the road. The concentration does relate to Kudler Foods in many ways to enhance the productivity in the business with an expert in finance, or to figure the ration to products per customer and anticipate the outcome of need based is an opportunity for some one concentrating in statistics to be a driving force in the company. The concentration is an idea for some, but reality for others and at this point in time it is just an idea for me to contemplate I will work through and decide but I will opt out at this time and if the need arises for me to consider a concentration it would be in...
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...nothing to do with the answer. Sentence = subject + verb Out of scope answers are never mentioned in the passage. They draw on outside information. Be wary of extreme/universal answer choices. Reading comp questions focus on structural, rather than factual, questions. Logic questions ask about *why*, not *what*. In Reading Comp, there are about 14 questions spread across 4 passages. Watch out for out of scope or opposite answers. When the conclusion is a plan or a prediction, strengthen the conclusion by showing that the plan will work. There are 11 critical reasoning questions on the verbal section. Do not neglect the verbal section! C(n, k) = n! / (n - k)! * k! Order doesn't matter = combinatoins P(n, k) = n! / (n - k)! Order matters = permutations Sum of the differences from the mean = 0. This is the "balancing averages" approach. Average = sum of terms / number of terms When you see proportions, think cross multiplication. Pick numbers to turn abstract algebra into concrete arithmetic. Always consider Statements 1 and 2 separately before combining information. Do not assume that variables are always positive! There are about 15 data sufficiency questions on the test. Take about 2 minutes per question. Quant = data sufficiency + problem solving Scaled scores are tightly...
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...Marketing Management S39 Hamline University MBA Program TO: MBA Students FROM: Timothy C. Neary DATE: August 23, 2013 RE: Memo Format Guide _______________________________________________________________ Format for Marketing Management Course Memos: We have a consistent format so you don’t have to wonder about form and to facilitate reading your memo. Here are course-specific guidelines: * TO/FROM/DATE/RE should be like this example. A line should separate the header from the body, and Global Business Strategy Course memo should appear in the upper right as in the example. * The TO is as specified, the FROM is your name, the DATE is the date due * You should initial (in pen) by your name. * The RE line may be no more than 2 lines, and it should give the answer to the question or clearly state the point of the memo. * Give the conclusion first; write anticlimactically. * Use bullets or bolding, or some other method to facilitate skim reading. * Avoid spelling or grammar errors. Unless assigned otherwise, you can skip citations. General Guidelines for Memos: Each organization has its own style preference (e.g., many companies double space the TO/FROM, etc.), but here is general advice. * Remember that it take it takes more time to write less. * You will probably need at least 3-4 drafts of your memo to make it read well. * Avoid complicated sentences, and passive voice. * Never have just one big block of...
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...ATK 3rd round interviews Rajeev, CA Personal interview. Talked about CA. Why he did an MBA? Why management consulting? Why ATK? Asked him to give examples Asked him to describe work ex If you get offers from Mac, BCG, ATK, which will you take. Why? Probed on this. (Kind of work -implementation, kind of environment and people.) What is implementation? What do you mean by culture? Asked to explain what he meant. What kind of work do you expect to do when you asked for implementation? What do you think you will be doing? What do you expect from a job at ATK? What does he think about the process of selection? (He said ATK should not have eliminated people. However his idea was not taken very well.) Was asked to present case solution. Asked if he had any questions? Rishab, Eco grad, Summers at AA on Pharma industry. What kind of courses has he done? What ops courses has he done? How production scheduling is done? What are the various options available? What is aggregate resource planning? What is MRP I and MRP II? What kind of industries should you create capacity in and wait for demand to come? What kind of industries do you wait for demand and create capacity? What parameters would you like at for these things to find this? How decouplers are set up in a supply chain? What is the purpose of decoupling in a supply chain? Can he give a concrete example where decoupling has been done? Suppose the demand for a product is trend –driven and...
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...Name: ______________________ BUAD 820 MID-TERM EXAM I There are a total of 5 questions. Question 1 is mandatory. Answer any, but only 3 of the remaining 4 questions. Question 1 (has 5 parts) 1 Consider the data shown in the scatter plot below. Which of the following statements is true about the correlation between X and Y. a) X and Y are mildly, positively correlated b) X and Y are perfectly, positively correlated c) X and Y are mildly, negatively correlated d) X and Y are perfectly, negatively correlated e) X and Y are not correlated OR From the information given, we cannot tell whether X and Y are correlated 2 Five students from the 2000 MBA class took jobs in rocket science after graduation. Four of these students reported their starting salaries: $95,000, $106,000, $106,000, $118,000. The fifth student did not report a starting salary. Can we determine the median salary for all five students in this case (Yes/No)? Justify your answer. If you answer yes, indicate the median value. 3 Seven students from 1998 MBA class took jobs in dot-com companies after graduation. Five of the seven students reported starting salaries of $55,000, $90,250, $90,250, $95,500 and $105,000. Based on this information, is it possible to determine the largest possible value for the median salary for all seven students (Yes/No – justify your choice)? If you answer yes, indicate the largest possible median value. 4 One...
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...Marques Whitmire was an easy individual to admire with his ambitious attitude that complimented his down-to-earth attitude. I met Marques at the Sheraton hotel of downtown Atlanta through my cousin, Reggie Scott, where they both were at on a business trip. Marques overheard our, my cousin and I, conversation about college and what I planned to do with my future and immediately joined in and gave his own insight. The interesting thing was that Marques had an MBA in Marketing which is something I aspire to do. He told me things to work at to get better and had all the answers to every single one of my questions. Although I had only met Marques once before my interview, he made it feel as if I had been around him fifty times. So, I chose none other than Marques Whitmire to interview. I called upon Marques for an interview and he agreed. Although Marques was a very busy man, he fit me into his schedule. He was in Atlanta on a business trip for the Honda Battle of the Bands and he arranged an interview for October 17th at two p.m. at Starbucks. I wanted to give a good impression so I was at Starbucks fifteen minutes before two shortly before Marques arrived. Marques walked in as if he had just left a business meeting. He was wearing a black suit, white shirt, black dress shoes, purple tie, and a pair of Calvin Klein spectacles that gave him a look that was hard to top. When I saw him, that’s what I imagined myself to be in a couple years. We both greeted each other....
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...POSTGRADUATE MAJOR PROJECT – CAPSTONE MODULE TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS & 15 MINUTES INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 1. Students will be allowed 15 minutes reading time 2. Students are allowed to write on the question paper during that time, but NOT in the Answer Booklet 3. All questions carry equal marks 4. Start your answer to each question on a separate page Materials Permitted in the Examination: 1. Seven A4 sides of pre-prepared research may be taken into the examination room and should be submitted with the examination answer. 2. A single-volume, bilingual dictionary (without annotation). However, the use of electronic dictionaries or translators is not permitted. Mitigation – Academic regulations 6.86 - 6.94 6.90 Claims for mitigation must be submitted by the student or in exceptional circumstances (e.g. when a student has been hospitalised) by a Director of Studies, Programme Leader or Student Adviser on behalf of the student no later than five working days after the date on which an examination has been sat. Number of questions set: 2 Number of pages: 4 (including cover) Name of examiner/tutor: Dr. John W. Lang NOTE: All questions below relate to the Student Brief distributed in session 3 of the module regarding GOOGLE QUESTIONS: To be answered by ALL students 1. Critically analyse and evaluate the competitive position of GOOGLE and its potential to grow further and thrive within a fiercely competitive sector. Based on that...
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...Unfortunately, many candidates disqualify themselves by saying the wrong thing, or asking inappropriate questions. You might be the most qualified person for the job, but if you lack interviewing skills, you will be eliminated. Knowing what to say is just as important as describing the attributes that make you a right fit for the position. As the job candidate, it’s important to know the “hot buttons” of the person who is interviewing. In other words, the first round of interviewing is usually done by an HR-type who is mostly interested in whether or not you have the basic skills required for the job. In other words, they want to know if you possess the years of experience in the industry, educational requirements, supervision expectations, and professional certifications. Your approach during this interview is more matter-of-fact. You want to show enthusiasm, to be sure, but the focus is more on the “hard” qualifications. When you meet with the departmental manager, or with those individuals who might become co-workers, you take a difference approach. In this case, you want to demonstrate your team skills, knowledge of the particular work requirements, and your ability to work under pressure. #1: Avoid asking too many questions. The interview is not the right setting for you to become a chatterbox. Instead, you want to be an active listener. Look for opportunities to ask questions, but avoid taking the approach that you are at “Happy Hour.” Most employers have a feeling that...
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...A few tips from Bain & Company: • • • • • Don't get thrown by the interviewer's questions. The interviewer is your ally and uses questions to get a better understanding of your thought process--not to stump you. Be concise. If asked for the top two issues, confine your response to two items. Provide logical back-up for your answers. Be sure to explain what case facts led you to a conclusion, and how you reasoned from those facts to your conclusion. Don't be afraid to ask clarifying questions. If you don't understand the case facts, it will be tough to ace the interview. Relax and have fun. You should learn a lot about yourself through the case interview process. A few tips from Mercer Management: • • • • There is no "right" answer. We are not looking for a specific answer. We are trying to gain some insight on your thought process. Ask questions. We do not expect you to know anything about the industry presented in your case. We do expect you to ask good questions. Think out loud. The point of the case interview is to understand how you think. Structure your answer. We're looking for an organized pattern of thought to attack the problem, not a disparate set of ideas. Help us see how you order your thoughts and ideas, moving from one to the next in order to address the question. While use of a framework may be helpful in this area, be careful if you use one. We want to understand your thought process, not see that you've memorized someone else's framework. (And never use a framework...
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...Skip to main content Page path Dashboard / ► Graduate Courses / ► MBA / ► MBA5000-03160104 / ► Library and Research Resources / ► M2 - Cleary Online Library - Observations Language You are logged in as Prathyusha Chandra (Log out) logo About Us Students Library Course Essentials Support Question 1 Answer saved Marked out of 5.00 Not flaggedFlag question Question text In the Cleary Online Library, click eBrary. What type of content is included in this resource (journal articles, statistics, books, magazines, or reports)? Perform a couple of searches in the database and let me know author title 1-3 sentence summary (you don't have to read the entire item, just give me an idea of the topic) 1. ebray-Your library offers ebooks from trusted publishers in all academic subject areas along with powerful research tools 2. Author- When I searched using the word Author, I can list of results by title and chapter. So, I can choose from the title of the book or by its content And also I can choose the book I am looking for by subject like poetry,history,biography and philosophy etc., Title- Question 2 Not yet answered Marked out of 5.00 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Look at the Hoovers.com database. What kind of information do you find there? Think of one publically held company that interests you and search the database for information about it. (You can try a private company, but I don't think you'll find as much information...
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...secretes, that’s the same hormone which is secreted when we are happy. And who does not want to be happy!!! P1: OK. Then take your seat, have one, be happy, then we are starting. (I took my seat, thanked him and took a 5 star, meanwhile the 2nd panellist started) P2: Well Sayantan, what’s the name of your meaning? Me: Mam, Sayantan means the person who was born in the evening. P2: So, you must have been born in evening!!! Me: Yes Sir. 8:30 evening. (I lied :P, I was actually born at 8:30 morning) P2: OK. You are from Kolkata. Which part of Kolkata? Me: Alipore, mam. P2: Umm. Alipore. You must be rich. (I smiled) P2: OK Sayantan, tell me something about Kolkata which you think most of the Kolkatans don’t know. (I answered the question very well, focusing on the fact that everybody knows that Job Chernock was the founder of Kolkata, which is actually not not true according a 2003 Kolkata High Court Verdict, and Kolkata doesn’t have any founder) (The 1st panellist was going through my CV, and suddenly started) P1: Sayantan, you have written Geography and Indian...
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