Bharathidasan University 2007 B.B.A MANAGEMENT PRACTICE - Question Paper

B.B.A. (Banking) DEGREE EXAMINATION,
DECEMBER 2007.
MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
(2005 onwards)
Time : 3 hours Maximum : 100 marks
PART A — (5 ? eight = 40 marks)
ans any 5 ques..
1. Explain why management is regarded as only the art and science of decision-making and leadership?
2. Explain the concept of scientific management as developed by Taylor and his followers.
3. Discuss the role of planning in management.
4. Discuss the merits and limitations of establishing policies.
5. Why is an organisation structure necessary?
6. Describe Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory.
7. What is the meaning of personnel planning and define its objectives.
8. Define control and what factors make control possible?
PART B — (4 ? 15 = 60 marks)
ans any 4 ques..
9. ‘‘Management is what a manager does’’. Do you agree?
10. Define decision-making and what kinds of factors are involved in the decision-making process?
11. ‘‘Line and staff organisation seeks to make up for the deficiencies in a pure line organisation’’. Comment.
12. What is departmentation and elaborate the fundamental principles of departmentation?
13. What are the barriers of communication and how should they be tackled?
14. What are the various sources of recruitment? Enumerate the internal and external sources of recruitment.
15. Discuss the different kinds of budgets and elaborate the advantages and disadvantages of budgeting?

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