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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
MBA IV Semester Examinations, June/July-2018
MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:75
Note: This question paper contains two parts A and B.
Part A is compulsory which carries 25 marks. Answer all questions in Part A.
Part B consists of 5 Units. Answer any one full question from each unit. Each
question carries 10 marks and may have a, b, c as sub questions.
PART - A 5 ? 5 Marks = 25
1.a) Outline the technology strategies of ?technology leader? versus ?follower?. [5]
b) How would you measure the cost effectiveness of R & D projects? [5]
c) Explain the role and significance of market research for new product development.
[5]
d) Stress the imperatives of technological forecasting for growth oriented companies.
[5]
e) What are the broad categories of payments for technology transfer? [5]
PART - B 5 ?10 Marks = 50
2.a) What are the components of technology?
b) What are the basic ingredients for a successful technology innovation? [5+5]
OR
3.a) What are the unique problems and challenges of R & D management?
b) What are the elements of R & D strategy? [5+5]
4.a) Explain the step by step process of making financial forecasts for R & D projects.
b) What is ?risk adjusted discounted cash flow?? What is its relevance to R & D financial
forecast? [5+5]
OR
5.a) What should be the basis for allocation of resources to competing R & D projects?
b) Why quantitative method of evaluation of R & D alone would not be sufficient?
Which important qualitative aspects need to be taken into consideration? [5+5]
6. What are the various stages of ?new product development?? Explain each of them
briefly. [10]
OR
7.a) What are the ways through which project gets terminated?
b) What are the essential considerations of ?design for manufacture?? [5+5]
8. Explain various methods of technology forecasting under the category of ?exploratory
forecasting?. [10]
OR
9.a) What are the sources of technological intelligence?
b) What are the inputs to forecasting system? What are the outputs? [5+5]
R15
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Code No: 724AB
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
MBA IV Semester Examinations, June/July-2018
MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY
Time: 3hours Max.Marks:75
Note: This question paper contains two parts A and B.
Part A is compulsory which carries 25 marks. Answer all questions in Part A.
Part B consists of 5 Units. Answer any one full question from each unit. Each
question carries 10 marks and may have a, b, c as sub questions.
PART - A 5 ? 5 Marks = 25
1.a) Outline the technology strategies of ?technology leader? versus ?follower?. [5]
b) How would you measure the cost effectiveness of R & D projects? [5]
c) Explain the role and significance of market research for new product development.
[5]
d) Stress the imperatives of technological forecasting for growth oriented companies.
[5]
e) What are the broad categories of payments for technology transfer? [5]
PART - B 5 ?10 Marks = 50
2.a) What are the components of technology?
b) What are the basic ingredients for a successful technology innovation? [5+5]
OR
3.a) What are the unique problems and challenges of R & D management?
b) What are the elements of R & D strategy? [5+5]
4.a) Explain the step by step process of making financial forecasts for R & D projects.
b) What is ?risk adjusted discounted cash flow?? What is its relevance to R & D financial
forecast? [5+5]
OR
5.a) What should be the basis for allocation of resources to competing R & D projects?
b) Why quantitative method of evaluation of R & D alone would not be sufficient?
Which important qualitative aspects need to be taken into consideration? [5+5]
6. What are the various stages of ?new product development?? Explain each of them
briefly. [10]
OR
7.a) What are the ways through which project gets terminated?
b) What are the essential considerations of ?design for manufacture?? [5+5]
8. Explain various methods of technology forecasting under the category of ?exploratory
forecasting?. [10]
OR
9.a) What are the sources of technological intelligence?
b) What are the inputs to forecasting system? What are the outputs? [5+5]
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10. Explain the process of negotiating price for transfer technology, indicating clearly the
basis or combination of basis, for ?floor price? of the transferor and ?ceiling price? of
the transferee. [10]
OR
11.a) What are the modes of technology transfer?
b) What are the motives for ?transferor? and ?transferee? to go for technology transfer?
[5+5]
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