Exam Details

Subject Management Functions and Behaviour in Tourism
Paper
Exam / Course Master's in Tourism Management
Department School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. "Humans are by far the most critical resource of an organisation. No amount of money, materials and machines can produce results by themselves". Analyse the statement by citing examples from travel and tourism industry.

2. What is Management Information System Why should a manager understand the nature and flow of information for designing an effective MIS

3. Discuss various managerial skills and roles required for institution building. Substantiate your answer with suitable examples.

4. Elaborate the importance of Mission, Objectives and Strategy for a tourism organisation. How are these inter-related?

5. What do you mean by "Key Result Areas (KRAs) Set the objectives of KRAs in a tour operation firm.

6. Why change in the organisation is necessary? Enlist some of the changes which have affected almost all organisations in the past few decades

7. Write short notes on the following:

Degree of Decentralisation

Span of Control

8. How would you design the structure of a service organisation? Substantiate your answer with suitable examples.

9. Define constructive confrontation. What are the principles to be observed for improving the effectiveness of confrontation

10. Write short notes on the following:

Hawthorne Studies

Theory X and Y


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Accounting And Finance For Managers In Tourism
  • Human Resource Planning and Development in Tourism
  • Information Management Systems in Tourism
  • Management Functions and Behaviour in Tourism
  • Managing Entrepreneurship' And Small Business In Tourism
  • Managing Personnel in Toursim
  • Managing Sales And Promotion In Tourism
  • Marketing For Tourism Managers
  • Meetings, Incentives, Conferences And Expositions (Mice)
  • Tourism Impacts
  • Tourism Operations
  • Tourism Planning And Development
  • Tourism Products : Design and Development
  • Tourist Transport Management (Road Transport)
  • Understanding Tourism Markets