M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Business Analytics
MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES
(2016 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. What is Management?
2. What is Administration?
3. What is Esprit de corps?
4. What do you mean by time and motion study?
5. What do you mean by strategies?
6. Define planning.
7. Write short note on ''Organisation chart''.
8. Define the term ''Organisation''.
9. What is upward communication?
10. What is leadership?
Sub. Code
11
CP-8243
2
Ws9
Part B x 5 25)
Answer all questions.
11. Explain the principal, functions of management.
Or
Comment on the true nature of management. Is it a
science or an art?
12. What are the important features of a bureaucratic
administration?
Or
Give a brief account of the contribution to
management through made by Elton Mayo.
13. Explain the advantages and limitations of planning.
Or
Define decision-making. Explain the essential steps
in decision-making.
14. Explain the important principles of organising.
Or
Define authority. What is the difference between
authority and power?
15. What is the role of co-ordination in management?
How can you achieve effective coordination?
Or
What are the essentials of effective control systems?
CP-8243
3
Ws9
Part C x 10 30)
Answer all questions.
16. Discuss the importance of management in the
present day world.
Or
Briefly describe the general principles of
management as laid down by Henri Fayol.
17. What is the nature and purposes of planning?
Briefly explain the components of planning.
Or
Explain Maslow's need-Hierarchy theory.
18. Explain the principle barriers to communication
and suggest measures to make communication
effective.
Or
Explain the basic steps in the control process.
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