Principles of Management –-Question Bank Dr.

Hatem 2025
Unit -1
Define Management
Mention the role of Managers (any two).
What are the various functions of Management?
What is Scientific Management?
Define Administration.
What is partnership?
What is scientific Management?
Is Managing , a science or an art?
What is time study?
What is motion study?
What is authority?
What is responsibility?
What is unity of command?
How does effectiveness differ from efficiency?
Part B (6X16 marks)
Describe about the evolution of management thought.
i) Describe the relative importance of each type of skills to lower , middle and upper level
managers.
ii) Explain the system based approach towards the management.
Explain the various functions of management.
Unit -2
Define planning.
What are the objectives of planning?
Define mission.
Define an objective.
What is meant by strategy?
Define policies.
What is procedure?
How can rules be defined?
What are the advantages of planning?
State any four limitations of planning.
Define corporate planning.
What are the advantages of objectives?
14- Define MBO in planning.
What are the benefits of MBO?
What are the weakness of MBO?
List any four quantitative forecasting techniques.
What do you mean by a strategy?
Define planning premises.
Explain the term decision and decision making.
Part B (6X16 marks)
What is planning? Explain the steps involved in planning.
What are different types of plans? Explain.
Define MBO. Describe the benefits and weakness of MBO and ways to overcome them.
Define strategic planning? What are the steps involved in strategic planning?
Define forecasting. Explain the various forecasting techniques used for decision making pro
Define decision- making and explain the process of decision –making that affects the efficie
the business decisions.
Unit -3
Define organizing.
State the advantages of organization.
What are the types of departmentation?
What is span of control?
What is line authority?
What is staff authority?
What is decentralization?
What are the advantages of decentralization?
What are the disadvantages of decentralization?
What is meant by delegation of authority?
What is job analysis?
What is job rotation?
Define Recruitment
What is selection?
What is orientation?
What is Management by objectives?
What are the roles of manager?
Define Training.
What are the methods of training?
Part B (6X16 marks)
State and explain the basic steps involved in a typical selection procedure.
What do you understand by organization chart? Explain the basis of the departmentalizatio
What is Managing by objective (MBO) ?What are the steps involved in MBO? Mention its be
I) Distinguish between formal and informal organization. (8 marks)
Explain the line organization with a neat sketch.(8 marks)
i) Explain the concept of decentralization . (8 marks)
Explain the importance of performance appraisal.(8 marks)
Explain any four methods of performance appraisal.
UNIT IV
Define multiplicity of roles.Nov2012
Mention the importance of motivation.April/May 2011
Name the steps involved in motivation process.April/May 2011
What are the types of motivation? Nov2012
List out the basic needs in a hierarchy.May/June 2012
What is job enrichment?
Who is leader?
Define leadership. May/June 2012
What is communication? April/May 2011
State the need for communication. Nov2012
List the different types of communication flow.
Note down the various communicating networks. Nov 2012
State the advantages of democratic leadership. Nov/Dec 2010
What are the barriers involved in effective communication? Nov2012
List out the effective media in communication.
What are the important assumptions made in X theory?
Mention the various factors involved in using motivational techniques.
Mention the important of leadership.
Name the various leadership styles.May/June 2012
Part-B (16 Marks)
What do you understand by “leadership style”? Describe the different styles of leadership.
Explain why management by wandering around considered as effective communication. W
barriers to effective communications?April/May 2010
Explain the term motivation. Explain any two motivational theories.
Critically examine Maslow’s need priority model. How far up the hierarchical ladder do mos
progress?
What are the barriers of effective communication April/May 2011
UNIT V
Define control. Nov/ Dec 2010
What are the characteristics of control?
What are the disadvantages of control?Nov2012
Give some critical point standards of control?
What are the types of control?Nov2012
What is feedback control?
What are the requirements for effective control?
What are the modern techniques of control? April/May 2011
Define budgetary control? May/June 2012
Define budget?
What are the limitations of Budgeting?May/June 2012
What is Zero Base Budgets?
What are the steps involves in ZBB?
What is Internal Audit?
Define MIS
What are MIS Resources?
Define Productivity
What are the factors affecting productivity?