Diploma exam
List of questions
- Discuss the relationship between work in progress (WIP), lead time (LT) and throughput (TH) from the production system (based on Little's law).
 - Give and briefly characterize the 8 wastes (Muda) according to Lean Management.
 - Give a definition of a production system and discuss examples of inputs to production systems.
 - How can companies eliminate bottlenecks in production? Give examples/buffers.
 - What maintenance concepts do you know? Discuss one of them.
 - What types of methods are used to assess the profitability of an investment project? Give an example of such a method and tools and briefly describe them.
 - Companies prepare what types of financial statements? Describe one of them, considering the purposes of preparation and its structure.
 - What factors influence the propensity of enterprises to invest internationally?
 - What are the top 3 types of financial risk that multinational companies are exposed to? Please list them and describe one of them.
 - What is transactional risk in an enterprise operating internationally and how can enterprises hedge against it?
 - List the main differences in quality management between TQM and ISO 9001.
 - Proces approach in quality management.
 - Integrated management systems – essence and principles.
 - The process map structure of integrated management systems.
 - The sustainable development on a company level.
 - Explain the terms "identification" and "traceability".
 - What is risk-based thinking in ISO 9001?
 - List and characterize the types of quality costs.
 - What is the context of organization and the needs and expectations of interested parties?
 - List and characterize project management methodologies.
 - Describe components of promotion -mix.
 - Describe internationalization strategies of companies.
 - Please explain the abbreviation CSR and describe the main assumptions of the concept.
 - Please explain the term "innovation" and classify them.
 - Please list the forms of entering the foreign market and discuss one of them.
 - The essence and importance of quality management in a manufacturing company.
 - Please discuss the international marketing environment - the areas the organization can control and those it cannot control.
 - Based on the discussed case study "Strabucks - going global fast", please explain the concept of "a self-reference criterion".
 - Please discuss the evolution of marketing from Marketing 1.0 to Marketing 5.0.
 - Please explain the Marketing Process.
 - Based on the case study "Marketing to the Bottom of the Pyramid" explain the importance of this market in the development of International Marketing.
 - Explain what factors affect changes in exchange rates.
 - Explain what is marketing mix.
 - What are the methods of strategic analysis and the purposes of application?
 - Explain what a business model is?
 - How do modern Industry 4.0 tools affect the organization of the production process?
 - Please discuss measures of the level of economic growth.
 - Methods of diagnosing quality problems.
 - The essence and importance of quality management in a production company.
 - Give a definition of a production system and discuss examples of inputs to production systems.
 - What maintenance concepts do you know? Discuss one of them.
 - QFD method - characteristics.
 - The concept and types of innovation.
 - FMEA method - characteristics.
 - Lean Canvas - characteristics.
 - Critical path method (CPM) - characteristics.
 - Give a definition and classification of industrial products.
 - Please discuss the economic and social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 - List the types of production and describe them shortly.
 - List and briefly describe the main stages of designing a logistics system.
 - What is a logistic system and its elements?
 - Characterize the main sources and options for acquiring technology by enterprises.
 - What does it mean to manage the logistic system?
 - What is a quality management system?
 - What are the principles of QMS?
 - Explain the economic situation difference between domestic and international companies?
 - Discuss the main factors affecting the level of innovation in the enterprise.
 - List the differences between waterfall and agile methodologies in project management.
 - Discuss the use of Business Intelligence.
 - Present the evolution of integrated information systems.
 
