Short questions: 1. What is the purpose of management? 2. What are operative functions of management? 3. What is SWOT analysis? 4.

What are the steps in decision making? 5. Define 'span of management . 6. What is 'line' and' staff' concept? 7. What is systems approach to management? 8. Why decentralization is required? 9. What is concurrent control? 10. What are kaizens? 11. From where do managers derive ethical values? 12. What is meant by 'Management Theory Jungle'? 13. Why does management practice require a 'Systems Approach'? 14. What do you understand by 'Mission'? Can a small organization have a mission statement? Justify your answer. 15. Why are many decisions made by groups rather than by individuals? . . 16. What do you understand by 'Bounded Rationality'? 17. Which factors determine the span of management? 18. How does line and staff organization structure differ from pure line organiz ation structure? 19. Explain 'Feedback Control'. 20. What is the role of 'delegation of authority' in the controlling process? 21. What is the purpose of management? 22. Define planning. 23. What are the advantages of management by objectives? 24. What are the steps in decision making process? 25. Define Policy? 26. What is centralization? 27. Differentiate between authority and power' 28. What is the significance of coordination? 29. What is feed forward control? 30. What are motivational factors in Herzberg's theory? 31. What is human resources perspective approach? 32. What are various types of management skill? 33. What do you understand by operational goal? 34. What are the characteristics of scientific approach? 35. What do you mean by motivation? 36. What is the contribution of Henry Fayol? 37. What is the role of socio-cultural in business environment? 38. What do you understand by corporate culture? 39. What is the purpose of feedback in management? 40. Why performance appraisal required? 41. Define Management. 42. What are the principles of Taylor's scientific management? 43. What is systems approach to management? 44. What is a strategy? 45. Differentiate between programmed and non-programmed decisions. 46. What is span of management? 47. What is the concept of delegation? 48. Why coordination is important? 49. What are the objectives of control? 50. Define Brain-storming 51. Define Management by objectives 52. Line v/s Staff function 53. Define Forecasting 54. Define Decentralization 55. Define Concurrent Control 56. Define Creativity

57. Define Management as a social system 58. Define Portfolio matrix 59. Define Decision tree 60. What are management feature as a process? 61. What is nature of business management? 62. Is management an art? 63. Name the two contributions of F.W. Taylor? 64. How did McGregor contribute to the field of management? 65. What do we mean by MBO? 66. What is portfolio matrix? 67. Can creativity be taught? Explain. 68. Explain the features of Japanese management. 69. Distinguish between responsibility and accountability. 70. What is importance of co-ordination in management ? 71. What do you mean by gang plank? 72. Give an overview of functional area of management. 73. What do you mean by Managerial skills? 74. What does contingency approach to management conveys? 75. Define rule with example. 76. Define Key Result Areas. 77. Define Corporate Social Responsibility. 78. Define Business Ethics. 79. What do you mean by functional foremanship? 80. Explain organizing. 81. Explain the principles of co-ordination. 82. Explain the nature and scope of management 83. Which are the different types of plans? 84. Define planning. 85. Differentiate between open and closed systems. 86. Define ethical dilemmas. 87. Define operational planning. 88. What do you mean by forecasting/ 89. Which are the levels of strategy? 90. Define tactical decisions. 91. Explain the three approaches for choosing an alternative. 92. Explain the decision making conditions. 93. Explain the types of span of management. 94. Define coercive power. 95. Define line and staff conflict. 96. What do you mean by planning premises? 97. Differentiate between long term and short term planning. 98. Explain define unity of command. 99. What do you mean by business outsourcing? 100. Define TQM. 101. Explain the McKinsey's 7-S approach to management. 102. What do we mean by SWOT analysis? Explain portfolio matrix. 103. List the reasons for decentralization. Explain the types of decentralizatio n. 104. Explain the concept of control? How do we set objectives, establish standar ds, measure performance & correct deviations? 105. Distinguish between the contribution of Elton Mayo and Max Weber. 106. What is delegation of authority? What are the principles we should follow i n delegation of authority? 107. What was the Hawthorne experiment? Why it was conducted and what was its re sult? 108. Planning is pervasive in nature, Explain with a suitable example? Also expl ain the decision making process? 109. Do you agree with this statement that" if a right person at right job with right privileges, pertaining job with right methods can be more productive for t he organization". If yes justify your answer with suitable example.

110. Why to delegate the responsibilities and authorities among the employees of various level of the management hierarchy? Also explain the term span of control and its relationship with size of the company? 111. Discuss the' relationship between planning and controlling? What are the va rious methods to know the gaps between standards and actual output? 112. Differentiate the following: a. Tactical goal with Strategic goal. b. Administration and Management. 113. Explain the nature and Scope of management. 114. Discuss Elton Mayo's contribution to management thought? 115. Explain the process of strategic planning. 116. Discuss different bases of departmentation and explain their merits and dem erits. 117. Explain modern techniques of control. 118. Compare Japanese and American practices of management. 119. Can a person without subordinates be referred as a manager? Explain with th e help of roles/functions that make him a manager. 120. Draft a Strategic Planning Process for a domestic soft drinks company that is willing to penetrate in a rural/suburban market and is facing severe threats from multinational giant companies. 121. How might the manager of a restaurant use concurrent controls to ensure tha t the restaurant is providing customers with the highest quality food and servic e? What feedback controls could be useful? Justify your answers. 122. Explain why some companies have organized along product lines and others ha ve territorial departments. Exemplify your answers. 123. Describe the methods for ensuring effective coordination in an organization . 124. Explain the process of decision making under certainty and under uncertaint y. 125. Discuss the scope of management and explain whether management is a Science or an art? 126. Discuss the contributions of Elton Mayo towards the development of Manageme nt thought. 127. Discuss the process of planning and explain its types. Discuss the traditio nal approaches to decision making. 128. What are the common reasons for failure of delegation? Explain how to make delegation effective. 129. Explain features of Chinese management 130. Explain the functions of a manager. 131. Discuss Fayol's contribution to the development of management thought. 132. "Delegation is not complete without a clear understanding of duties, author ity and obligation." Explain the statement and suggest the ways to make' delegat ion effective. 133. Define organizing. Explain different bases of departmentation. 134. Discuss various factors that make coordination difficult. 135. Explain the main features of Japanese Management. 136. Explain the systems theory of management. In what ways is it advancement ov er the classical and human behavior approach? 137. Decision making is the primary task of the management . Discuss this statement and explain the process of decision-making. 138. What do you mean by Management by Objectives ? What are the different steps involv ed in it? 139. Distinguish between line and staff functions. What are the main difficultie s in the smooth relationship between line and staff officials in an enterprise? How can they be removed? 140. What do you mean by Span of Management? Discuss the factors determining eff ective span-situation approach. 141. The objective function of a business is to maximize profits. It has nothing to do with the social responsibilities . Do you agree with this? Explain? 142. Is management a science or an art? Explain thoroughly.

143. Explain thoroughly the managerial roles & responsibility of a professional manager. 144. What do you mean by business ethics? Why business ethics are important for any organization? 145. Every enterprise is a system . Explain this statement in light of Systems Approach by Chester Barnard. 146. What are the features of Scientific school of Management by F.W. Taylor? 147. Explain the different types of organizations in detail. 148. Compare Japanese and Chinese practices of management. 149. Explain the various types of plans. 150. Explain in detail the Behavioral approach of management.