Blog: Mgmt630 Assignment No. 2

Semester “Spring 2011”
“Knowledge Management (MGMT630)”
Assignment No. 02 Marks: 15

“Assignment Title”
U“ABC (pvt) limited, a manufacturing organization, wants to check its return on knowledge of its new CEO. It takes 250 hours for the new CEO to learn the processes with 60 hours spent on learning the manufacturing process, 110 hours spent on learning the packaging process and 80 hours spent on learning the marketing process. The total cost of manufacturing, packaging and marketing of each product is Rs. 200/-. The cost of manufacturing is Rs. 50; the cost of packaging is Rs. 50 and the cost of marketing is Rs. 100.

Based on the information given above, calculate return on knowledge (ROK).”

Important Tips
1. UThis Assignment can be best attempted from the knowledge acquired after watching video lecture no. 1 to lecture no 28 and reading handouts as well as recommended text book).

2. Video lectures can be downloaded for free from Online VU Lectures

Schedule
Opening Date and Time June 09 , 2011 At 12:01 A.M. (Mid-Night)
Due Date and Time June 15 , 2011 At 11:59 P.M. (Mid-Night)

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Solution:

Manufacturing Process 60 = 60/250 0.24
Packaging Process 110 = 10/250 0.44
Marketing Process 80 = 80/250 0.32
Total 250

Manufacturing cost 50 = 50/200 0.25
Packaging cost 50 = 50/200 0.25
Marketing cost 100 = 100/200 0.50
Total 200

ROK on Manufacturing Process =0.24/0.25*100 96%
ROK on Packaging Process =0.44/0.25*100 176%
ROK on Marketing Process =0.32/0.50*100 64%