DATE OF SUBMISSION 31.05.2019

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Submission date  : 13 -9-2017  

Q1	QS Ltd. Is a large company engaged in assembly of air-conditioners.Recently the company had conducted the ‘Time and ‘Motion study and concluded that on an average a worker can assemble ten air-conditioners in a day.The target volume of the company in a day is assembling of 1,000 units of air-conditioners.The company is providing attractive allowances to reduce labour turnover and absenteeism.All the workers are happy.Even the the assembly of air-conditioners per day is 800 units only.To find out the reason the company compared actual performance of each worker and observed through C.C.T.V. that some of the workers were busy in gossiping. (a)    Identify the element of management discussed above.  State  and explain those steps in the process of the function identified which are discussed in the above paragraph.
Q2	Nishant , the director of a garment company, is planning to manufacture bags through  the utilization of waste material from one of the garment units.He has decided that this manufacturing units will be set-up in a rural area of Orissa where people have very few job-opportunities and labour is available at very low rates. He has thought of giving  equal  job opportunites to men and women .For this  he wants four different heads for Sales, Accounts, Purcahse and Production.He gives an advertisement and short listed ten candidates per post after conducting different selection-tests. Identify and explain the next three steps in the selection process .Also identify the two values Nishant wants to communicate to the society .
Q3	Following communications indicate barriers to effective communication. Identify and explain  any one type of same barriers. (a)    The National sales manager during his visit to the southern  Zone,spoke to his Sales Manager (who is not familiar in Hindi) in Hindi . (b)   During a meeting, the manager was addressing to the problems of competitors’ pricing policy. The two executives were busy talking to each other about their plans for the upcoming long weekend. The manager got distracted and forgot to inform the major changes in the company’s pricing policy. (c)    The sales manager while addressing to fresh graduates explained the threats and opportunities  company was facing. He used lot of technical words he learnt in his MBA classes. (d)   Sonu Garments Ltd. follows scalar chain very strictly. No employee whatsoever may be the emergency is allowed to divert from the defined path of communication. Mohit prefers to stay away from his boss. He is always scared of what if his boss does not approve his suggestions.
Q4	Motivation is needed for less efficient employees. Do you agree with the statement ? In the light of this statement explain the importance of motivation.
Q5	The vacant positions may be filled from within the organisation or from outside the organization .In  the light of the given statement, discuss the various external sources of  recruitment available to an organization.

Submission date  : 07 -9-2017  

Q1	Mrs. Chakraborty a school principal sent out an office order stating that each floor will have  a staffroom exclusively for teachers teaching on that floor. No teacher will be allowed to sit in another staffroom. During school hours, teachers can only meet teachers of their department that too for business purposes. She wants each teacher to strictly work as per rules and directions  issued by her. Identify the type of organization in this.
Q2	Dreams can be turned into reality only when managers think in advance what to do and how to do it. Name the function of management indicated by the statement.
Q3	The understanding of the business environment enables the firms to identify opportunities. What is meant by opportunities here?
Q4	Sarika  Garments always reserves three positions in their office for physically challenged or lesser abled  individuals.  State the business objective  sarika Garments  achieves through this.
Q5	Raghav never likes his subordinates to give suggestions while he is instructing. He prefers that everyone just follow him. What type of leader is Raghav?
Q6	Infotech’s cricket team has employees from different departments. They play cricket every alternative Saturday. Since all players belong to same organization it can be considered as formal organization. Do you agree? Identify and explain any two features of this organization.
Q7	Filling vacancies from within the organization has some advantages as well as disadvantages. Explain any three such advantages as well a three disadvantages.

Submission date  : 21 -8-2017  

Q1	Explain the importance of directing.
Q2	Supervision is required for less efficient employees only .Do you agree with this statement?Justify.
Q3	Explain  the  motivation process.
Q4	Explain the need Hierarchy Theory of Maslow.
Q5	State the different leadership style.
Q6	What is autocratic Leadership? State its merits and Demerits.
Q7	State the features of democratic leadership style. List out its merits and demerits.
Q8	List out and explain the qualities of a good leader.

Submission date  : 11 -8-2017  

Q1	Define directing.
Q2	State and explain the features of directing.
Q3	Explain the principles of directing  .
Q4	State the elements in the process of directing.
Q5	“Directing is the heart of the management process.” Do you agree? Give any three reasons in            support of your answer .
Q6	You are the Personnel Manager in a company. Your supervisor tells you that the workers are efficient and hence there is no need to supervise them. Would you! agree with him? Give reasons in support of your answer

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STAFFING                                                    

Submission date  : 3-8-2017  

Q1	Explain the need and importance of staffing function of management.
Q2	Explain the steps in the staffing process.
Q3	State the functions performed by Human Resource Department.
Q4	Define recruitment. State and explain the various interna sources of recruitment.
Q5	“External sources of recruitment are better than internal sources of recruitment,” Do you agree with this statement? Give four reasons in support of your answer.
Q6	.      “It is a process of increasing knowledge and skills”. It is a process of learning and growth.” Identify two concepts and differentiate between them
Q7	Explain various external sources of recruitment.

                                                                                               

       ORGANISING                                  

       Submission date  : 25-7-2017 

Q1	“Delegation is based on the elementary principle of division of work.” Explain
Q2	Explain the importance of delegation of authority.
Q3	It  refer to the systematic delegation of authority from top management to the lower level managers. Name it and explain its importance.
Q4	Differentiate between delegation of authority and decentralisation of authority.
Q5	Differentiate between formal organisation and informal organization.
Q6	“A manager is of the view that he is not responsible for the quality of work that he has delegated to his subordinate”. Do you agree with this viewpoint? justify your answer by giving proper arguments.

                                                                                         

ORGANISING                         

 Submission date  : 17-7-2017

Q1	“The first Step in the process of organizing is identification and division of work” Why is the work divided into manageable activities?
Q2	Explain the importance of organizing as a function of management.
Q3	Sushma Ltd. is engaged in the production of marble articles. The members of the organisation have friendly relationships among them. What type of organisation is Sushma Ltd.? Explain any three benefits of developing such an organisation.
Q4	In an electrical goods manufacturing company, there are four main activities: Marketing, Production, Finance and Personnel. The General Manager is planning to structure the organisation. Which type of organisational structure should he adopt and why? Give two reasons.
Q5	Hindustan  Ltd. is manufacturing computers, soaps and textile . Which type of organizational structure would suit the requirement of such organization? State any three advantages of this organization structure?

                                                

PLANNING                                              

Submission date   11-7-2017

Q1	What is meant by ‘Pervasiveness of planning’ ?
Q2	Pl   Planning requires logical and systematic thinking rather than guess work. Which feature of planning is    highlighted here ?
Q3	H   How does planning reduce the risks of uncertainty ?
Q4	Ex Explain how controlling is not possible without planning.
Q5	Which limitation of planning suggest that the employees stop thinking and become the blind follows of plan ?
Q6	Name the type of plan which serves as a guide for overall business planning and define the future state of affairs which the organization strives to realise.
Q7	Explain the planning process.
Q8	Mc Donald co. does not give its franchise to any other co. Which is running food business. This is related to which type of plan ?
Q9	Which plan suggests acts and non-action of employees ?
Q10	Name the type of plan which is also a control device from which deviation can be taken care of.
Q11	Name the type of plan which serves as a guide for overall business planning and define the future state of affairs which the organization strives to realise.
Q12	Explain how controlling is not possible without planning.

                                                                                                                  

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT                      

Submission date   3-7-2017

Q1	Why is it important to understand the environment in shaping the future of business?
Q2	Shifts in the presence of women in the workforce come under which environment? Explain that environment
Q3	"Business environment is is easy to understand in parts separately but it is difficult to understand in totality.” Identify feature of Business environment from this statement and explain other features.
Q4	Identify dimension of business environment related to following situations: i)       (i)   It is common now to see CD-ROM’s, computerized information   kiosks, and Internet/ World Wide Web multimedia pages highlighting the virtues of products. ii)     (ii)  Demand to reserve jobs for minorities and women iii)  (iii)   Advertisements, including packets of cigarettes carry the statutory warning ‘Cigarette smoking is injurious to health’. iv)   (iv)  Money supply in the economy v)      (v) The  health-and-fitness trend has  harmed business in other industries like dairy processing, tobacco and liquor vi)   (vi)   High inflation rates generally result in constraints on business enterprises as they increase the various costs of business such as the purchase of raw materials or machinery and payment of wages and salaries vii)  The government in Hyderabad is taking keen interest in boosting IT industry as a result the state is most commonly known as Cyberabad  instead of Hyderabad
Q5	Out of liberalization, privatization & globalization, which one is associated with
	(a)     (i)  Easy movement of information and technology with rest of world (b)     (ii)  No restriction on expansion and contraction of business activities (c)     (iii)  Free flow of goods and services across nations
Q6	What has been the impact of policy changes initiated by the government on business and Industry since 1991?

                                                                                                

PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT                                        

Submission date: 23-6-2017

Q1	The directors of Bhupender Ltd., an organisation manufacturing computers, want to double the sales and have given this responsibility to their sales manager. The sales manager has no authority either to increase the sales expenses or appoint new salesmen. Hence, he could not achieve this target. Is the sales manager responsible for not achieving the target? Explain, in brief, the relevant principle in support of your answer.
Q2	.  I  Identify the technique of scientific management which are described by the statement given below:-              i.            i. When specialists supervise each worker.                      ii.   Change in the attitude of workers and management towards one another. From competition to  Co-operation.         iii.   When uniformity is introduced  in materials. Machine, tools, method of works and working conditions after, due research.
Q3	One of technique given by F.W. Taylor violates principle given by Henry Fayol. Identify that and explain.
Q4	One of technique given by F.W. Taylor is extension of   principle given by Henry Fayol. Identify that and explain
Q5	Mudit is continuously shifted from one job to another in an organisation without giving him adequate time to settle down in any department. Identify the Fayol’s principle which is violated and also list values ignored.
Q6	W    why it is said that management principles are evolutionary in nature?
Q7	Mohan always comes 1 hour late in the office and leave half an hour before the scheduled time. No penal action is taken against him. Other employees also started coming late in the office. Management is very disturbed with this and has started scolding the employees. (a) Which management principle is being violated in the given case? (b) Explain the principle. (c)  Mention one probable adverse consequence of violation of the given principle (d) State the value being ignored by employees in above case

                                                                                                   

DATE OF SUBMISSION : 12.06.2017

Q1	Shyam Computers Ltd. Is a leading company in Computer Technology and IT services. The CEO of the company  attributes the success of the company to its managerial team spirit, which helped to handle rapid changes in technologies and to transform threats into opportunities. Like any other business enterprise profits are important for survival and growth of Shyam Computers Ltd. The management of the company believes that a satisfied employee creates a satisfied customer who in turn creates profits that lead to satisfied shareholders. The company has a strong sense of social responsibility. It has  set up many educational  institutions in the field of management, engineering and computer education, in which half of the students are girls.   On the basis of  the given information about Shiva Computers Ltd answer the following : (i)                  Identify and explain the objectives of the company discussed in the above para. Also quote lines which identify the objectives. (ii)                Identify any two values which the company is trying to communicate to the society .
Q2	‘Lack of proper management results in wastage of time, money and efforts’. In the light of this statement, explain any four points of importance of management.
Q3	‘Art is the skilful and personal application of existing knowledge to achieve desired results and some kind of ingenuity and creativity is required to practice its basic principles learnt’. Pick up points from the statement and explain the same to prove that management is an art.
Q4	Kamal  ,khan and David are partners in a firm engaged in the distribution of dairy products in Madhya Pradesh. Kamal is a holder of senior secondary school certificate from CBSE with business studies as one of his elective subjects khan has done his post graduation in Hindi literature and David in dairy farming. One day there was a serious discussion between khan and David regarding the nature of management as a science. Khan argued that management was not a science whereas David was of the opinion that management was a science. Kamal intervened and corrected both khan and David about the nature of management as a science with the help of his knowledge of business studies. Explain how Kamal would have been able to satisfy both khan and David .
Q5	A ltd. Is engaged in manufacturing plastic buckets . The objective of the company is to manufacture 100 buckets a day to achieve this objective the efforts of all departments are coordinated and interlinked and authority responsibility relationship is established among various job positions. There is clarity on who is to report to whom . Name the function of management discussed above .
Q6	V LTD’s. target is to produce 10,000 shirts per month at a cost of Rs.100 per shirt . The production manager achieved this target at a cost of Rs.90 per shirt . Do you think the production manager is effective ? Give reason in support of your answer.
Q7	Your grandfather has retired from an organization in which he is responsible for implementing the plans developed by the top management . At which level of management was he working ? State one more function performed at this level  .
Q8	M LTD. Was manufacturing water heaters in the first year of its operations, the revenue earned by the company was just sufficient to meet its costs. To increase the revenue, the company analyzed the reasons for less revenue. After an analysis, the company decided (i)                  To reduce the labour cost by shifting the manufacturing unit to a backward area where labour was available at a very low rate. (ii)                To start manufacturing solar water heaters and reduce the production of electric water heater slowly.                          This will not only help in covering the risks, but in meeting other objectives too. (a)    Identify and explain the objectives of management discussed above. (b)   State any two values which the company wanted to communicate to the society.