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MG1351- PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
VIDYAA VIKAS COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING
TIRUCHENGODE- 637 214.
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING
MG 1351 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
SHORT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
LONG QUESTIONSMODEL QUESTION PAPER
AND
ANNA UNIVERSITY QUESTION PAPER
NAME :
YEAR / SEM :
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DEPT :
MG1351- PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
OBJECTIVE
Knowledge on the principles of management is essential for all kinds of people in all kinds oforganizations. After studying this course, students will be able to have a clear understanding ofthe managerial functions like planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling. Students willalso gain some basic knowledge on international aspect of management.
1. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT 9
Definition of Management Science or Art Management and Administration Development of
Management Thought Contribution of Taylor and Fayol Functions of Management Types of
Business Organization.
2. PLANNING 9Nature & Purpose Steps involved in Planning Objectives Setting Objectives Process of
Managing by Objectives Strategies, Policies & Planning Premises- Forecasting Decision-
making.
3. ORGANISING 9
Nature and Purpose Formal and informal organization Organization Chart Structure and
Process Departmentation by difference strategies Line and Staff authority Benefits and
Limitations De-Centralization and Delegation of Authority Staffing Selection Process -
Techniques HRD Managerial Effectiveness.
4. DIRECTING 9
Scope Human Factors Creativity and Innovation Harmonizing Objectives Leadership
Types of Leadership Motivation Hierarchy of needs Motivation theories Motivational
Techniques Job Enrichment Communication Process of Communication Barriers and
Breakdown Effective Communication Electronic media in Communication.
5. CONTROLLING 9
System and process of Controlling Requirements for effective control The Budget as Control
Technique Information Technology in Controlling Use of computers in handling the
information Productivity Problems and Management Control of Overall Performance Direct
and Preventive Control Reporting The Global Environment Globalization and Liberalization
International Management and Global theory of Management.
TOTAL: 45TEXT BOOKS
1. Harold Kooritz & Heinz Weihrich Essentials of Management, Tata McGraw-Hill, 19982. Joseph L Massie Essentials of Management, Prentice Hall of India, (Pearson) Fourth Edition, 2003.
REFERENCES
1 Tripathy PC and Reddy PN, Principles of Management, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1999.2. Decenzo David, Robbin Stephen A, Personnel and Human Resources Management, Prentice Hall of India, 1996
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3. JAF Stomer, Freeman R. E and Daniel R Gilbert, Management, Pearson Education, Sixth Edition, 2004.4. Fraidoon Mazda, Engineering Management, Addison Wesley,-2000.
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
SHORT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UNIT I HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Define Management.
Management is the process of designing and maintaining an environment in which
individuals, working together in groups, efficiently accomplish selected aims..
2. What is Management?Management is the process of giving direction and controlling the various
activities of the people to achieve the objectives of an organization.
3. Write some characteristic of management.
1. Management is a continuous process.
2. Managers use the resources of the organization both physical as well as
human to achieve the goals.
3. Management aims act achieving the organization goals by ensuring effective
use of recourses.
4. What is the role of management in organization?
1. Management helps indetermination of the objectives of an organization.
2. Economic and social development takes place through management
5. Write any two points favour for management as a science.
1. Management principles should be verifiable.
2. Reliable basis for predicting future.
6. Write any two points favour management as an art.
1. Management is creative.
2. Management includes the use of practical knowledge and personal skill.
7. Who is father of Scientific Management?
F.W.Taylor
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8. What is time study?
The movement which takes minimum time is the best one.
9. What is motion Study?
Taylor suggested that eliminating wasteful movements and performing only
necessary movements.
10.Who is father of Principles of Management?
Hendry Fayol
11. Write 14 Principles of Fayols Management.
1. Division of work
2. Authority and Responsibility
3. Discipline
4. Unity of command
5. Unity of direction
6. Individual interest to general interest
7. Remuneration
8. Centralization
9. Scalar chain
10. Order 11. Equity
12. Stability
13. Initiative
14. Esprit de Corps.
12. What is authority?
It is the power given to a person to get work from subordinates.
Or
To delegate the power to his subordinates.
13. What is responsibility?
It is the amount of work expected from a man by his superior.
14. Give a comment Management is both A science and an art.
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Management is a science because it contains general principles. It is also an art
because it requires certain personal skills to achieve desired results.
15. What is centralization?
The organization is centralized when the power is concentrated with one person.
Or The power is uniform for all the persons throughout the organization
16. What is decentralization?
If the power is fully distributed to the subordinates of the organization.
17. What is scalar chain?
The instruction and orders should be sent from the top management to the lower
management.
18. What is Esprite de corps?
This means union is strength. In organization employees should be harmony and
unity.
19. What is a Management level?
1. Top level management
2. Middle level management
3. Lower or bottom level management.20. Write some important functions of top level management.
1. To formulate goals and policies of the company
2. To formulate budgets
3. To appoint top executives.
4. To provide overall direction and leadership of the company
5. To decide the distribution of profit etc.
21. Write some important functions of middle level management.
1. To train, motivate and develop supervisory level.
2. To monitor and control the operation performance.
3. To coordinate the various activities of a department.
22. Write some important functions of lower level management
1. To train and develop the efficiency of the workers
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2. To assign jobs to workers
3. To give order and instruction
4. To maintain discipline and good human relations among workers.
5. To report feedback information about workers.
23. What are the essential skills needs for the managers?
1. Technical Skill 2. Human skill and 3. Conceptual skill.
24. Write the functions of the management.
1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Staffing
4. Coordinating
5. Controlling or Directing
25. What is sole trading?
The sole partnership is that form of business organization, which is owned and
controlled by a single individual.
26.Write any two merits of sole trades.
1. Liberal legal formalities to start the business.
2. it is easy to formation.
27. Write any two demerits of sole trades.
1. Limited resources.
2. Short life.
28. What is partnership?
A partnership an association of two or more persons to carry on business and to
share its profits and losses.
29. Write merits and demerits of partnerships.
Merits:
1. Larger financial resources.
2. Promptness of decision making
Demerits:
1. Lack of public faith.
2. Limitation in transfer in share.
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30. What is Joint Stock Company?
By Joint Stock Company is association of many persons who contribute money
worth to common stock and employ it in some trade or business and also share
the profit and loss as the case may be arising there from
31. Explain Private limited company.
A private limited company is a company that has a minimum paid up capital as
may be prescribed.
32. Write any two privileges of a private limited company.
1. A private limited company can be incorporated with just two persons. This
facilities easy formation as well as efficiently functioning.
2. It is not issuing prospects for collecting its share capital.
3. It is exempted from conducting statutory meeting.
4. A private company works with just two directors.
5. Directors are not necessary to file with the Register a written consent to
act as a director.
6. A private company need not be an index of its members.
33. What is a co-operative society?
It is voluntary association of persons for mutual benefit and it aims areaccomplished through self-help and collective effect. Co operative organization
is mutual help i.e., one for all for one.
34. What are the types of co- operative societies?
1. Consumer co- operative societies.
2. Producer co- operative societies.
3. Co operative marketing societies.
4. Co operative crediting societies.
5. Co operative forming societies.
6. Co operative housing societies.
35. Write the merits and demerits of co- operative societies?
Merits:
1. It is easy to formation
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2. Low operator cost
Demerits:
1. Lack of motivation
2. No credit facilities.
36. Give an example of Public corporation.
1. LIC
2. IDBI
37. Give example of government companies.
1. Coal mines
2. Tamilnadu state transport corporation
3. Tamilnadu Electricity board etc.
38. What is social responsibility? (AU 2004)
Society is the part of the management to interact actions withers to protect social
interest a society.
PART B
1. Explain the principle of F.W.Taylor theory (AU May 2004)
2. Explain the Henry Fayol management theory (AU May 2004)
3. What are the major functions of management explain?
4. Indicate the three level of management.
5. Explain management is an art or science both science and art.
6. Describe the Social responsibilities of the management.
7. Explain the importance of management.
8. Explain the business entry (AU may 2005)
9. Explain the types of business organization.
10.Briefly explain the characteristic of sole trade.
11.Explain the following: (AU May 2006, Dec 2006,and May 2007)
a) Features of partnership
b) Kind of partners
c) Rights of partner
d) Merits and Demerits of partnership.
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12.Briefly explain limited companies.
13.Explain Joint Stock Company and Government Company.
14.Differentiate between partnership and sole traders.(AU May 2006)
UNIT II PLANNING
1. Define Planning
Planning is the process of selecting the objectives and determining the course
of action required to achieve these objectives.
2. State the important observations suggested about planning.
Planning is outlining a future course of action in order to achieve on
objective.
Planning is looking ahead
Planning is getting ready to do some thing tomorrow.
Planning is a trip laid down to capture the future.
3. What are the objectives of planning (AU DEC 2005)
Planning is a primary function of an organization
It helps in achieving objectives
It is done to cope with uncertainty and change
It helps in coordination
Planning increases organizational effectiveness
Planning guides in decision making
4. List out various types of plans.(AU April 2006)
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Purposes (or) Mission; Objectives; Strategies; Policies; Procedures; Rules;
Programs and Budgets.
5. What do you mean by Purposes?
The Mission or purpose identifies the basic function or task of an enterprise or
agency or of any part of it.
6. Define Objectives or Goals.
Objectives or Goals are the ends toward which activity is aimed they are the
results to be achieved.
The determination of the basic long-term objectives of an enterprise and the
adoption of courses of action and allocation of resources necessary to achieve
these goals
7. Define Policy.
Policies are plans in that they are general statements or understanding, which guide
or channel thinking in decision-making.
8. What are Procedures?
Procedures are plans that establish a required method of handling future activities.
They are guides to action, rather than to thinking, and they detail the exact manner
in which certain activities must be accomplished.
9. Define Rules.
Rules spell out specific required actions or non-actions, allowing no discretion. They
are usually the simplest type of plan.
10. Define Programs.
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Programs are complex of goals, policies, procedures, rules, task assignments, steps
to be taken, resources to be employed, and other elements necessary to carry out a
given course of action. They are ordinarily supported by budgets.
11. Define Budget.
A budget is a statement of excepted results expressed in numerical terms. It may be
referred to as a numberized program.
12. What do you mean by Zero-base budget?(AU Nov.2005)
Budgeting in which enterprise programs are divided into packages comprising
goals, activities, and needed resources, and costs are calculated for each package
from the ground up.
13. Define Planning.
Planning determines the future course of action. It bridges the gap between where
we are to where we want to go.
14. What is planning premises?
The planning assumptions- the expected environment in which plans will operate;
they may be forecasts of the planning environment or basic policies and existing
plans that will influence any given plan.
15. List out the various steps in planning.(AU NOV 2006)
1) Being aware of opportunities; 2) Establishing objectives 3) Developing planning
premises 4) Determining alternatives courses 5) Evaluating alternative courses
6) selecting a course 7) Formulating derivative plans & 8) Numbering plans by
budgeting.
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16. What is Key Result Areas?
The Key Result Areas (KRA) is the area in which performance is essential for the
success of the enterprise.
17. List out the objectives in hierarchy.
1)Socio-economic purpose; 2) Mission; 3) Overall objectives of the organization
(long range, strategy); 4) More specific overall objectives (KRA); 5) Division
objectives; 6) Department and unit objectives; 7) Individual objectives (performance,
personal development objectives).
18. Define Management By Objectives (MBO).
Management by objectives is a compressive managerial system that integrates
many key managerial activities in a systematic manner and that is consciously
directed toward the effective and efficient achievement of organizational and
individual objectives.
19. What are the steps in strategic planning process?(AU April 2005)
1) Input
2) Enterprise profile
3) Orientation of top managers
4) Purpose and major objectives
5) External Environment
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6) Internal Environment
7) Development of Alternative Strategies
8) Evaluation and choice of strategies
9) Medium and short-range planning, implementation and control10)Consistency.
20. Mention the required reasons for the need of policies
To ensure a uniform pattern of action
To simplify and speed up the process of decision making
To secure coordination of efforts
To improve the performance of subordinates.
21. Name any two important procedures in organization.
Procedures for placing orders for material and equipment
Procedure for sanctioning different types of employees leave.
22. State any four advantages of procedures in planning.(AU Nov.2006)
It avoids confusion and duplication by providing clear guidelines to
action.
It helps to improve performance by providing best and simplest way
of performing a job.
It brings uniformity in operations.
It leads to simplification and elimination of unnecessary
movements.
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It facilitates coordination between different work units.
23. Classify budgets.(Au Nov.2005)
1. Variable budgets or Flexible budget
- These budgets vary according to the organization output .
2. Programme budgets
- In this budget, the agency identifies goals, develops detailed
programmes to meet the goals, and estimates the cost of each
programme.
3. Zero base budget
- It is a combination of programme and variable budget.
24. What are the advantages of planning?
It helps in achieving objectives
Better utilization of resources
Economy in operation
It reduces uncertainty and risk
It improves competitive strength
Effective control
Coordination
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It encourages Motivation
25. What are the limitations of planning?
Lack of accurate information
Time and cost
Inflexibility
Delay during emergency period.
26. State the two approaches of objectives
Top down approach
Bottom up approach
27. What are the advantages of objectives?
Unified planning
Defining an organization
Direction
Individual motivation
Basis for decentralization
Basis for control
Co ordination.
28. List down the guidelines for objectives setting.
I. Objectives should cover the main features of the job.
II. Objectives must be clearly specified in writing.
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III. The list of objectives should not be too long. Wherever ist
possible, combine some objectives to make the list
reasonable.
IV. It must set by considering the various factors affecting their
achievement.
V. It should be variable
VI. It should clearly indicate the organizational mission.
VII. It should be challenging and reasonable.
VIII. It should yield specific results when achieved.
IX. It should be coordinated with these of other managers and
organizational units.
X. It should provide timely feedback so that the necessary
corrective action can be taken.
XI. Short term objectives should be consistent with long term
objectives.
XII. It should start with the word to and be followed by an action.
XIII. It shoud be periodically reviewed.
XIV. It should clearly indicate the resources and authority
required for achieving it.
XV. All the assumptions underlying the objectives are clearly
identified.
29. What are the steps involved in MBO process?(AU April 2004)
Setting preliminary objectives
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Fixing key result areas
Setting subordinates objectives
Recycling objectives
Matching resources with objectives
Periodic performance reviews
Appraisal
30. What are the benefits of MBO?
Improvement of managing
Clarification of organization
Personal satisfaction
Team work
Development of effective control
Fast decision making.
31. What are the weaknesses of MBO?
Failure to teach the philosophy of MBO
Failure to give guidelines to goals area
Difficulty of setting goals
Emphasis on short term goals
Danger of inflexibility
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Team consuming
Increased paper work.
32. What are the major kinds of strategies and policies?(AU Nov 2004)
I. Growth
II. Finance
III. Organization
IV. Personnel
V. Products or Services
VI. Market.
33. Explain the term decision and decision making.(AU APRIL 2004)
A decisionmay be a direction to other to do or not to do.
Decision-making is defined as the selection of a course of action from among
alternatives; it is the core of planning. It is one of the function of management
and also a core process of planning. The management executive takes a number
of decisions every day. Thus, a decision may be rational or irrational. There are
number alternatives available to the management. The best one is selected out
of the available alternatives.
34. How would you evaluate the importance of a decision? (AU NOV 2004)
1. Decision-making is a selection process. The best alternative is selected
out of many available alternatives.
2. Decision-making is a goal oriented process. Decisions are made to
achieve some goals or objectives.
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3. Decision-making is the end process. It is preceded by detailed discussion
and selection of alternatives.
4. Decision-making is a human and rational process involving the application
of intellectual abilities. It involves deep thinking and foreseeing things.
5. Decision-making is a dynamic process. An individual takes a number of
decisions each day.
35. Write down the process followed in decision making process.(AU MAY 2007)
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36. Mention the three approaches generally adopted by managers in selecting an
alternative.
Or
What are the techniques useful while evaluating alternatives? (AU APRIL 2005)
Quantitative and Qualitative analysis
Marginal analysis
Cost effective analysis
37. What do you mean by limiting factor and principles of limiting factor?
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Limiting Factor is something that stands in the way of accomplishing a desired
objective.
Principles of limiting factor: By recognizing and overcoming those factors that stand
critically in the way of a goal, the best alternative course of action can be selected .
38. Differentiate Quantitative factors and Qualitative or intangible factors.
Quantitative factors: These are factors that can be measured in numerical terms,
such as time or various fixed and operating costs.
Qualitative factors: These are difficult to measure numerically such as the quality
of labour relations, the risk of technological change, or the international political
climate.
39. What is Marginal analysis?
Evaluating alternatives may involve utilizing the techniques of marginal analysis to
compare additional revenues arising from additional costs. Where the objective is to
maximize profits, this goal will be reached, as elementary economics teaches, when
the additional revenues and additional costs are equal.
40. What do you mean by Cost Effectiveness Analysis?
Cost Effectiveness analysis seeks the best ratio of benefits and costs; this means,
for example finding the least costly way of reaching an objective or getting the
greatest value for given expenditures.
41. Differentiate Programmed decision and nonprogrammed decision.
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Programmed decision is applied to structured or routine problems.
Non-programmed Decisions are used for unstructured, novel, and ill-defined
situation of a nonrecurring nature.
42. What is Decision Tree?
Decision Tree depicts, in the form a tree , the decision points, chance events, and
probabilities involved in various courses that might be undertaken.
43. What do you mean by Preference Theory?
Preference or utility theory is based on the notion that individual attitudes toward risk
will vary; some individuals are willing to take only smaller risk than those indicated
by probabilities (Risk Averters) and others are willing to take greater risks
(gamblers).
44. What is DSS?
Decision Support System use computers to facilitate the decision making process of
semi-structured tasks. These systems are designed not to replace managerial
judgment but to support it and to make the decision process more effective.
PART B
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1. Describe the various elements in planning (AU APRIL 2004)
2. What are the different types of plans? Explain. (AU NOV 2004)
3. Give an account of various steps involved in planning or Explain with
flow diagram the steps in planning. (AU April 2005)
4. Describe the different objectives of planning( AU Nov 2005)
5. Explain briefly the benefits and weakness of MBO.
(AU NOV 2004 & April 2005)
6. Describe the steps involved in strategies planning process.
(AU April 2007)
7. State and explain the eight recommendations that should considered by
managers for successful implementation of strategies. (AU April 2005)
8. Discuss the factors for strategies policies and planning premises.
(AU Nov 2005)
9. Describe the various types of decision. (AU April 2004)
10.Describe the steps in rational decision-making. (AU April 2005)
11.Explain modern approaches to decision making under uncertainty
(AU Nov.2004)
12.Write short notes on any two important modern approaches to decision
making under uncertainty. (AU April 2005)
13.Define decision making and explain the process of decision making that
affects the efficiency of the business decisions.(AU Nov.2005)
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UNIT III - ORGANISING
1. Distinguish between creativity and innovation.
Creativity refers to the ability and power to develop new ideas.
Innovation means the use of these ideas.
2. What is Brainstorming?(AU Nov.2004)
An approach to improve problem discovery and solving by encouraging unfettered
suggestions and ideas, usually from a group of individuals.
3. Define Organizing.
Organizing means establishing an intentional structure of roles for people to fill in an
organization.
4. Differentiate formal organization and informal organization.(AU April2006)
Formal organization means the intentional structure of roles in a formally organized
enterprise.
Informal organization is a network of personal and social relations not established or
required by the formal organization but arising spontaneously as people associate
with one another.
5. Define Departmentation.
Departmentation designates a distinct area, division, or branch of an organization
over which a manager has authority for the performance of specified activities.
6. State the Principles of Span of Management. (AU April 2004)
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Span of management states that there is a limit to the number of subordinates a
manager can effectively supervise, but the exact number will depend on the impact
of underlying factors. The term Span of control is also known as span of
Management But span of management is a better term because control and
supervision are elements of management.
7. Differentiate between Intrapreneur and Entrepreneur.
Intrapreneur is a person who focuses on innovation and creativity and who
transforms a dream or an idea into a profitable venture by operating within the
organizational environment.
Entrepreneur is a person who does similar things, but outside the organizational
setting.
8. List out various bases of departmentation.(AU Nov 2006)
1) Departmentation by simple numbers
2) Departmentation by time
3) Departmentation by enterprise function
4) Departmentation by territory or geography
5) Customer departmentation
6) Process or equipment departmentations
7) Departmentation by product
8) Matrix organization
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9. What do you mean by Strategic business unit (SBU)?
SBU is a distinct little business set up as a unit in a larger company to ensure that a
certain product or product line is promoted and handled as though it were an
independent business.
10.What is Matrix Organization?(AU April 2006)
Matrix organization is the combination of functional and project or product patterns of
departmentation in the same organization structure.
11.Differentiate Power and Authority.
Power is the ability of individuals or groups to induce or influence the beliefs or
actions of other persons or groups.
Authority is the right in a position to exercise discretion in making decision affecting
others. It is, of course, one type power, but power in an organization setting.
12.Differentiate Line and Staff Authority.
Line authority is that relationship in which a superior exercises direct supervision
over a subordinate- an authority relationship in direct line or steps.
Staff relationship is advisory. The function of people in a pure staff capacity is to
investigate, research, and give advice to line managers.
13.What is Functional authority?
Functional authority is the right that is delegated to an individual or a department to
control specified processes, practices, policies, or other matters relating to activities
undertaken by persons in other departments.
14.Differentiate Centralization and Decentralization of Authority.
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Centralization of authority: the tendency to restrict delegation of decision making
in an organization structure, usually by holding authority at or near the top of the
organization structure.
Decentralization of authority: The tendency to disperse decision-making authority
in an organization structure.
15.What is organization chart?
Organization chart indicates how departments are tied together alone the principle
lines of authority.
16.Define Organizational Culture.
Culture is the general pattern of behavior, shared beliefs, and values that members
have in common. Culture can be inferred from the way people say, do, and think
within an organizational setting. It involves the learning and transmitting of
knowledge, beliefs, and patterns of behavior over a period of time, which means that
an organization culture is fairly stable and does not change fast.
17. What do you understand by effective organizing (AU Nov.2005)
Effective organization focuses on finding mistakes in present organizing and
avoiding such mistakes by proper planning. Effective organizing avoids
organizational inflexibility and makes the staff work effectively by avoiding conflicts
by clarification.
18. Define Value.
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Value can be defined as a fairly permanent belief about what is appropriate and
what is not that guides the actions and behavior of employees in fulfilling the
organizations aims.
19. Mention any four characteristics of an organization.
1. Common objectives
2. Specialization or Division of Labour
3. Authority of structure
4. Group of persons
20. State advantages of organization.
I. It facilitates administration
II. It increases the efficiency of management
III. It facilitates growth and diversification
IV. It ensures optimum use of man and material resources.
21. Distinguish between formal and informal organization
Sl.No Point of view Formal organization Informal organization
1 Origin
It is createddeliberately and
consciously by theframes of theorganization
It is created spontaneouslyand naturally
2 Purpose
It is created forachieving legitimate
objectives of theorganization
It is created by the membersof the organization for socialand psychologicalsatisfaction
3 Nature Planned and official Unplanned and unofficial
4 Size It may quite large It may be small in size
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22. Enumerate the advantages of functional organization grouping.
(AU April 2005)
1. Science a foreman is responsible for one function, he can perform his
duties in a better manner.
2. This organization structure makes use of specialists to give expert
advice to workers.
3. It relives line executives of routine, specialized decisions which are
sometime boredom.
4. Expert guideline reduces the number of accidents and wastages
materials, man and machine hours.
5. It relieves pressure of need to search a large number of all round
executives.
23. State the important factors in determining an effective span.
1. Capacity of superior
2. Capacity of subordinates
3. Nature of work
4. Type of technology
5. Delegation of authority.
24. What is staff authority?
The relationship between a staff manager and the line manager with whom he
works depends in part on the staff duties.
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25. Compare line and staff authority.
S.No Line authority Staff authority
1 It has right to decide or commandIt has right to provide advice,assistance and information
2It contributes directly to attainmentof organizational objectives
It assists line in effective attainment ofobjectives
3It creates superior subordinaterelations
Extension of line and supports line
4It follows from top to downward i.e.superior to subordinate.
It folws in any direction dependingupon the situation.
26. What is staffing?
Staffing is filling, and keeping filled, the positions in the organization structure with
competent people.
27. What are the situational factors affecting staffing?
The situational factors affecting staffing are:
The external environment
Equal employment opportunity
Women in management Technical Factor and Legal Factor
Staffing in the international environment
The internal environment
Promotion from within
Promotion from within in large companies. Social Factor and Legal Factor
The policy of open competition
Responsibility for staffing
Need for top-management support in overcoming resistance to effective staffing
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28. Define Job Design.
It requires an appropriate job structure in terms of content, function, and
relationships.
29. List down Personal characteristics needed by managers.
Personal characteristics needed by managers
Desire to manage
Communication skills and empathy
Integrity and honesty
Past performance of managers
30. What do you mean by selection?
Selection is the process of choosing from among candidates, from within the
organization or from the outside, the most suitable person for the position or for
future positions.
31. What is Recruiting?
Recruiting involves attracting candidates to fill the positions in the organization
structure. Before recruiting begins, the positions requirements, which should relate
directly to the task, must be clearly identified.
32. Classify commonly used tests.
1. Intelligence tests; 2.proficiency and aptitude tests; 3. Vocational tests; 4.
Personality tests.
33. What is Assessment Center?
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Assessment center is a technique for selecting and promoting managers. This
approach may be used in combination with training. Assessment centers were first
used for selecting and promoting lower level supervisors, but now they are applied
to middle-level manager as well.
34. Define Orientation.
Orientation involves the introduction of new employees to enterprise its functions,
tasks, and people.
35. Define Performance Appraisal.
Performance appraisal is the systematic evaluation of the individual with regard to
his or her performance on the job and his potential for development.
37. Define Merit rating.
Merit rating is a systematic, periodic and, so far as humanly possible, an impartial
rating of an employees excellence in matters pertaining to his present job and to his
potentialities for better job.
38. List the various methods of performance appraisal.
Appraisal based on traits
Appraisal by results or objectives
39. What is stress?
Stress is a very complex phenomenon. It can also be described as the rate of all
wear and tear caused by life.
40. What is the need for job rotation?
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The purpose of job rotation is to broaden the knowledge of managers or potential
managers. Trainees learn about the different enterprise function by rotating into
different positions.
41. Distinguish between Management and Organization Development.
Management Development: refers to long-term, future-oriented programs and the
progress a person makes in learning how to manage.
Organization development: is a systematic, integrated, and planned approach to
improve the effectiveness of groups of people and of the whole organization or a
major organization unit.
42. What is Sensitivity Training?
A form of training based on behavior of persons in groups and, through undirected
group interchange, designed to make these persons more aware of their feelings
and the feelings of others toward them.
43. Define organizational conflict.
Conflict is a part of organizational life and may occur within the individual, between
individuals, between the individual and the group, and between groups
44. How can conflict be managed?
Managing conflict can be managed in different ways, some focusing on interpersonal
relationships and others on structural changes.
45. What is Halo effect?
It is the tendency of the rather depend excessively on the rating of one. Trait or
behavioral consideration in rating all other traits or behavioral considerations.
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46. Write the difference between recruitment and selection
S.No Recruitment Selection
1 It is one step process It involves several steps
2It is only finding, developing thesources of employees attractionthem to apply for jobs.
It is due process of finding out thesuitable to the job out of therecruitment.
3 It is initial step of the organization It is final step of the organization
47. What is grading method?
It is one of the trait based appraisal methods. The actual performance of the
employees is measured against these grades. This method is generally useful for
promotion based on performance.
48. What are the roles of manager?
1. Inter personal role
2. Information role
3. Decisional role
49. What are the personal characteristics needed by manager?
1. Leadership
2. Communication skill
3. Honesty
4. Self confidence
50. Define the Peter Principle.
It states that every person in a hierarchy tends to rise to the level of his
incompetence.
51. List out the physical sources of stress.
1. Work overload
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2. Loss of sleep
3. Loud noises
52. What are the methods for reduction of stress?
1. Healthful nutrition
2. Relaxation
3. Recreation facilities
53. What are the essential for training?
a. Training is necessary when a person is shifted from one job to another.
b. Training develops new skill to the employees.
c. Training is provides a sense of security and confidence to employees.
54. What are training inputs?
1. Motivation
2. Progressive information
3. Reinforcement
4. Practice
55. What are the methods of on the job training?
1. Job rotation
2. Apprenticeship and coaching
3. Committee assignments
4. Experience
5. Temporary promotions
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56. What are the methods of off the job training methods?
1. Lecture
2. Seminars
3. Case studies
4. Business game
5. In basket method
6. Sensitivity training
57. What is basket training method?
Basket contains a number of correspondences like memo, circulars, letters and
reports. The trainees are required to solve ach problem and to record their
decisions within a specified time period. This training is promotes the skills like
logical thinking, time management skill and decision making skill.
58. What is O.D?
Organization Development is a systematic and continuous process of learning
and growth. O.D is an educational strategy which focuses on the whole culture of
the organization in order to bring about planned change.
59. Write some characteristics of O.D.
1. OD has a planned process.
2. OD is a dynamic process.
60. What are the roles of OD?
1. O.D. provides better management from top to bottom
2. O.D.improves communication skill.
3. O.D. keeps the organization healthy
4. O.D. improves coordination and team work.
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61. What is managerial grid?
Managerial grid is behavioral theory of leadership. It plays an important role in
managerial behavior in organizational development.
62. What are the two types of managerial grid?
1. Production concern
2. People concern
63. What are the difference between management development and
organizational development?
S.No Management Development Organizational Development
1It is aimed at improving Managers skillsand job performed
It is aimed to change the totalsystem of organization
2 Train the Employee and Managers Improvement in the job design
3 Educate and train the EmployeesTo create problem solvingapproach.
64. What is the purpose of HRM? (AU DEC 2005)
1. Recruitment
2. Selection
3. Training
4. Appraisal process.
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1. Give a brief account of at least six mistakes in organizing. (AU April 2005)
2. Explain how formal organization is different from informal organization.
Illustrate. (AU Nov. 2004)
3. How does a leader influence organization culture? (AU Nov.2004)
4. Discuss about the factors determining an effective span of management.
(AU April 2005)
5. Describe departmentation by process. What are its advantages and
disadvantages? (AU April 2004)
6. Explain the line organization with a neat sketch. What are the advantage
and disadvantage of line authority? (AU NOV. 2005)
7. Explain the concept of functional authority. How do you delegate it?
(AU Nov.2004)
8. Explain the concept of decentralization. (AU Nov.2005)
9. Briefly explain the factors determining the degree of decentralization of
authority. (AU April 2005)
10.Explain and evaluate the external factors affecting staffing.
11.What are the characteristics of a manager inventory chart?
12.Discuss the various types of selection interviews.
13.What do you mean by performance appraisal? Discuss its need and
importance in an organization.
14.Explain the ten steps in formulating career strategy.
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15.Explain in details the various types of conflict. Give examples that are
relevant to each type of conflict.
16.Explain organization development process.
17.What is sensitivity training? Do you think sensitivity training would make
you better manager explain?
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UNIT IV- DIRECTING
1. What is staffing?
Staffing is filling, and keeping filled, the positions in the organization structure with
competent people.
2. What are the situational factors affecting staffing?
The situational factors affecting staffing are :
The external environment
Equal employment opportunity
Women in management
Staffing in the international environment
The internal environment
o Promotion from within
o Promotion from within in large companies
o The policy of open competition
o Responsibility for staffing
o Need for top-management support in overcoming resistance to effective
staffing
3. Define Job Design.
It requires an appropriate job structure in terms of content, function, and
relationships.
4. Define Leading.
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Leading is defined as the process of influencing people so that they will contribute to
organization and group goals.
5. List out Human Factors in Managing.
1. Multiplicity of roles
2. No average person
3. The importance of personal dignity
4. Consideration of the whole person.
6. Define Motivation and Motivators.(AU Nov.2005)
Motivation is a general term applying to the entire class of drives, desires, needs,
wishes, and similar forces.
Motivators are things that induce an individual to perform.
7. Differentiate between Motivation and Satisfaction.
Motivation refers to the drive and effort to satisfy a want or goal.
Satisfaction refers to the contentment experienced when a want is satisfied.
Motivation implies a drive toward an outcome, and satisfaction is the outcome of
already experienced.
8. What are the basic needs placed by Maslow in his need hierarchy theory?
1. Physiological needs
2. Security or safety needs
3. Affiliation or acceptance needs
4. Esteem needs and 5.Need for self-actualization.
9. What is Positive reinforcement or Behavior modification?
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It holds that individuals can be motivated by proper design of their Work environment
and praise for their performance and that Punishment for poor performance produces
negative results.
10. Differentiate between Job Enrichment and Job Enlargement
Job Enrichment: is related to factors such as challenge, achievement, recognition
and responsibility are seen as the real motivators.
Job Enlargement: It attempts to make a job more varied by removing the dullness
associated with performing repetitive operations. It means enlarging the scope of
the job by adding similar tasks without enhancing responsibility.
11. Define Leadership
Leadership is defined as influence, that is the art or process of influencing people
so that they will strive willingly and enthusiastically toward the achievement of
group goals.
12. What are the major ingredients of Leadership?
i) The ability to use power effectively and in a responsible manner;
ii) The ability to comprehend that human beings have different motivation
forces at different times and in different situations;
iii) The ability to inspire, and
iv) The ability to act in a manner that will develop a climate conducive to
responding to and arousing motivations.
13. What do mean by Principle of Leadership.
Since people tend to follow those who, in their view, offer them a means of
satisfying their own personal goals, the more managers understand what
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motivates their subordinates and how these motivations operate, and the more
they reflect this understanding in carrying out their managerial actions, the more
effective they are likely to be as leaders.
14. Define three basic styles of Leadership
Autocratic leader commands and expects compliance, is dogmatic and positive,
and leads by the ability to withhold or give rewards and punishment.
Democratic or Participative leader consults with subordinates on proposed
actions and decisions and encourages participation from them.
Free-rein leader uses his or her power very little, if at all, giving subordinates a high de
independence in their operations.
15. What is Contingency theory of Leadership?
The theory holds that people become leaders not only because of the attributes
of their personalities but also because of various situational factors and the
interactions between leaders and group members.
16. What do you mean by Path-Goal Theory?
Path-goal theory suggests that the main function of the leader is to clarify and set
goals with subordinates, help them find the best path for achieving the goals, and
remove obstacles.
17. Define Communication
Communication is the transfer of information from a sender to a receiver; with the
information being understood by the receiver.
18. List out the steps involved in communication process.
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i) Sender (Thought, Encoding); ii) Media (Transmission of message); iii) Receiver
(Reception, decoding, Understanding); iv) Noise; v) Feedback
19. What is Encoding?
The Thoughts or an Idea which is converted in a way that can be understood by
both the sender and the receiver.
20. What is Decoding?
The receiver converts the message into thoughts.
21. What do you mean by Noise in Communication? (AU April 2004)
Communication is affected by Noise, which is anything whether in the sender, the
transmission or the receiver- that hinders communication.
22. What do you mean by downward communication? (AU April 2004)
Downward Communication flows from people at higher levels to those at lower
levels in the organizational hierarchy. This kind of communication exists
especially in the organizational hierarchy. This kind of communication exists
especially in organizations with an authoritarian atmosphere.
23. What is Upward Communication? (AU April 2004)
Upward Communication travels from subordinates to superiors and continues up
the organizational hierarchy.
24. What do you mean by Crosswise communication? (AU April 2004)
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Crosswise communication includes the horizontal flow of information, among
people on the same or similar organizational levels and the diagonal flow among
persons at different levels who have no direct reporting relationships.
25. What is Oral Communication? (AU April 2004)
Oral Communication can occur in a face-to-face meeting of two people or in a
managers presentation to a large audience; it can be formal or informal and it
cab be planned or accidental.
26. What do mean by Written Communication? (AU April 2004)
Written forms of communication keep people informed about the enterprise.
These written forms include the company newspaper or magazine and bulletin
board notices.
27. What is Non-Verbal Communication? (AU April 2004)
People communicate in many different ways. What a person says can be
reinforced (or contradicted) by nonverbal communication, such as facial
expressions and body gestures.
28. List out the Barriers and Breakdown in communication
a) Lack of planning; b) Unclarified Assumptions; c) Semantic Distortion; d)
Poorly Expressed Messages; e) Communication Barriers in the International
Environment; f) Loss by Transmission and Poor Retention; g) Poor Listening
and Premature Evaluation; h) Impersonal Communication ; I) distrust, threat
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and Fear; j) Insufficient Period for Adjustment to change; k) information
overload; l) other communication Barriers.
29. What is Communication Audit?
One way to improve communication in an organization is to conduct a
communication audit. Such an audit is a tool for examining communication
policies, networks and activities. Organizational communication is viewed as a
group of communication factors related to organizational goals.
30. What is Teleconference?
Teleconference is a group of people interacting with each other by means of
audio and video media with moving or still pictures.
31. Write short note on OMBUDSPERSON
This concept is originated in Sweden, where a citizen to investigate
complaints about the federal bureaucracy could approach a civil servant.
Companies have found that the position of the ombudsperson can provide a
valuable upward communication link and avert front-page scandals and legal
costs by bringing improprieties to the attention of the appropriate person before
they become major problems.
32. What do you mean by GRAPEVINE?
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A kind of informal organization network over which information tends to flow,
usually regularly, between persons who know and trust each other.
33. Define creativity.
It is defined as the ability to produce new and useful ideas through the
combination of known principles and components in novel and non obvious ways. It
exits throughout the population, largely independent of age, sex, and education.
34. What are the steps involved in creative process?
1. Saturation 2. Preparation 3. Frustration and incubation
4. Inspection or illumination 5. Verification
35. What does SCAMPER stands for?
S Substitute components, materials, people
C Combine mix, combine with other assemblies or services,
integrate.
A Adapt alter, change function, use part of another element.
M Modify increase or reduce in scale, change shape , modify
attributes (e.g. colour)
P put to another use
E Eliminate remove elements, simplify, reduce to core
functionality
R Reverse turn inside out or upside down, also use of
Reversal.
36. Mention the use of DO IT process for creativity.
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DO IT is an acronym that stand for:
D Define problem
O Open mind and apply creative techniques
I Identify best solution
T Transform
37. What are the steps involved in simplex tool?
i. Problem finding
ii. Fact finding
iii. Problem definition
iv. Idea finding
v. Selection and evaluation
vi. Planning
vii. Sell data
viii. Action
38. What is meant by Brain Storming (AU Nov 2004)
An approach to improve problem discovery and solving by encouraging unfettered
suggestions and ideas, usually from a group of individuals.
39. Compare Theory X and Theory Y (AU April 2004)
S.No Theory X Theory Y
1 The average human dislikes work Work is as natural as play or rest
2People are unmotivated andprefer to be directed by other
Motivated and capable of directingtheir own
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3 They avoid responsibilityThey accept responsibility underproper conditions
4External control, threatening andclose supervision are required
Self directed and self are controlled.
40. Mention importance of motivation.
Proper utilization of human resources possible since it inspires employees to
make best possible use of different factors of production.
Proper motivation improves the efficiency of operation.
Motivation creates a willingness on the part of workers to do the work in a better
way.
Higher motivation leads to job satisfaction. As a result of this labour absenteeism
and turnover are low.
41. Name the steps involved in motivation process.
1. Analysis of situation
2. Preparing. Selecting and applying a set of appropriate motivating tools.
3. Follow up.
42. What are the types of Motivation?
1. Positive motivation
2. Negative motivation
3. Extrinsic motivation
4. Intrinsic motivation
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43. What are the different motivational theories? (AU April 2004)
Mc Gregors Theory X and Y
44. Distinguish between motivation and Satisfaction(AU April 2005)
Motivation Satisfaction
Management is the art of gettingwork done by the subordinates in order toattain common goals of the organization.Getting work done is difficult task.
After attaining the goals, everyoneinvolved in the same gets happiness orinternal feelings.So, motivation is before attaining thespecific task but satisfaction means, thehappiness comes after attaining the goals.
45. State any two merits of equity theory.
1. This theory makes managers realize that equity motive tends to be one of the
most important motives of the people in the organization.
2. Feelings or perceptions in equity are important factor in work setting.
Management should take necessary steps to develop the perceptual skill of the
people.
46. List out few leadership traits. (AU Nov. 2004)
1. The Michigan studies
2. The Ohio state university studies
3. The managerial grid
47. What are the four basic ingredients of leadership skill? Or Mention any two
leadership qualities. (AU April 2005 & Nov. 2005)
Physical qualitiesSound health, vitality, appearance, physical and nervousenergy, forcefulness, physique, enthusiasm
Intellectual qualitiesHigh intelligence, sound judgement, ability to teach,scientific approach, decisiveness, self understanding.
Moral qualitiesIntegrity, moral courage, fair play, will power, sense ofpurpose, objectivity.
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Social qualitiesAbility to inspire, tact, percussiveness, self confidence,empathy, initiative, knowledge of human nature, humanrelations attitude.
48. Note down the various communicating networks.
1. Simple chain
2. Wheel
3. Circular
4. Free flow
5. Inverted V
49. Differentiate single and multiple channel networks.
S.No Single channel Communication Multi channel communication
1
This communication is allowed ononly one path called as lineauthority. It is simply referred asthrough proper channel
This communication is allowed in morethan one path
2 Communication flow is slow Communication flow is faster
3 Easy to maintain orderly in nature Potential problems may occur
4 Miscommunication is reduced Miscommunication is increased
50. State the advantages of oral communication.
1. Doubts are clarified immediately.
2. Feed back is known
3. It provides team sprit
4. Personally of the sender influences the process of communication
5. Quick and effective method.
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PART B
1. Describe theory X and Y. (AU April 2004)
2. What are some possible implications of theories X and Y, staffing, leading
and controlling? (AU NOV 2004)
3. Enumerate the assumptions of Mc Gregors Theory X and Y
(AU April 2005)
4. Explain any three theories of Motivation. (AU Nov 2004)
5. Discuss the different theories of motivation. (AU Nov. 2005)
6. Explain how motivation helps an organization to improve productivity?
(AU Nov 2005)
7. Write short notes on Maslows hierarchy of needs. (AU April 2005)
8. Briefly explain about the three types of basic motivating needs proposed
by Mc Cleeland. (AU April 2005)
9. Explain different styles of leadership based on authority.
(AU Nov.2004 &April 2005)
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10.Explain the importance of strong leadership in the creation of cohesive
work in an industrial organization. (AU Nov2005)
11.Explain the qualities required for effective leadership. (AU April 2004)
12.What are the barriers to effective communication? Explain them(AU April
2004 & April 2005)
13.Discuss the importance of communication in a modern industrial
organization. (AU Nov 2005)
14.What are the communication barriers and suggest measures how
communication be made effective? (AU Nov 2004)
UNIT-V CONTROLLING
1. Define Controlling.(AU May 2005)
Controlling is the measurement and correction of performance in order to make
sure that enterprise objectives and the plans devised to attain them are being
accomplished.
2. What are the three steps in basic control process?
i) Establishment of Standards; ii) Measurement of Performance; iii)
Correction of Deviations.
3. Define Standards.
Standards are by definition simply criteria of performance. They are the selected
points in an entire planning program at which measures of performance are
made so that managers can receive signals about how things are going and thus
do not have to watch every step in the execution of plans.
4. List out the different types of Standards.
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i)Physical standards; ii) Cost standards; iii) Capital standards; iv) Revenue
standards; v) Program standards; Vi) Intangible standards.
5. What do you mean by the Principle of Critical-point control?
Principle of Critical-Point Control, one of the most important control principles,
state: Effective control requires attention to those factors critical to evaluating
performance against plans.
6. What is Strategic Control?
Strategic Control comprises systematic monitoring at strategic control points as
well as modifying the organizations strategy on the basis of this evaluation.
7. What do you mean by Real-Time Information and Control?
This is information about what is happening while it is happening. It is technically
possible through various means to obtain real-time data on many operations.
8. List out the requirements for effective controls.
i) Tailoring controls to plans and positions; ii) Tailoring controls to individual
managers; iii) Making sure that controls point up exceptions at critical points; iv)
Seeking objectivity of controls; v) ensuring flexibility of controls; vi)Fitting the
control system to the organizational culture; vii) Achieving economy of controls;
Viii) Establishing controls that lead to corrective action.
9. What is Budgeting?
Budgeting is the formulation of plans for a given future period in numerical terms.
As such, budgets are statements of anticipated results, either in financial terms-
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as in revenue and expense and capital budgets- or in nonfinancial terms- as in
budgets of direct-labour-hours, materials, physical sales volume or units of
production.
10. List out Types of Budgets.
i) Revenue and expense budgets; ii) Time, space, material and product budgets ;
iii) Capital expenditure budgets; iv) Cash budgets.
11. What do you mean by Variable or Flexible budget?
These are designed to vary usually as the volume of sales or some other
measure of output varies and so is limited largely to expense budgets. The
variable budget is based on an analysis of expense items to determine how
individual costs should vary with volume of output.
12. What is Zero-Base Budgeting?
Budgeting in which enterprise programs are divided into packages comprising
goals, activities and needed resources and costs are calculated for each
package from the ground up.
13. List out Traditional Non budgetary control devices.
i) Statistical data; ii) Special reports and analyses
ii) Operational audit iv) Personal observation.
14. What is Operational Audit?
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Operational auditing is the regular and independent appraisal, by a staff of
internal auditors of the accounting, financial and other operations of an
enterprise.
15. List out Time-Event Network Analyses
i) Gantt Charts; ii) Milestone Budgeting; iii) PERT
16. What do know about Gantt chart?
A technique for planning and control developed by Henry L.Gantt showing by
bars on a chart the time requirements for the various tasks or events, of a
production or other program.
17. What do you mean PERT Analysis?
PERT-(Program Evaluation and Review Technique) A time event network
analysis system in which the various events in a project are identified, with the
planned time established for each. These events re placed in a network showing
the relationships of each event to the other events.
18. What are the three time estimates in PERT program?
i) Optimistic Time-an estimate of the time required if everything goes
exceptionally well.
ii) Most likely time-an estimate based on the time the project engineer really
believes is necessary for the job.
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iii) Pessimistic Time- a time estimate based on the assumption that some
logically conceivable bad luck-other than a major disaster-will be
encountered.
19. What is Critical Path?
Critical path is the sequence of events which takes the longest time and which
has Zero (or the least) slack time.
20. What Program Budgeting is?
Program budgeting is basically a systematic method for allocating the resources
of an enterprise in ways that will most effectively help the enterprise to meet its
goals.
21. What do you mean by Management Information System?
A formal system of gathering, integrating, comparing, analyzing and dispersing
information internal and external to the enterprise in a timely, effective and
efficient manner.
22. Define Operations research.
Operations research is the application of scientific methods to the study of
alternatives in a problem situation, with a view to obtaining a quantitative basis
for arriving at a best solution.
23. What do you mean by Linear Programming?
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A technique for determining the optimum combination of limited resources to
obtain a desired goal; it is based on the assumption that a liner relationship exists
between variables and that the limits of variables can be determined.
24. What is EOQ?
EOQ- (Economic Order Quantity) approach to determining inventory levels has
been used by firms for many years. It works reasonably well fo finding order
quantities when demand is predictable and fairly constant throughout the year
(that is, there are no seasonable patterns).
25. What do you know about Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory system?
(AU May 2005)
In this system, the supplier delivers the components and parts to the production
line just in time to be assembled. Other names for this or very similar methods
are zero inventory and stockless production.
26. What is Distribution Logistics?
An exciting and profit-promising way of using systems logistics in planning and
control is the expansion of inventory control to include other factors; this system
is referred to here as distribution logistics.
27. What do you mean by Value Engineering? (AU Dec 2005)
Analyzing the operation of a product or service, estimating the value of each
operation and attempting to improve the operation by trying to keep costs low at
each step or part.
28. What are Quality Circles?
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A quality control circles, or simply quality circle (QC), is a group of people from
the same organizational area who meet regularly to solve problems they
experience at work. Members are trained in solving problems, in applying
statistical quality control, and in working in groups.
29. What do you mean by Total Quality Management (TQM)?
TQM involves the organizations long-term commitment to the continuous
improvement of quality-throughout the organization ad with the active
participation of all members at all levels-to meet and exceed customers
expectations.
30. What is Budget Summary?
A budget summary, being a resume of all the individual budgets, reflects
company plans so that sales volume, costs, profits, utilization of capital and
return on investment may be seen in their proper relationship
.
31. What do you mean by Return on Investment Control?
A control technique designed to measure a division or some other part of a
business enterprise by looking on the profit made as a percentage of the
investment in assets in that entity.
32. Differentiate between Direct Control and Preventive Control
Direct Control- The normal procedure is to trace the cause of an unsatisfactory
result back to the persons responsible for it and get them to correct their
practices.
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Preventive Control:- The alternative in the area of management is to develop
better managers who will skillfully apply concepts, techniques and principles and
who will look at managing and managerial problems from a systems point of
view, thus eliminating undesirable results caused by poor management.
33. State the principle of preventive control
The higher the quality of managers and their subordinates, the less will be the
need for direct controls.
34. What do you know about International Management?
International management focuses on the operation of international firms in host
countries. It is concerned with managerial issues related to the flow of people,
goods and money, with the ultimate aim being to manage better in situations that
involve crossing national boundaries.
35.What is International Business?
International business engages in transactions across national boundaries.
These transactions include the transfer of goods, services, technology,
managerial knowledge, and capital to other countries.
36. List out the various forms of International business.
i) Exportation; ii) Licensing Agreement ; iii) Management Contracts; (iv) Joint
ventures; V) Subsidiaries.
37. Define Multinational Corporations (MNCs)
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Multinational corporations have their headquarters in one country but their
operations in many countries.
38. What are the four types of orientation?
i) Ethnocentric- the orientation of the foreign operation was based on that
of the parent company.
ii) Polycentric- is based on the notion that it is best to give the foreign
subsidiaries staffed by local nationals, a great deal of managerial freedom.
It is assumed that nationals have the best understanding of the local
environment.
iii) Regiocentric this orientation favors the staffing of foreign operations on
a regional basis.
iv) Geocentric- this means that the total organization is viewed as an
interdependent system operating in many countries. The relationships
between headquarters and subsidiaries are collaborative, with
communication flowing in both directions.
39. Define Comparative management.
Comparative management is defined as the study and analysis of management
in different environments and the reasons that enterprises show different results
in various countries.
PART - B
1. Define controlling. Explain the steps in the basic control process.
2. How critical control points and standards are important in controlling?
3. Discuss control as a feedback system.
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4. Explain real-time information and control.
5. What are the requirements for effective control?(AU DEC 2006)
6. Explain nature and types of budget.
7. How do you control through ROI? What are the pros and cons of ROI.
8. What are the advantages do MNCs have? What challenges must they meet?
Give examples
9. Explain the forms of International business.
10.Explain the managerial functions in international business.
11.Explain the operational differences of domestic firms and MNCs.
12.Explain the role of MIS play at various levels of management. (AU Dec 2004)
13.What tools generally found in operation research have been widely used in
production and operation management? (AU Dec 2004)
14.What are the effective steps for direct control and preventive control?
(AU May 2005)
15.What are the factors affect the operations of the multinational enterprises?
Explain? (AU May 2004)
16.What advantages do multinational corporations have? What are the
advantages of MNC? (AU May 2004)
17.Explain a unified global theory of management? (Au Dec.2005)
18.Discuss about the general steps involved in the operation research
procedure?(AU May 2005)
19.Discuss the factors determining span of control.(AU May 2005)
20.What is the roll of It in controlling(AU DEC 2006)
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21.What is Productivity? Explain the method of improving productivity in IT
industry (Au DEC 2006)
K1152
B.E/ B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2004
Seventh Semester
(Common to all Branches)
MG 331 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
Answer ALL questions.
PART A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)
1. What is meant by Productivity?
2. What is Social Audit?
3. How would you evaluate the importance of a decision?
4. State briefly Tows Matrix.
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5. State the factors that influence job design?
6. What are the sources of organizational conflict?
7. What is meant by Brain Storming?
8. List out few leadership traits.
9. What are the dangers in budgeting?
10. What is Value Engineering?
PART B (5 x 16 = 80 marks)
11. (i) What are the important aspects of the systems approach to Manager selection? (8)
(ii) What are the main characteristics of organization development? (8)
12. (a) (i) Define management. What are the functions perform to attain the set goals?(9)
(ii) List and discuss the benefits and limitations of some code of ethics. (7)
Or
(b) (i) What are different types of plans? Explain. (8)
(ii) Explain briefly the benefits and weakness of MBO. (8)
13. (a) (i) Explain modern approaches to decision making under uncertainty. (10)
(ii) Explain how formal organization is different from informal organization.
Illustrate. (6)
Or
(b) (i) Explain the concept of functional authority. How do you delegate it? (10)
(ii) How does a leader influence organization culture? (6)
14. (a) (i) What are some possible implications of theories X and Y, staffing, leading and
Controlling? (7)
(ii) Explain any three theories of Motivation.
(9)
Or
(b) (i) Explain different styles of leadership based on authority. (8)
(ii) What are communication barriers and suggest measure how communication
be made effective? (8)
15. (a) (i) Define controlling as a managerial function and explain the basis control
Process. (10)
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(ii) State briefly the nature and applications of information technology. (6)
Or
(b) (i) Explain how operation research helps to enhance productivity. (8)
(ii) What do you understand by principle of Preventive Control? Explain its
advantages. (8)
S290
B.E/ B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/ MAY 2005
Seventh Semester
(Common to all Branches)
MG 331 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
Answer ALL questions.
PART A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)
1. Define social audit.
2. List important functions of managers.
3. Mention the three approaches generally adopted by managers in selecting an alternative.
4. Enumerate the advantages of functional organization grouping.
5. Briefly classify the tests that are commonly used in the selection of people for job.
6. State the objectives of sensitivity training.
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7. Distinguish between motivation and satisfaction.
8. What are the four basic ingredients of leadership skill?
9. State the principle of preventive control.
10. Write some of the requirements that must be fulfilled to ensure the JIT method to work.
PART B (5 x 16 = 80 marks)
11. (i) Discuss about the general steps involved in the operation research procedure. (9)
(ii) Explain the assumptions and advantages of principle of preventive control. (7)
12. (a) (i) Give an account of various steps involved in planning. (8)
(ii) Explain briefly the benefits and weaknesses of MBO (8)
Or
(b) (i) Enumerate the Fayols Principles of Management. (6)
(ii) State and explain the eight recommendations that should be considered by
managers for successful implementation of strategies. (10)
13. (a) (i) Write short notes on any two important modern approaches to decision making
under uncertainty. (6)
(ii) Discuss about the factors determining an effective span of management(10)
Or
(b) (i) Briefly explain the factors determining the degree of decentralization of
Authority. (10)
(ii) Give a brief account of at least six mistakes in organizing. (6)
14. (a) (i) Give a brief account of the skills and personal characteristics needed by
managers. (6)
(ii) Discuss about the various steps in the formulation of career strategy.
(10)
Or
(b) Discuss in detail about the various approaches followed in organizations for
Manager development. (16)
15. (a) (i) Enumerate the assumptions of Mc Gregors theory X and theory Y. (8)
(ii) Write short notes on Maslows hierarchy of needs. (5)
(iii) Briefly explain about the three types of basic motivating by Mc Cleeland. (3)
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Or
(b) (i) Give a brief account of various leadership styles based on use of authority.(4)
(ii) Discuss about the barriers and breakdowns in communication. (12)
R8514
B.E/ B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2006
Seventh Semester
(Common to all Branches)
MG 331 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
Answer ALL questions.
PART A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)
1. State the objectives of management at micro - level
2. Define planning
3. State the features of decision making.
4. What are the advantages of organization?
5. Define staffing.
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6. What is organizational development?
7. Distinguish motivation and satisfaction.
8. State any two purposes of communication
9. Mention the steps involved in a basic control process.
10. Define productivity
PART B (5 x 16 = 80 marks)
11. (a) (i) What are the advantages of the manager inventory chart? Explain. (8)
(ii) How do you formulate career strategy for your employees? (8)
(b) (i) Discuss the role of various approaches of management in management theory.
Which approach, do you think, adequately clears the nature of management?(10)
(ii) How do you classify the levels of management? Briefly describe the function
of different levels of management (