Reference No: BP0425Pages: 21Published on: 3, January, 2019
Abstract: This case study focuses on an educational institution and how it should strategise its online education programme. The case presents an opportunity to analyse the management education sector in India along with the future trends and aspirations of contemporary learners (students). The study points out the key decision variables and ... More
Reference No: QM0144Pages: 12Published on: 1, January, 1978
Abstract: Deals with the design, collection, and analysis of data. The preference of IIMA students for certain types of magazines forms the basic theme of the case. Application of proper statistical techniques is stressed. ... More
Reference No: QM0177TECPages: 22Published on: 1, January, 1983
Abstract: Deals with the development of a simulation model to study the various schedule algorithms for the IIMA HP timesharing system having sixteen users. Studies various algorithms that have been decided on the basis of short and long jobs as well as variation in the time slice. Flow time and queue ... More
Reference No: PROD0099Pages: 4Published on: 1, January, 1974
Abstract: The objective of the case is to study the suitability of different forecasting methods for regular and maintenance inventories. A computer programme that uses exponential smoothing to forecast (developed by IIMA Computer Centre) is used. Finally, the focus shifts to devising a forecasting system. ... More
Reference No: QM0117(A)Pages: 17Published on: 1, January, 1977
Abstract: The case begins with a letter from the mill's factory manager to Professor Shah of IIMA, inviting him to work on a costing system for the mill. Professors Shah and Mote meet the executives of the mill to discuss the details about the project. The discussions reveal that the Chief ... More
Reference No: OB0188Pages: 3 Published on: 1, January, 1992
Abstract: Mr. Vivek Kumar, a young and well-paid marine engineer, was an applicant to the Doctoral Programme of IIMA. Based on his performance in aptitude tests and personal interview, he was offered admission to the programme starting 1992. He does not accept the Institute's offer of admission and writes a letter to ... More
Reference No: F&A0224Pages: 8Published on: 1, January, 1975
Abstract: Deals with the problem of equitable pricing in a situation where: 1) common facilities are shared by two groups of clientele, with a high incidence of joint costs; 2) the methods of pricing for the two groups are different? one group charged on an "actual cost" basis and the other on fixed ... More
Reference No: COMM0023TECPages: 15Published on: 17, June, 2019
Abstract: This technical note presents the pedagogic approach to teaching and sharpening critical thinking and written communication used at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) in the Written Analysis and Communication (WAC) course and provides a conceptual model for the course. Examining both the importance of these objectives and the ... More
Reference No: F&A0575Pages: 23Published on: 23, February, 2024
Abstract: In October 2020, Chara Technologies Pvt Ltd approached IIMA Ventures, a leading start-up incubator in India, for seed funding of INR 50–60 million. Bhaktha Keshavachar and Ravi Prasad had founded Chara Technologies with the aim of producing a new electric motor that would be free of permanent magnets and would be built ... More
Reference No: BP0163TECPages: 4Published on: 1, January, 1980
Abstract: This note gives the authors' observations, based on their experience of simulated job interviews of forty IIMA students of the Managerial Oral Communication course in the academic year 1979-80. It provides information on how the interviews were structured, the theme of the interviews, preparation made by the students for the ... More
Reference No: F&A0333Pages: 6 Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: Details the pricing problem faced by the Computer Centre at IIM Ahmedabad after installation of the PDP 11/70 computer. Pricing policies for different resources and different uses are explored. ... More
Reference No: CISG0054Pages: 4Published on: 13, April, 1999
Abstract: "This is ridiculous. Losses worth Rs 500 in a single week" said Shirish the pantry manager of Dormitory 14 in IIMA. Shirish was talking to Ankit the pantry manager of dormitory 12. The two students were discussing the pantry losses that had burgeoned in the past few weeks. Shirish had closed his pantry ... More
