DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.Com. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017.
MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS
(2005 onwards)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — × 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. Define management. State its distinguishing features.
2. Narrate the limitations of MBO.
3. Classify policy with an illustration.
4. How to make delegation effective?
5. Distinguish between formal and informal organisation.
6. Explain the terms 'training' and 'development'.
7. Specify the barriers to communication.
8. Enumerate the steps involved in control.
SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Discuss the contributions of F.W. Taylor to management
thought.
10. Explain the various elements of managerial planning.
Sub. Code
11
DE-387
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11. State and explain the bases of departmentation.
12. Critically examine the methods of performance appraisal.
13. 'Communication is an effective tool of management'
Discuss.
14. Examine the requirements for effective control system.
15. How is decision making made under uncertainty? Bring
out the relationship between decision making and
forecasting.