CSS Business Administration Past Paper 2017
PART-2(Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. (20×4)
PART-II
Q. No. 2. What does a company need to do to achieve strategic fit between the supply chain and competitive strategies?
Q. No. 3. Describe how marketing strategies change during product life cycle. Also identify and discuss some potential problems with the product life cycle.
Q. No. 4. There are several basic techniques managers use for appraising the performance of employees. Discuss these techniques.
Q. No. 5. A manager who really wants to approach a decision rationally and logically should try to follow the steps in rational decision making. Discuss these steps with examples.
Q. No. 6.
(a) A successful strategy requires determining the firm’s Critical Success Factors (CSF) and core competencies. Discuss how a manager of a pharmaceutical firm can align core competencies with CSF.
(b) How an operations manager can manage demand of a product in the light of available capacity?
Q. No. 7. The following data relates to ABC Company.
Find and interpret the company’s:
(i) Current ratio
(ii) Quick ratio
(iii) Average collection period
(iv) Time interest earned
(v) Inventory turnover
Q. No. 8. Discuss the three common capital budgeting decision techniques with examples and formulas.