Gauhati University 2007 Post Graduate Diploma Business Management Final : -I - Question Paper

2007
PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
FIRST PAPER
Full Marks: 100
Time: three hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the ques.
ans all ques.
1. Write short notes on any 5 of the following: 5×5=25
(a) Management as Science vs. Management as Art
(b) Purpose of planning
(c) Management skills for various levels of management
(d) Elements of communication process
(e) Major contribution of Henry Fayol
(f) Difference ranging from leader and manager
(g) Reasons for group conflict (h) Theory X and Theory Y
2. ans any 3 of the following: 10×3=30
(a) elaborate various kinds of plan? discuss them.
(b) Distinguish ranging from verbal and non-verbal communication.
(c) How does size of a group affect its activities?
(d) Distinguish ranging from motivators and hygiene factors.
(e) discuss Kurt Lewin's force-field analysis.
3. ans any 3 of the following: 15×3=45
(a) define psychoanalytical theory of personality.
(b) elaborate the advantages and disadvantages of group decision-making? What can
management do to improve group decision-making?
(c) explain the 6 management strategies for dealing with human resistance to
change. .
(d) describe the term 'OD'. Enlist the characteristics of OD.
(e) elaborate the basic kinds of organisational structures? Briefly define every kind
with their advantages and limitations.
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