Tagore Engineering College, Chennai – 600127
Department of Information Technology
GE3751/ Principals of Management PART – A
1. What are the roles a manager needs to perform in an organization?
2. What is the difference between manager and entrepreneur?
3. List the principles of scientific management
4. What is middle level management ? And explain their roles
5. Write down any eight principles of Henry Fayol
6. Define Joint Stock Company
7. What is meant by management by objectives?
8. Define the terms Strategic planning and Tactical Planning?
9. What is meant by span of control?
10. When is matrix structure appropriate to organizations?
11. State any two difference between formal and informal organization
12. What are the principles of organization structure ?
13. What is meant by career planning?
14. Why HR planning is important
15. What do you mean by job enrichment?
16. What is job design ? And give details about its approaches
17. Mention the various elements in the process of communication .
18. Define control and Mention the purpose of control.
19. How budgets are classified based on capacity .
20. Distinguish between direct and preventive control.
PART –B
UNIT I .
1. Elaborate internal and external factors affecting the organisation culture.
2. Explain the different types of business organizations with their merits and
demerits.
3. Explain Modern principles of management with suitable examples.
UNIT II
4. Discuss decision making process in detail. Also classify the different types of decisions
5. Describe the planning tools and techniques in detail.
6. Give information about the classification of strategies according to Michel Porter and
what are the characteristics of strategy ?
UNIT III
7. Define recruitment Discuss the need, process and sources of recruitment in detail.
8. Discuss the factors that affect centralisation and decentralisation. Also highlights its
merits and demerits with examples.
9. Discuss about various types of selection process towards recruitment
UNIT IV
10. Explain in detail about motivation theory of Maslow, Herzberg and McClelland.
11. Illustrate the various styles of Leadership with suitable examples.
12. Explain the barriers of communication and how to overcome the same.
UNIT V
13. Discuss budgetary and non-budgetary control techniques.
14. Define Productivity. Discuss how productivity is measured and problems in measuring
productivity of knowledge workers.
15. Discuss the steps in controlling process
PART –C
16. Analyse the trends and challenges of management in global scenario.
17. Concentration of power OR Delegation of Authority – which one is better for effective/
successful functioning of organisation – Justify your answer.
18. “Money is the only motivator for employees in an organization “ - Comment
