DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2018.
First Semester
MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS
(Upto 2012-13 Academic Year 2013 Calendar Year)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. Discuss the evaluation of 'management' as a subject in
the past five decades.
2. How are government organizations different from private
organisations on the nature of 'work-benefits'? Explain
the same with eight points.
3. Explain the principles of scientific management with a
neat chart.
4. Explain any six merits of departmentalization with
examples.
5. What are the barriers of communication? Discuss with
examples.
6. What is the importance of 'intra-functional' coordination
and 'inter-functional' coordination?
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7. Mention any six new management trends to achieve core
competency that are practiced by Indian companies in the
recent years.
8. 'Leaders are not born; but made' Justify this comment
with six relevant Indian leaders.
PART B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Explain Herzberg's theory of motivation with a neat
diagram mid valid examples.
10. Who is a democratic leader? How does a democratic
leader achieve success in-spite of lesser authority and
informal power? Discuss the same with five examples.
11. Explain the various channels of communication used in
modern offices with a neat chart.
12. What are the special controlling techniques adapted
today by companies to administer their employees?
Explain six techniques with valid examples.
13. How and when is Business Process Reengineering
philosophy practiced in the companies? List the merits of
BPR.
14. Discuss the various components of planning with a
hierarchy chart.
15. Detail the three major types of organisation structure in
India with their merits and de-merits.
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