INSTRUCTION I) ANSEWRS THE FOLLOWING

QUESTIONAS ACCORDINGLY

GROUP ONE
1. Provide a note on various management thoughts and approaches which are mainly
applicable or appropriate in present context.
2. Critically examine and explain how political; social; economic; and technological forces
contributed to evolved lessons in management thoughts.
3. Weber’s ideal bureaucracy suggested strict adherence to rules and regulations, this lead
to redtapism in the organization. Discuss how strict adherence to rules and regulations
causes poor work environment.
4. Classical theory viewed organization as closed system in which environmental dynamics
and their effect on management have been discounted. Provide your professional critics
on this view and justify why it is relevant or irrelevant in the contemporary world.
5. Why is it important for every manager to understand the many different management
theories that have been develop? Describe various School of Thoughts prevalent from
time to time. Which school of management thoughts makes the most sense to you? Why?

GROUP TWO

 The question ‘where should a planning start?’ has been a center of debate for so
long.
 Based on your view, which approach of planning (top-down or bottom-up) is
suggested for what kind of organizations?
 Which one do you think is generally more valuable than the other for companies
operating under the contemporary business environment? Why?

 What is the difference between line and functional authority, by giving examples?
GROUP THREE
1. Analyze and evaluate organizational design of your company/organization in
which you work and determine its conveniences for the current management
issues.
2. Examine different management models and propose how they affect
management practice and recommend management models which you think are
relevant for your organization.
3. Evaluate a given model of leadership and/or management for its usefulness in
guiding effective decision making
4. Explain why the choice of technology is such an important strategic decision for
an organization (mention its contribution in increasing productivity, efficiency,
profitability, quality decision, managing corporate undertaking, service quality)
5. Provide examples demonstrating how ensuring sustainability work practices
contributes to sustainability in business and growh.

GROUP FOUR
1. Critically evaluate how success and failure in practice of basic management functions
affect the organization. Support with real local examples.
2. Analytically examine this statement “Management starts from planning and ends up with
controlling". Provide your own experiences in your work place .
3. Sometimes, planning fails to achieve the expected results. Mention causes of failure of
planning and suggest remedies to overcome failure factors.
4. "Managerial planning seeks to achieve a coordinated structure of operations". Comment.

5."Without planning an enterprise would soon disintegrate, its actions would be as random
as leaves scampering before an autumn wind, and its employee as confused as ants in an
upturned ant hill". Comment
GROUP FIVE

1. Choose an organization you are familiar with and critically evaluate effect of its
hierarchical nature and Bureaucratic structures on the performance.
2. Undertake a thorough assessment on the effect of group and individual relationships on
employees productivity; satisfaction; motivation, tenure period; productivity and
organizational competitiveness.
3. “Organization is an important tool to achieve organizational objectives," Critically
comment and support with real work place experiences.
4. Select any public or private company, and perform the following staffing related
managerial function: Recruitment, Selection, Training, Developing, Promotion and
Compensation of Personnel.

GROUP SIX

1. Evaluate abilities of your leader’s at work place using the following leadership
competencies:
• Interpersonal Skills; Conflict Management; Decision-Making; Political Skills;
Influence Skills; Managing change; Integrity; Self-discipline; Communication;
Trustworthiness; Teamwork; Problem-solving; Strategic Perspective; Building
Collaborative Relationships; Compassion and Sensitivity
2. Critically evaluate leadership styles which are predominantly applicable in your
organization/work place(Autocratic leadership; Laissez-faire leadership;
Transactional Leadership; Transformational leadership). Write your work place
experiences about styles you selected.
3. Trust and employee engagement go hand-in-hand; empowered workers are more
likely to take initiative on their own. Critically examine how leadership styles and
communication skills influence employee organizational commitment and
performance.
4. What are the essential differences between being an effective manager & an effective
leader? Support with practical examples basing your work place experiences.

GROPU SEVEN
1. Is The Manager’s Job Universal? Why?
2. Some organizations before properly develop sound plan, they launch organization and lead to
fail. So organization should give due consideration for setting sound plan.
a. What are the contents that should be included in the sound plan?
b. What are the reasons for setting sound plan?
c. What are the benefits of having sound plan?
d. How we can make our plan effective?)
e. What are the barriers to make our plan ineffective?
3. Define authority in organizational context and explain its sources. Discuss delegation of
authority and elements of delegation
4. Define motivation and explain its characteristics. Discuss the early motivation theories with
examples
5. What is decision making? Explain the decision making process and decision making
conditions.
6. Why organizations perform controlling managerial functions? Explain the importance of
controlling functions by giving appropriate examples. Identify and explain the types of
controlling?
7. Briefly discuss the experiments of Hawthorne studies

GROPU EIGHT

1. Compare and contrast leadership and management detail. Also, discuss the skills required
on the part of managers to properly carryout their assigned duties and responsibilities

2. Can a manager do without planning? Justify it. Besides, illustrates barriers to proper
planning
3. What is the decision making? Explain the decision making process and decision making
conditions/situations. Further, identify some of the reasons why managers make poor
decision).
4. What is leadership? Who is a leader and what are the qualities of an effective leader? Why
leaders influence others? Furthermore, explain the leadership styles