UNIT I

INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
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What is Management?
Define: Management.
Write some characteristics of Management?
Write any two points favor for management as a
science
5) What is time study?
6) What is motion study?
7) What is authority?
8) What is responsibility?
9) Comment: Management is both A science and an art
10) What is centralization?
11) What is decentralization?
12) What is Esprit-de-corps?
13) Write some important functions of top level
management?
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14) Write some important functions of top level

management?
15) Write the functions of management?
16) What are essential skills needs for the manager?
17) Define Scientific Management.
18) Who is (i) an active partner (ii) a sleeping partner?
19) Define sole trade?
20) What is partnership?
21) What is Joint Stock Company?
22) What is private limited company?
23) White is a co-operative society?
24) What is a Public Corporation?
25) What is a Public limited company?

Explain the principle of F.W.Taylor theory.

Explain the Henry Fayol management theory.
What are the major functions of management explain.
Explain management is an art or science both science and art.
Explain the types of business organization.
What are the various environmental factors that a manager should consider in an
Outline the various forms of Business organizations.

UNIT II
PLANNING
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Define planning.
What is the main objective of planning?
Define Mission
Define objectives
Important observations subjected about planning?
What are the factors to be considered while formulating
strategies?
7) Define policies
8) What is procedure?
9) What is programme?
10) Define budgets.
11) What is tows metrics?
12) Defining planning premises?
13) What are the steps involved in strategic planning?
14) State the two approaches of objectives.
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Explain the types of strategies.

What are different types of plans?
Give an account of various steps involved in planning?
Describe the different objectives of planning?
Explain briefly the benefits and weakness of MBO?
Explain the rational decision making model?
Explain in detail the decision making process.

15) Name any two important procedures in organization.

16) What is objective?
17) What is MBO?
18) What is meant by strategy?
19) What are the major kinds of strategies and policies?
20) Write down any four factors which lead to fail of
strategic planning.
21) What is planning premises?
22) What are the practices made in making effective
premising?
23) Explain the term decision and decision making?
24) How would you evaluate the importance of a decision?
25) Mention the three approaches generally adapted by
managers in selections an alternative?

UNIT III
ORGANIZING
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Define Organizing
What do you understand by effective organizing?
What is the purpose of Organization?
What is organizing?
How informal organization characteristics differ from
formal organization?
6) What is span control?
7) What is matrix structure?
8) How can we define power?
9) What is line authority and staff authority?
10) What is an Organizational chart?
11) What are the different bases of power?
12) Define staffing.

13) Define Human resource planning.

14) What is job analysis?
15) What is job design?
16) Define: Recruitment
17) What is selection?
18) What is grading method?
19) What is mean by resources allocation?
20) Define the Peter Principle.
21) Define: Training
22) Define; Organizational conflict.
23) What is managerial grid?
24) What is meant by the term directing?
25) List down the human factors in managing?

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Describe the steps in rational decision making?

Explain how formal organization is different from informal organization
Discuss about the factors determining an effective span of management
Write short note on types of departmentation and matrix organization
Explain the concept of functional authority. How do you delegate?
Explain the concept of decentralization?

UNIT IV
DIRECTING
2 Mark Questions
1) Define Direction.
2) Define creativity.
3) State two important characteristics of Directing.
4) Mention the importance of Leadership.
5) Name the various leadership styles.
6) What is Laissez faire?
7) List out the human factors in managing.
8) What are the advantages of democratic leadership?
9) What is a SCAMPER tool?
10) What is meant by reframing matrix?
11) State the function of mind mapping tool?
12) Mention the use of DO IT process for creativity?
13) Differentiate innovation and invention.

14) What is Communication?

15) Mention the various elements in the process of
communication
16) Differentiate Innovation and Invention.
17) What are the steps involved in simplex tool?
18) List the different types of communication flow
19) How can be harmonizing objectives achieved?
20) What are the barriers of communication?
21) Define multiplicity of roles.
22) What is meant by Brain storming?
23) Define motivation
24) Names the steps involved in motivation process.
25) What are the types of motivation?

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Explain the concept of motivation.

Write short note on Maslows hierarchy of needs
Explain different styles of leadership based on authority
Explain the qualities required for effective leadership
What are the barriers of effective communication? Explain them.
Discuss the importance of communication in a modern industrial organization.
Explain the theories of leadership.

UNIT V
CONTROLLING
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Define control?
Why need of control in the organization?
Why need of control in the organization?
What are the Inter relationship between planning and
end with control?
5) What is Feedback Control?
6) What is management by exception?
7) List out the features of controlling.
8) What are the basic steps involved in the process of
controlling?
9) What is concurrent control?
10) What is feed forward control?
11) What are the benefits of Control?

12) What is direct labour Budget?

13) What is fixed Budget?
14) What is flexible budget?
15) What is Internal Audit?
16) Define Productivity?
17) Define: OR
18) What is JIT?
19) What is value engineering?
20) What is preventive control?
21) Define: Multinational Corporation?
22) What is ethnocentric attitude?
23) What is polycentric attitude?
24) What is geocentric attitude?

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Explain the steps in the process of controlling.

Explain the role of MIS play at various levels of management
What are the effective steps for direct control and preventive control?
What are the factors affect the operations of the multinational enterprises
Explain a unified global theory of management.
Explain the techniques in Budgetary and non-budgetary Control.
Explain the problems in measurement of productivity of knowledge workers