Management Principles and Applications — DU B.Com. (Hons.) Previous Year Question Papers

1. (a) Define Coordination. Discuss the Principles of effective Coordination. (9) (b) Discuss the Hawthorne Experiments and how they contributed to the development of Management Management. How can lessons from the Bhagavad Gita contribute to managerial success? (9) (b) Explain the Contingency Approach to Management. How does it differ from Classical Management Theories? (9) 2. (a) What do you understand by Objectives? Explain the nature of Objectives. (9) (b) What is meant by Bounded Rationality in decision-making? Explain how it differs from Perfect Rationality in managerial decisions. (9) (b) Define the term 'Micro Environment'. Describe its components in brief. (9) 3. (a) What is Organizational Design? Explain the factors influencing Organizational Design. (9) (b) Explain in brief the Principles of Organisation. (a) Compare and contrast Centralization and (b) Compare and contrast Formal and Informal organizational structures. (9) 4. (a) Explain the importance of Leadership in Management. Discuss different Leadership Styles. (b). Explain Managerial Control and elaborate on its process. (9) (a) Discuss Maslow's Need Hierarchy Theory. How can managers • use it to motivate employees? (b) Explain the role of Financial Ratios in Managerial Control. How do they assist in performance evaluation of an organisation? (9) (a) Effective Delegation of Authority (b) Role of Digitalisation in Contemporary (c) Entrepreneurship and its Role in Economic (d) PERT and CPM in project management (9) 3iч2e (Formal) 3il? 3tttae (Informal)