SRI ESHWAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

VI Semester
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
< MG2351 Principles of Management>
Regulations: R 2008
Question Bank
PART A

1.Define Management
2. Who is known as the father of scientific management? What is the theory behind
scientific management?
3. What are the four criticisms of the Hawthorne studies?
4. What do you understand by partnership deed?
5. Name five forms of business organizations.
6. Management and administration are different. Comment
7. Bring up the functions of a manager.
8. What do you mean by bureaucracy?
9. State the managerial roles identified by Mintzberg.
10. What is the need for management?
11. Mention any two contributions by F.W.Taylor in the field of management.
12. Write down a Mission statement for the Electrical Engineering Department of an
Engineering College started recently.
13. Define Strategy.
14. Differentiate Rule, Policy and Procedure with an example.
15. What do you understand by Key Result Areas?
16. Define MBO.
17. Explain the principle involved in goal setting.
18. What do you understand by SWOT Analysis?
19. Explain briefly business portfolio matrix.
20. Write down some of the kinds of strategies and policies.
21. What do you understand by planning premises?
22. What are the different types of decision makers ?
23. Define Adminstration.

24.Write some characteristics of management.

25.List down the scope of management.
26.What are the stages in the evolution of management thoughts ?
27.Write down the parts of a classical management theory.
28.What are the roles of management in organization ?
29. What is systems approach to management ?
30. What is scientific management ?
31. Who is known as the father of scientific management ?
32.Write Henri Fayols fourteen principles of management.
33.Explain Unity of Direction.
34.What is Authority ?
35.What is responsibility ?
36.What is scalar chain ?
37.What is meant by Espirit de Corps ?
38. What are the management levels ?
39.Write some important functions of top level management.
40.Write any two functions of middle level management.
41. What are the essential skills needed for the managers ?
42. List the functions of management.
43.What does Hawthorne Studies insist ?
44. What are the elements of systems approach to management ?
45. State managerial levels based on approach.
46.What are the challenges of management ?
47.What is Globalization ?
48. Specify the effects of Globalization.
49. What do you understand by MNC ?
50. What are the characteristics of MNC ?
51. Mention any four advantages of MNC.
52. List any four disadvantages of MNC.
PART B

1.Explain Henry Fayols 14 principles of management

2. Management is science or art. Explain
3. Explain in detail the various approaches to management

4. Explain the features/characteristics of management.

5. Write down the differences between management and administration
6. Explain a partnership deed. Also explain the different types of partners.
7. Examine the nature of management from Science and Art perspectives.
8. State and explain the major objectives of management.
9. Assess the contribution of Hawthorne experiments in the development of managerial
thinking.
10. Explain the various types of plans with relevant examples.
11. Explain the various steps involved in planning.
12. Explain the important Key Result Areas as indicated by Peter Drucker.
13. Explain the various steps involved in MBO. What are its advantages and
disadvantages?
14. Explain the MBO process. What are its advantages and disadvantages?
15. What do you understand by Objectives? What is the nature of objectives and how
to set objectives?
16. Explain the strategic planning process and the strategic management process.
17. Explain in detail the following :
(i) SWOT Analysis
(ii) TWOS Matrix
(iii) Business portfolio matrix

18. Explain the following :

(i) Organizational strategies
(ii) Corporate level strategies
(iii) Growth strategies
(iv) Generic competitive strategies
19. What are the various reasons for the failure of strategic planning?
20. What are the various reasons involved in the successful implementation of
strategies?
21. Explain the decision making process.
22. Explain the programmed and non-programmed decisions.
23. What are the various factors involved in decision making? What are the advantages
and disadvantages in group decision making?
24. Indicate the various levels of management.