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Principles of Management Question bank

 

Q. 1. What is `management' ? Discuss the importance of management in modern business organisations.

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Define 'management'. What is the importance of management in today's business world ?

Business Environment

 

Q. 1.  Define environment and explain various critical elements of macro-economic environment Also examine the interaction between economic and non-economic environment.

Q.2. Explain the trends in industrial policy in India.  What measures have been taken recently to liberate the industry  from excessive controls?

Q.3.  Discuss the problem of poverty in India.  What measures has the Government taken for the removal of poverty in India?

Financial Management QUESTION BANK

                                                              Financial Management question bank 

Repeated questions for all indian universities

                                                         

 

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT QUESTION BANK

Q1. Why should an organisation introduce a grievance procedure ? Explain the pre-requisites      of a grievance procedure briefly outline the features of a grievance procedure and the steps in grievance handling.

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Briefly outline the features of a grievance procedure and the steps involved in grievance handling.

Q2. Why should organisations have formal grievance procedure

 

Q. 1  Distinguish between formal and Informal Organization

Q.2. Distinguish between line organisation vs. Line & Staff organisation.

Q.3. What do you understand by (i) line organisation (ii) Functional organisation and (iii) Staff organisation?

Discuss their advantages and disadvantages. What are the likely sources of conflict between line and Staff in an organisation?

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR QUESTION BANK

Q1.(a). In Human Relations Movement, according to Fred Luthans three major events took place, describe these with suitable examples.

(b).  Define Organizational Behaviour, what are the basic assumptions, which you come across during the study of this subject.

Q2.      (a).  Enumerate the basic Fundamental Concepts of Oranizational Behaviour. Also, give out various 4 models with facets one can read in this subject study.

(b).  Describe the theory of unconscious behaviour as shaped by Sigmund Freud. Give out the characteristics of needs or motives, which are directed to satisfy by Human behaviour

Marketing management question bank

 

Q 1. What is product life cycle? Explain its various stages

Q 2: Write Short not on Elements of Marketing Mix

Q. 3 Write Short note on Advertising and Publicity

Strategic Management question bank

Q1.  Why should a company have Mission Statement ?  Discuss its role and functions.  Give examples of mission statements in relation to any three of the following organisations:

A corporate hospital in the private sectorA specialised professional educational and training institution in the Government sectorA technical and management consulting firm in the private sector.A electric supply undertaking in the Government sector

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Briefly explain 7-S Framework.  In what way can the framework be helpful in strategic formulation and implementation?

 

Industrial relations question bank

Q.1. (i)  Explain the determinants of  union  management relations.  Suggest with the help of anexample measures for improving union  management relations in organisations.

(ii)   Describe the influence of International Labour Organisation (ILO) on industrial relations system in India.

Q.2. (i)    Describe the genests and state of the present structure of trade unions in India.

(ii)    Evaluate the status of internal leadership in unions in Indian industries.  Can external leadership influence health of industrial relations. ?

Security and portfolio management

Q 1 Analyse the role of Self-regulation in Indian Securities Market. Between the Self-regulation and Legislative regulation, which is more relevant for India and why?

Q 2  Most of the technical indicators make sense when viewed individually but when one examines many technical indicators simultaneously, the interpretation of their collective meaning is often contradictory and confusing Analyse this statement with the help of suitable examples.

Q 3 Compare and contrast the Fundamental Analysis and the Technical Analysis.  Between these  two, which one you consider superior and more realistic in the context of Indian Securities  Market, explain fully.

Q 4 An investor wants to invest some of his surplus money in securities. Discuss, in detail, the various steps that are involved in his investment decision making process.

International Financial management

 

Q.1 Answer the following questions:

(a) Define exposure, differentiating between accounting and economic exposure.

(b) Describe at least three circumstances under which economic exposure is likely to exist.

Management of financial services

 

Q.1 Discuss the Economic and Financial functions of the Financial Market? explain the role played by the reserve bank  of India in regulating the money market in India.

 

Q.2 Explain the financial activities which come in the ambit of merchant Banking? What is  the code of conduct laid down by SEBI which the merchant bankers have to abide by?

Employment Relations question Bank  

 

 

Q.1Explain various approaches of grievance resolution. Describe the role of HR department ingrievance  redressal procedure in your organization or any organization you are familiar with. Discuss the advantages of formal mechanism of grievance redressal. Briefly describe the organization you are referring to.

Q.2Define Discipline.  Describe the disciplinary action procedure which has taken place in your organisation or any organisation you are familiar with.  Suggest measures to improve it.

 

Managerial Economics Question bank

 

Q. 1 Define Management Economic. Discuss the nature and scope of Managerial economics.

Q.3 What do you mean by discriminating monopoly. Explain the price and output determination is discriminating monopoly.Q. 4 Write short  note on:-(i)       Opportunity costReplacement and Historical costIncremental costs and Sunk costsPast and Future costShort run vs Long run Costs.

Q. 5  Distinguish between Accounting Profit and Economic Profit

Consumer behaviour  Question Bank

 

Q.1      Briefly explain the VAL II lifestyles approach. How in your view is this explanation of         lifestyles segments useful in development of marketing strategy?

Q.2      How does the knowledge of personality help marketers develop suitable marketing             communication? How will you as a marketer use the knowledge of consumer personality to  develop  advertisement campaigns Describe in each case how the knowledge of personality has been applied.

Q.3      What do you understand by motivational conflict?  Talk friends/close  associates about some of their recent purchases and collect from their examples of

Business Statistics top short questions

Comment: “Mean is unbiased estimator and standard deviation is a biased estimator”.Comment: “Poisson is a limiting form of Binomial distribution."The value of index can be obtained with the help of different methods, but that method is the best which satisfies Time Reversal' and factor 'reversal test'. Comment."Different formulae, to find the value of index, are used in different situations." Comment.Comment on “Laspeyre's has upward bias and Paasche's has downward bias."Comment on "Fisher's index is ideal because it satisfies time reversal and factor reversal test".Comment: "Coefficient of correlation is independent of change of origin and change of scale, whereas regression coefficients are independent of change of origin but not change of scale."“A correlation coefficient r=0.8 indicates a relationship twice as close to r=0.4” Comment.Do you agree with the following statement and comment: "Dispersion indicates the variations round the value of mean, and skewness and kurtosis indicate the nature of variations round the value of means, whether they are symmetrical or not."Comment: "Measures of dispersion and central tendency are complementary to each other in highlighting the characteristics of a frequency distribution.""A cat was sitting on the floor of the house and looking for rats in the kitchen." Count the number of letters in each word of the above statement and make a frequency table (i) of the discrete type (ii) of continuous type by taking the suitable size of the class interval."Every average has its own peculiar characteristics. It is difficult to say which average is the best." Comment.Comment  "Statistics is the science of averages."Comment  "Statistics is a scientific method."Comment  "Statistics is a body of methods for making wise decision in the face of uncertainty."Comment  "Statistics affects everybody and touches life at many points. It is both a science and an art"Comment  "Statistics can prove any thing."Comment  "Proper function of statistics is to enlarge individual experience."Comment "Statistics does study quantitative variable and does not .study qualitative variable."Comment: "Large number of figures are more consistent as compared to small number of figures".

Materials Management questions bank1. "Management synchronises with the control of very systems, procedures, methods, techniques and tools. and materials which are truly effective instruments in serving the enterprise." Is it really so ? Discuss the Statement in the light of the statement. Your emphasis should be on 'Management inRelation to Materials'. 2. Is It true to say that integrated materials management is better placed for manoeuvring the cost curve ? Explain. 3. Is there any difference between conventional approach and modern approach to materials management organisation? Illustrate with the help of charts. 4. 'Organisation in Reality' is a caption. You are to take an imaginary situation and prepare an organisation chan accordingly. Also explain the difference between theoretical approaches in this chapter and your own approach. Is there any material difference? Account for the digerenas. 5. "It is not enough merely to climb over these obstacles : the climbing has to be better and quicker than good 'enough', and it is 'this good enough' which the materials manager has to search and go for." Elucidate the statement. 6. "Having guarded against the survival aspect by interpreting. analysing and then forecasting, thematerials manager is loaded with the responsibility of ensuring reasonable profit to the undertaking." Is the statement true? How far a materials manager is responsible for ensuring a profit margin ? Why should he be made so responsible ? 7. "Materials planning is a part of production planning." Do you apes? Differentiate between the two. Explain the factors affecting materials planning substantially. 8. "Standardisation promotes ,'the interest of the consumer and serves the purpose of the producer." Elucidate the statement. 9. "If anything can go wrong ; it will," "Of the things that can't go wrong, some will." Murphy's Laws Comment lucidly in the light of the necessity and importance of inventory control. 10. Comment on the necessity of having an Economic-order Quantity and illustrate. 11. How far the computers are successful in stock saving ? "The radical change from a manual system to complete computerisation of stock control brings new problems, frustration and even failures." Comment on the statement taking India as a test case in the matter. 12. "The contribution (of Materials Management) can best be measured by the amount by which it has been able to reduce the cost and control the inventory." How far do you subscribe to thisstatement ? Can you say that this evaluation philosoply is not conducive to the growth of materials management as a service function. 13. "The function of stores control is perhaps the least glamorous of all aspects of materials management and is yet so necessary and important." Comment. 14. "The success with which the stores department is functioning is determined by the quantum of saving induced by it by way of consuming less time, employing less labour and spending less in operations." Do you subscribe ? In the light of the above statement explain the factors which are responsible for making the storekeeping a success. 15. "Storekeeper vs cashier". Is this a meaningful dialogue? Explain. 16. How will you decide, the location of a storehouse for you. industrial unit the top management of which is insistent on having a centralised storehouse whereas you think that decentralised store operation may help the organisation ?.How will you reconcile the two and take a Turn decision. 17. "Feeding materials into a machine line, ensuring the cheap and efficient flow of materials from one end of the productive chain to others, are the fields in which a receipt procedure operates." Comment and suggest a receipt procedure for a large industrial undertaking engaged in producing cement. 18. "Stores accounting is a wholly unnecessary and even wasteful expenditure." Comment with a view to bring out the importance of stores accounting for the materials department. 19. "A purchase executive is engaged in (i) development of new sources. (ii) standardisation, (iii) introducing mw materials,(iv) variety reduction process, and (v) value analysis activities." Do you think that a purchase 'executive can really do justice to all these activities ? Explain his responsibilities in this connection. 20. Do you think that knowledge of channel of distribution helps a purchase executive in right selection of source of a supply.  21. What is price forecasting? What techniques would you adopt in price forecasting for purchasing different items for your industrial undertaking? Illustrate. 22. "The purchase - budget is not merely an estimate of purchase e to be made and the financial requirements for such purchasss but it mho exercises control over expendimrc on purchases and consumption of materials." Define a purchase budget and comment on the statement. 23. Why make-or-buy decision is a poser for the management ? Do you think that it is a question which cau be answered straightaway and lightly? If not, why? Explain. 24. What is sub-contracting? Comment on the advantages of sub-contracting to the prime contractor. 25. Explain in brief "Purchasing and Marketing strategies go simultaneousls. The strategies are complementary and not competitive." 26. "True business is run on cordial relationship." Is it always true ? Discuss in this connection the responsibility of the purchase depaitment. 27. "In this complex market mechanism the 'buyers and sellers are not adverse forces...the rewarding relationship with mutual understanding has always a case of its own." Comment. 28. "For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul." Does this saying apply to buying ana selling also? Explain critically. 29. What is business ethics? Does it differ from personal ethics? "Personal ethics influencesbusiness ethics." Do you agree with the statement. 30. 'Codes alone are not sufficient in purchasing.' Why? Then wFat are other ethical factors ? Explain. 31. "Research is purposive analysis that tries to establish a basis for, prediction and control in thebehaviour it studies.'. Comment on the statement in relation to purchasing research. 32. "Negotiation is essentially a communication." Define negotiation and explain as to how humanbehaviour plays a decisive role in negotiation. 33. "India's efforts for import substitution are laudable." Comment. 34. "Self-sufficiency in today's world is a far cry. One has no alternative but to depend on others in some form or the other for his own or his society's needs." Is this statement in any way related to imports ? Explai

Retail  management Question Bank

1. Briefly discuss the importance of IT in retail industry and discuss the various applications of IT  in retail sector?

2. What do you mean by Global data synchronization? Name three benefits of the system and give few example applications and information sources for organizational retail portal.

3. What is RFID? Explain its importance and application in retail industry and also discuss the privacy concerns to be taken care of while adopting RFID ?

 

4. Name a few central utilities in a typical  IT system in retail and name a few challenges faced by the IT implementation in Retail.

TOP RETAIL MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS

1.   What can be the various factors that effect the finance planning in a retailing business? Explain with examples

2. What are the specifications that .make retail business different from any other line of business?

3. Can you map the various phases through which an organisation goes through and also make a graph to support your answer.

4. List the key aspects that come as an output finance management in retailing