Sivaji College of Engineering & Technology
M.B.A DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, Internal Exam -1, October 2024
First Semester
BA4102 - MANAGEMRNT CONCEPTS AND ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
(Regula ons 2021)
Time: Three hours Maximum :100 marks
Answer ALL ques ons.
PART A - (10*2=20 marks)
1. Define Management?
2. What is the behavioral approach to management?
3. What are the major findings of Hawthorne Experiments?
4. Dis nguish between Unity of Command and Unity of Direc on?
5. Bring out any two difference between delega on and decentraliza on?
6. List various management levels with brief descrip on?
7. What do you understand by Management by Objec ve (MBO)?
8. Define Strategy?
9. Recall the scope and limita on of planning?
10. What is organiza onal structure and design?
PART B - (5*13=65 marks)
11. (a) Stat and explain the various func on of management?
Or
(b) Trace the evolu on of management thought?
12. (a) What is Henri Fayol’s 14 principles of management? Explain briefly?
Or
(b) Describe the roles managers adopt to perform the basic func ons of management?
13. (a) What are the steps involved in planning process? State the characteris cs of a sound
plan?
Or
(b) Outline the steps of management by Objec ves (MBO)?
14. (a) Explain formal and informal organiza on. Also men on the advantages of formal
and informal organiza on?
Or
(b) Iden fy elements of the external environment and internal resources of the firm to
analyses before formula ng a strategy?
15. (a) Elucidate the procedure for implemen ng effec ve control systems in an
organiza on?
Or
(b) Explain different types of decision-making in an organiza on?
PART C (1*15=15 marks)
16. Planning and Control are o en thought of as a system; control is also o en referred to
a system. What do these observa ons mean? Can both the statements be true?
Discuss.
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