Principle of Management. Section A 2 marks. Important Questions

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1 Principle of Management Important Questions Section A 2 marks 1. Define management? 2. What is meant by esprit de corps? 3. Define strategies? 4. Define planning premises? 5. What is SBU? 6. What is span of Management? 7. Define motivation? 8. What is meant by job enlargement? 9. What is critical point control? 10. Define productivity? 11. List the three essential skills according to Katz that managers need to perform the duties? 12. Define the term management? 13. What is MBO? 14. What is DSS? 15. Explain the term organization strategy? 16. What is organizational structure? 17. Define autocratic leadership 18. Bring out the benefits and drawbacks of electronic media in communication 19. Define budget 20. What is theory Z management? 21. Define scientific management 22. Differentiate between management and administration 23. What is MBO 24. List any four quantitative forecasting and efficiency 25. What is meant by delegation of authority 26. Define job enrichment 27. Define noise in communication 28. What is ethno centric organization 29. Bring out any two similarities between international management and regional management 30. Distinguish between management and administration? 31. What is scientific management? 32. What do you mean b a strategy? 33. What is decision making? 34. Why is informal organization needed? 35. What are the limitation of staff and line?

2 36. Distinguish between creativity and innovation? 37. List the hierarchy of needs 38. What are the use of computers in handling the information 39. What is globalization? 40. Whats difference between management and administration 41. List the function of management 42. Define MBO in planning 43. list the forecasting technique used foe decision making 44. site an example for formal and informal organisation 45. explain span of control in an organisation 46. what are the hierarchy of needs? 47. Define effective communication 48. Define administration 49. Explain unity of direction 50. What is mission 51. Brief on operational planning 52. What is decentralization 53. Define staffing 54. What is power motive 55. Give the meaning of social need 56. Write any two HR related controlling technique 57. What are the various types of functional budgets? 58. Why management is considered a sscience 59. List the types of business organization 60. What is forecasting 61. Give any two major features of managerial decision making 62. Define depatmentation 63. What is de-centralisation 64. Briefly mention the importance of leadership 65. Mention the type of leadership 66. Define productivity 67. What is liberalization? 68. Who is referred as the father of scientific management? What is the goal of scientific management? 69. What are the various function of management 70. Define the term planning premises 71. Distinguish between strategy and policy 72. What do you understand by the term span of management? 73. Distinguish between authority and power 74. Distinguish between creativity and innovation 75. Mention the various types of leadership styles 76. What do you understand by zero-base budgeting

3 77. Define the term productivity 78. Define management 79. What is meant by ethics 80. What is the purpose of planning 81. State any two decision making strategies 82. Give two examples for line organization 83. Define decentralization 84. Define productivity 85. State the type of information 86. What is meant by preventive control 87. Define performance appraisal 88. State anyone definition of management 89. What are the function of managers 90. Distinguish between management and administration 91. What is scientific management? who is referred as the father of scientific management 92. Why it is important to study the various management theories that have been developed? 93. Differentiate between managerial effectiveness and efficiency 94. Explain the chain of command 95. Define cooperatives 96. Define partnership 97. What are the different levels of management 98. Differentiate authority and responsibility 99. What are the function of management 100. Define joint stock companies 101. Differentiate private and public limited companies 102. Define administration 103. Explain unity of direction 104. State the steps in planning 105. What are the benefits of MBO? 106. What do you mean by strategy? 107. What is decision making? 108. What is the purpose of planning? 109. What are the objectives of planning? 110. What do you meant by planning? 111. Explain the importance of planning 112. Define the term planning premises 113. Distinguish between policies and strategies 114. Brief on operational planning 115. What are the limitations of line and staff organizations? 116. Define decentralization 117. Name the different types of organizational structure 118. What do you meant by effective organizing?

4 119. Define staffing 120. Explain organizing 121. Explain departmentation 122. Define span of management 123. What is meant by functional authority? 124. Distinguish between authority and power 125. Define delegation 126. Define organization chart 127. What is the difference between flat and tall structure 128. What are the types of departmentation? 129. Enumerate the factors affecting span of control 130. Define theory X 131. State the Maslow s hierarchy of needs 132. What are basic ingredients of leadership skill? 133. Distinguish between creativity and innovation 134. Define motivation 135. Define leadership 136. What is noise in a communication system? 137. Mention various types of leadership styles 138. Name some theories of motivation 139. Define morale 140. Define communication 141. Differentiate between autocratic and democratic leadership 142. Differentiate between theory X and theory Y 143. Explain grapevine communication 144. What do you mean by job enrichment? 145. Define controlling 146. List out the requirement of effective controlling 147. What is budget & budgetary control? 148. Define zero base budgeting 149. Define productivity 150. Differentiate direct control & preventive control 151. What is globalization? 152. What is international management? 153. Explain liberalization 154. List out the techniques of productivity 155. What are the various types of functional budgets?

5 Section B 16 Marks 1. Define management. What is meant by management process? How do the required managerial skills differ in organization hierarchy? 2. Mention the different schools of management. Discuss the contribution of human behavior school. 3. Define MBO. Describe the benefits and weaknesses of MBO and ways to overcome them. 4. Distinguish between programmed and non programmed decisions and discuss the modern approaches to decision making under uncertainty. 5. Define matrix organization. Why matrix organization is used? Discuss the problem with matrix management and guidelines for making matrix management effective. 6. Analyze the position requirements, important characteristics of job design and characteristics needed by managers 7. Discuss the various leadership behavior and styles ranging from maximum to minimum 8. Discuss the Maslow s need hierarchy theory. Compare and contrast the Maslow and Herzberg theory of motivation. 9. Explain the traditional and modern technologies of budgeting in detail 10. Describe the tools and techniques other than operations research for improving the productivity and discuss the future of operations research. 11. Discuss the work of henri fayol as it relates to the general administrative approach to management. Also list and discuss any seven of fayol s fourteen principles of management. 12. In the today s context explain in the different functions of management. 13. Describe the various criteria on which organization plans can differ. and provide a brief analysis of each criterion as it applies to organizational planning with examples. 14. List and discuss the steps in the decision making process with examples from Indian and international context. 15. With illustrations and examples enumerate the different forms of departmentalization and their suitability. 16. Bring out the factors that influence the amount of centralization and the amount of decentralization in an organization 17. In a short essay, list and discuss the five needs that are based on Maslow s hierarchy of needs theory 18. discuss job design and describe how a manager could utilize job scope, job enlargement, job enrichment, and job depth to design motivating jobs 19. List the element of the communication process and explain the process of interpersonal communication 20. list and discuss any five suggestion for managers to overcome barriers to communication 21. write an essay about the contribution made by F.W.T aylor, henri fayol,l.gantt,frank and Lillian gilbreth,george Elton mayo and ohers to the field of managements

6 22. With illustrations from Indian and international context, explain in details the different types of business organization with their suitability 23. In details explain the importance of planning in the present Indian business environment. also highlight the different types of plans 24. Explain in details the steps in the decision-making process with examplealso explain in details any two decision making tools 25. Bring out the factors affecting centralization /decentralization. Also highlight the merits and demerits of centralization and decentralization with examples. 26. Enumerate in detail about the selection process which is widely followed in selecting IT professionals. Also highlight the different types of interviews that can be used in the selection process 27. elucidate the different leadership styles. explain details about the blake and mouton s managerial grid 28. Define communication. explain the process of communication. explain the various types of communication with its relative merits and demerits bring out the different characteristics of an effective budget. also bring out the different types of budget with its relative merits and demerits 30. Bring out the importance of productivity measures in any organization. also in details enmumerate the different productivity enhancement tools used by the organization in the present competitive scenario 31. Is management a science or art? discuss 32. Discuss the steps in method study 33. explain the fourteen principles of management, as advocated by henry fayol 34. what is planning? explain the steps involved in planning 35. what are objectives? how will you set objectives for a manufacturing organization? 36. explain the nature and purpose of organization 37. explain the qualitative forecasting 38. explain MBO with a focus on IT industry 39. explain democratic type of leadership with examples 40. discuss two-factor theory of motivation 41. explain how job enrichment helps organizations to maintain competitiveness 42. explain the barriers in controlling? 43. what are the requirements for effective controlling? 44. what is the role of IT in controlling 45. what is productivity? explain the methods of improving productivity in IT industry 46. explain the impact of liberalization quoting examples from software industry. 47. Is management a science or art? discuss 48. Discuss the steps in method study 49. explain the fourteen principles of management, as advocated by henry fayol 50. what is planning? explain the steps involved in planning 51. what are objectives? how will you set objectives for a manufacturing organization? 52. explain the nature and purpose of organization

7 53. explain the qualitative forecasting 54. explain MBO with a focus on IT industry 55. explain democratic type of leadership with examples 56. discuss two-factor theory of motivation 57. explain how job enrichment helps organizations to maintain competitiveness 58. explain the barriers in controlling? 59. what are the requirements for effective controlling? 60. what is the role of IT in controlling 61. what is productivity? explain the methods of improving productivity in IT industry 62. explain the impact of liberalization quoting examples from software industry. 63. is management an art, science or profession? discuss 64. discuss the various management approach 65. explain the fourteen principles of management, as advocated by henry fayol 66. define strategic planning. what are the steps involved in planning 67. define forecasting. explain the various forecasting technique used for decision making process 68. define merits and demerits of a line and staf 69. Organisation with examples 70. list the function of staffing in HRD. discuss in detail the steps involved in a selection of human resources 71. discuss the different types of leadership styles 72. explain the need hierarchy related to motivation 73. Define communication, types of communication. explain the barriers for effective communication 74. explain how computer useful in controlling organisational issuses 75. what are requirements for effective control? 76. explain the effect of globalization and liberalization in the global business environment with examples 77. discuss the various functions of management 78. mention the scientific principles of management and also specify the features of scientific management 79. what are the steps in planning? and explain 80. discuss various forecasting techniques normally adopted 81. name the factors determining departmentation. also mention the bases of departmentation and give examples 82. explain the various techniques used in selection process 83. explain maslow s theory of motivation and campare and contrast xy theory 84. discuss communication through electronic media for effective business 85. what are the steps in controlling process and state the essentials of effective control 86. what is budgetary control and explain its significance 87. Discuss in detal about henri fayol s contribution towards principles of management 88. B with suitable example describe the various types of business organization

8 89. planning is looking ahead and control is looking back comment 90. elucidate the steps to be followed in the planning process 91. briefly discuss about the various tools used for developing organizational strategies 92. what do you mean by departmentation? discuss in details about the different strategies adopted in departmentation 93. Describe the various steps in providing appropriate human resources 94. discuss about the various types of organizational communication 95. the role of electronic media in the effective of communication 96. Barriers of effective communication 97. Describe the relationship of hygiene factors, motivation factors and job enrichment. 98. What does Maslow s hierarchy of need tell us about people s needs? 99. compare and contrast between feed forward and feedback system in controlling 100. the role of computer in handling information 101. Compare the management practices in Japan to those in the united stats 102. Briefly discuss about the various forms of international business with suitable example 103. describe about unified management theory in detail 104. What is meant by global management theory? explain in detail 105. management is a science discuss on this statement 106. explain the social responsibility of an individual 107. explain the objective of planning in any organization and also explain the planning strategies 108. What is meant by planning premises? explain in details 109. discuss about the nature and purpose of organizing 110. Explain the techniques involved for selection process 111. explain any two motivational theories with examples 112. What are the types of leadership styles? briefly explain them 113. explain about fayol s contribution to management thought 114. Describe briefly about the functions of management 115. What are the steps involved in the planning process? explain them 116. Explain the process of managing by objectives 117. describe about formal and informal organization 118. Explain briefly about the selection process (in staffing) 119. explain about the motivation theories 120. State the process and the barriers of communication 121. What are the requirements for effective control? 122. What is the difference between direct control and preventive control? give an overview of popular overall direct control measures 123. management is a science - discuss on this statement 124. Discuss the role of a manager. how manager can be helpful in organizational development 125. enumerate the fayol s principle of management 126. with suitable examples describe the various type of business organization

9 127. enumerate the Taylor s scientific management 128. management - a science or art discuss 129. Discuss the various functions of management 130. Explain the different types of plans 131. Explain the nature and characteristics of objectives 132. Explain the process of MBO 133. Explain the strategic planning process 134. Explain the methods of forecasting 135. Explain the steps in decision making process 136. Explain the importance of organization 137. Explain the process of organizing 138. Explain the different types of departmentation 139. Explain the line and staff organization 140. Explain the delegation and decentralization 141. Explain the staffing process 142. Explain the selection process 143. Explain the various leadership styles 144. Explain the various motivation theories 145. In what way the electronic media is useful in communication? Discuss 146. Explain the process of communication 147. What are the barriers to communication? Explain in details Compare Maslow s theory of motivation with XY theory 149. Explain The system and process of controlling 150. Explain The budget as a controlling technique 151. Explain the role of IT in controlling 152. Describe the use of computer in handling information 153. Explain the factor s affecting productivity 154. Explain the method s of entering international management 155. Explain the global theory of management