DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
First Semester
MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS
(Upto 2012-13 Academic Year and 2013 Calendar Year)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — × 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. What are the principles of scientific management?
2. What are the major differences between strategic and
operational planning?
3. What are the benefits of informal organization?
4. What are the barriers to communication?
5. Do you subscribe to the view that only top management is
responsible for exercising control function in the
organization?
6. What is core competency and how does it value to an
organization?
7. What is leadership? Why is there a need for leadership?
8. What is span of control? Examine its pros and cons.
Sub. Code
11
DE-3074
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WS 20
SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
9. Examine the different roles played by a manager of a
typical business organization.
10. What are different types of decisions and explain their
managerial implications.
11. Define delegation of authority. Briefly discuss the
principles of delegation.
12. Critically examine Maslow's need priority theory. How
far up the hierarchical ladder do most people progress?
13. Discuss the techniques of coordination.
14. What are the important features of Business Process
Re-engineering? How does it benefit an organization?
15. Define departmentalization. Explain the various basis of
departmentalization.
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