DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.Com. (Co-Operation) DEGREE EXAMINATION,
DECEMBER 2017.
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. "Management is getting things done by others" Discuss.
2. Discuss the administrative problems faced in decision
making.
3. Differentiate between centralisation and decentralisation.
4. "A manager multiplies himself through delegation"
Discuss the statement.
5. Discuss the process of manpower planning.
6. What are the elements of direction? Discuss.
7. Explain the process of communication.
8. Discuss the need for coordination.
PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. What are the essential characteristics of management?
Explain.
10. Bring out the different approaches to modern
management.
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11. What is planning? Explain briefly the importance of
planning.
12. What are the main limitations of planning? How do you
overcome the limitations? Explain.
13. Explain the important principles of effective organisation.
14. Discuss the Maslow and Hezberg theory of motivation.
15. Describe briefly the various steps in the process of
control.