PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

(2 MARKS)

1. List the functions of management

2. Explain the levels of management
3. What are the classifications of business organization?
4. Define ‘Sole proprietorship’.
5. What do you mean by a ‘Partnership firm’?
6. What are the objectives for planning
7. What are the benefits of MBO
8. Differentiate policies and procedures.
9. What do you mean by SWOT analysis
10. What is Forecasting?
11. Define departmentation
12. What do you mean matrix organization.
13. What is job enrichment?
14. What is Recruitment and Selection?
15. What is aptitude test?
16. What is Span of Control?
17. Discuss the meaning of “Direction Function”.
18. What are the different Motivational theories?
19. List out the basic needs in hierarchy.
20. What is Leadership Continuum concept
21. Name the various leadership styles.
22. What is Laissez faire?
23. What is communication?
24. Mention the various elements in the process of communication.
25. Name the various types of communication.
26. What are the interrelationship between planning and control?
27. What are the modern techniques of control?
28. What are the steps in ZBB process?
29. Define Multinational Corporation.
30. What is Ethnocentric, Polycentric and Geocentric?
 PART – B

(16 MARKS)

1. “Management is oldest of the arts and youngest of the science”. Discuss

2. Why has Frederick Taylor been called as the father of scientific management?
Explain the main features of scientific management.
3. Explain Public sector and Private sector enterprises with reference to Indian
Companies?
4. Describe and discuss the steps in the planning process.
5. “Forecasts are only estimates of future conditions and not indicators of actual
positions”. Discuss this statement and bring out the limitations of forecasting.
6. Explain the relationship of objectives and the organizational hierarchy
7. Explain Departmentation in detail.
8. Explain the (i) concept of decentralization (ii) factors determining the degree of
decentralization of authority.
9. Discuss the different sources of recruitment.
10. Explain in detail the Selection process.
11. Explain the motivation process and theories.
12. Explain the types and methods of communication in detail.
13. Explain the barriers to effective communication and suggest measures for
improvement.
14. Define formal and informal organizations and explain the need for informal
organizations.
15. Discuss various leadership styles based on the use of authority
16. What are the principles and techniques of Direction? Explain.
17. Explain the importance of control in a business enterprise. Discuss the process of
control. What are the requirements of an effective control system?
18. Briefly explain the corporate and global strategy of MNCs.
19. What is PERT? Explain its characteristics, advantages and limitations.
20. Planning is looking ahead but controlling is looking back. Explain.