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SPM by- Dr. B. J.
Mohite
Zeal Education Society’s
Zeal Institute of Business Administration, Computer Application & Research (ZIBACAR)
Sr. No. 39, Narhe, Pune -411041, Phone No.:67206031
(Approved by A.I.C.T.E., Recognized by DTE (Govt. of Maharashtra) and Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University)
Question Bank
Q.1. Define Management and describe its essential characteristics or nature.
Q.2. Explain Management as a Science and as an Art and as a both
Q.3. Explain the various Concepts of Management.
Q.4. What do you understand by the term „Level of Management‟? Briefly describe the different levels of
management.
Q.5. Explain main Objectives of Management.
Q.6. Explain the different function of Management
Q.7. Discuss the Qualities of a Successful Manager.
Q.8. What do you mean by managerial role? Discuss the different roles that managers play in an
organization.
Q.9. What are responsibilities of Managers and discuss the importance of Management.
Q.10. What do you mean by Principles of management? Explain Principles of Management.
Q.11. Differentiate between Unity of Command & Unity of Direction.
Q.12. Write short note on Scientific Management.
Q.13. Briefly explain the Principles of Scientific Management.
Q.14. Short note on - Criticism of Scientific Management
Q.15. Define Administration. In which respect is it different from Management?
Q.16. Explain System Approach of Modern Management Theory.
Q.17. Explain Contingency approach of Management.
Q.18. Explain Bureaucratic Management and its Characteristics.
Q.19. Explain Classical perspective of Management and basic principles laid down by Classical School
Q.20. Discuss in detail the social responsibility of business towards its different stakeholders.
Q.21. Explain Social Responsibly of Business?
Q.22. Define Planning and Explain its characteristics?
Q.23. Explain briefly the steps involved in planning process.
Q.24. Discuss Merits and Demerits of Planning.
Q.25 Explain basic significance of planning?
Q.26. What is meant by Management by Objectives? Discuss its Advantage & Limitations.
Q.27. Describe the process of Management by Objective?
Q. 28. Explain Decision Making and its types?
Q.29. Explain Decision Making & Step involved in Decision Making
Q.30. Define Organization and steps involved in performing Organizational Activity?
Q. 31 Discuss the importance of Organizing Function?
Q.32. Explain main Principles of Organization.
Q.33. Explain Classification of Organization and explain its relation also?
Q.34 What do you mean by the Line organization its features and its merits and demerits?
Q.35. What do you mean by Line & Staff organization, explain its features and merits and demerits?
Q.36. What do you mean by Functional organization, explain its features and merits and demerits?
Q.37. Explain Delegation of Authority and its elements?
Q.38. Discuss the steps perform by the manager in Delegation of Authority.
Q.39. Distinguish between „Authority and Responsibility?
Q.40. Explain the Importance of Delegation?
Q.41. Explain the Principles of Delegation of Authority
Q.42. What do you mean by Centralization & Decentralization?
Q.43. Distinguish between Delegation & Decentralization?
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Q.44. What is Directing function of Management? Briefly discuss its characteristics.

Q.45. Explain Importance of Directing as Managerial function.
Q.46. What do you mean by Supervisor, Explain the Role of Supervisor?
Q.47. Explain the Functions of Supervisors?
Q.48. What is leadership, explain the characteristics of Leadership?
Q.49. Discuss Importance of Leadership.
Q.50. What are the roles performed by the Leader?
Q.51. Discuss Qualities of a Leader in an Organization.
Q.52. Explain Leadership & Management – Relationship and Differences.
Q.53. Explain important Leadership Styles.
Q.54 Explain the Trait theory of Leadership and its strength and Limitations.
Q. 55. Write Short note on- Behavioral Theories.
Q.56. Write Short note on Role theory.
Q.57. Write Short note on Managerial grid.
Q.58. What is Co-ordination? Discuss its importance in Business Enterprises.
Q.59. Distinguish between Coordination & Cooperation.
Q.60. What do you mean by Controlling? Explain the features of Controlling.
Q.61. Explain the Controlling Process.
Q.62. Explain relation between planning and controlling.
Q.63 Define Span of Control? Explain the factors that may affect span of control.
Q 64. Write short notes on: (any four)
(a) Social responsibility of Business
(b) Span of Management
(c) Decision Making
(d) Coordination
(e) Direction
(f) Span of control
Q 65. “Planning is an intellectual process, the conscious determination of course of action, the basing of
decisions on purpose, facts and considered estimates”. Discuss the statement what step are involved in
planning process.
Q66. What is departmentation? Describe the various bases of departmentation. What scheme of
departmentation you will suggest for a large marketing organization operating all over the country
and why?
Q67. What are the various theories of leadership? Which theory seems to justify the leadership in
democratic countries like India? Give reasons for the answer.
Q 68. Read the case carefully and answer the following questions:
Like most steel companies, Bangalore Alloy Steel suffered difficult times in the decade of 1990s. In a
companywide attitude survey, in 1995, it was found that, a number of frustrated middle managers felt
that the company’s unattractive pay structure caused low employee morale. The Chief Executive
Officer of the company, Dinesh was not impressed by the survey report and didn’t care for the
opinion of middle managers. As a result, the executives were disillusioned.
Dinesh had been a financial specialist, and the board of directors assigned him the top job because
though this financial experience could improve the financial situation of the company. At first, the
move seemed a good one, Dinesh used his financial know-how to arrange creative financing for the
company’s debt, but that did not solve other serious problems.
Dinesh was a numbers man with few people skills and he proved to be a poor planner. He tried to
diversify and re-organize the structure which was not comfortable with face to face communications
and he issued periodic memos exhorting employees to increase productivity. All employees, including
both blue-collar and white collar employees blamed Dinesh for the heavy losses of the company. Top
management kept middle management at a distance and became isolated and ineffective.
(a) Which of the management functions does Dinesh perform well?
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(b) Which of the management functions does be perform unsatisfactory?

(c) What do you think should be the role of middle management in this situation?
(d) What do you think Dinesh should have done?
Q 69. “To effectively cope with the demands of diversifying and expanding responsibilities, as a manager
moves up in hierarchy of the managerial positions the manager needs to update his skills to do justice
with the changing roles in an organizational set up”. Elaborate this statement and briefly discuss the
underlying concepts with examples.
Q70. Differentiate between individual and group Decision- making. Briefly discuss how the barriers to
effective decision making can be overcome.
Q 71. What are the elements, problems and prerequisites of effective delegation, discuss with suitable
example.
Q72. Define „leadership‟. Explain the importance of leadership in management.
Q73. What managerial skills are required at different levels of management and why? Briefly discuss the
roles of top level executive in an organization
Q74. Write short notes on any two of the following:-
 Control Technique
 Span of control
 scientific management
 Social responsibilities of Business
 Co-ordination
 Planning
Q75. Mr. S.K. Tosaniwal, the newly appointed chairman of L.P. Airlines, observed that the strategies of
the company were irrelevant to the trends of the external environment. He thus decided to develop the
best strategies to gain competitive advantage for the company.
What are the different levels of strategies that can be framed by L.P. Airlines to fight the competition?
Q76. Who are managers? What do managers do ? How will you reconcile management functions and
managerial roles?
Q77. What is Bureaucracy ? Differentiate between scientific approach and Behaviroual approach to
management. Which approach is more suitable in present scenario?
Q78. Write short notes on:
(a) Strategic Planning
(b) Policies
(c) Bounded Rationality
Q79. (i) „Informal organization is detrimental to the interests of formal organization and, therefore, it is an
evil to be nipped in the bud itself.
(ii) “Decentralization is not necessarily good, nor centralization necessarily bad”.
Q80. What do you understand by “Leadership style” ? Can you explain Leadership styles on a continuum ?
If so, how?
Q81. Define control. Explain briefly.
(i) Concurrent control
(ii) Feed forward control
(iii) Strategic point control and
(iv) PERT
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