Principles and Practices of Management
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF MANAGEMENT
Subject Code – B-101
Section A:
PART ONE
Multiple choice questions with single response: Q1. A | | Q6. C | Q2. B | | Q7. B | Q3. D | | Q8. D | Q4. A | | Q9. A | Q5. A | | Q10. D |
PART TWO
Short notes type questions:
Q1. Differentiate between ‘Administration’ and ‘Management’
The Major differences between the Administration and Management can be summed up as below: * Administration frames the objectives and policies of an organization, whereas management does work hard to put into practice these policies and objectives. * Administration is determinative in character while management is executive in character.
* Administration is the body that takes vital decisions of an organization, whereas management too takes decisions, but confines them to a certain framework only.
* Administrators are found in government, educational and religious bodies whereas managers are found in business firms.
* Administration mainly involves planning and organizing functions and the Management mainly involves motivating and controlling functions even thou the planning & organizing is part of the Management.
Q2. What are the drawbacks in classical and Neo classical theories of management?
The major draw backs of Classical theories are as below:
* This theory is based on certain assumptions and these assumptions were found unrealistic and hence not applicable to organizations at later date. * This system viewed the organization as a closed system and hence no interaction with the outside world. * This theory took a rigid and static view of the organization where as an organization is not static but dynamic. * This theory ignored the complexities of human behavior at work, it assumed that the human beings as inert machines who performs tasks assigned to them and ignored their social, psychological and motivational
Subject Code – B-101
Section A:
PART ONE
Multiple choice questions with single response: Q1. A | | Q6. C | Q2. B | | Q7. B | Q3. D | | Q8. D | Q4. A | | Q9. A | Q5. A | | Q10. D |
PART TWO
Short notes type questions:
Q1. Differentiate between ‘Administration’ and ‘Management’
The Major differences between the Administration and Management can be summed up as below: * Administration frames the objectives and policies of an organization, whereas management does work hard to put into practice these policies and objectives. * Administration is determinative in character while management is executive in character.
* Administration is the body that takes vital decisions of an organization, whereas management too takes decisions, but confines them to a certain framework only.
* Administrators are found in government, educational and religious bodies whereas managers are found in business firms.
* Administration mainly involves planning and organizing functions and the Management mainly involves motivating and controlling functions even thou the planning & organizing is part of the Management.
Q2. What are the drawbacks in classical and Neo classical theories of management?
The major draw backs of Classical theories are as below:
* This theory is based on certain assumptions and these assumptions were found unrealistic and hence not applicable to organizations at later date. * This system viewed the organization as a closed system and hence no interaction with the outside world. * This theory took a rigid and static view of the organization where as an organization is not static but dynamic. * This theory ignored the complexities of human behavior at work, it assumed that the human beings as inert machines who performs tasks assigned to them and ignored their social, psychological and motivational