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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT1. Choose one academic administrator and another public administrator andconduct interview and then ask them how their job differs from that of businessmanagers. How do they know how well their department, institution ororganization is performing, Since profit is probably not one of the criteria forassessing effectiveness and efficiency?2. Design a interview schedule and conduct the interview a manager in yourlocality and ask him how many subordinates he has. Are different numbers ofsubordinates supervised at the top, the middle, and the bottom of theorganizational hierarchy? What really determines the span of management inthe organization.3. “There are two notions about relationship between job satisfaction andproductivity: a happy worker is a productivity one; a happy worker is notnecessarily a productive one. Critically evaluate this statement and bring out thesituations under which each statement is true”.4. “Planning is the basis, delegation is the key, information is the guide, and actionis the essence of control of.” Trace the relationship between control and otherfunctions with real life examples.1.2 ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS1. How a financial statement helps the investors and creditors for a service basedcompany and manufacturing company. Give your views by taking any of the onecompany of your choice on both the sector.2. Identify the financial ratio on which type of retail stores adopted. Further analysethe various importance of those ratio and give your views. How it will help theretail store.3. Discuss various applications of the Break Even Chart. Enumerate the variouscriticism usually levelled against Break Even Charts. Differentiate how thisBreak Even chart helps the service sector and manufacturing sector.4.From the following particulars, prepare the Balance Sheet of Sri Mohan Ram.Current Ratio -- 2Working Capital -- Rs. 4,00,000Capital block to Current Assets -- 3:2Fixed Asset to turnover -- 1:3Sales Cash / Credit -- 1:2Stock Velocity -- 2 monthsCreditor’s velocity -- 2 monthsDebtor’s velocity -- 3 monthsCapital block Net Profit -- 10% of turnoverDebentures / Share Capital -- 1:2Gras Profit Ratio -- 25% (to Sales)Reserve -- 2.5% of turnover31.3 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS1. Out of your own experience find out the reasons for failure of businessforecasting even in the experienced companies.2. Take the IT sector as an example for perfect competition and analyse thecharacter.3. Prepare an essay to show the growth of National Income in India afterIndependence4. Explicit the empirical production and explain optimum combination of inputswith diagrams..1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS1. “A contract which is regular in all respects may still fail if there is no Conesusad idem”. Explain2. “No one can give what he himself has not”. Discuss the exceptions3. “The property of the company is the property of its members”. Comment4. “It is compulsory for every company to register articles of association”. Comment1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND STATISTICS1. “Creative Management, whether in Public Administration or Private Industry,depends on Methods of Inquiry that Maintain Objectivity, Clarity, Accuracy andConsistency.” Examine the significance of research and this statement –Discuss.2. A random sample of size 70- is taken from an infinite normal population, whichhas its mean and variance as 200 and 750, respectively. What is the probabilitythat the sample mean is greater than 205?3. Consider any research problem of interest to you. Structure it in terms of anappropriate hypothesis to be tested. Also, mention the possible errors andrecommendation associated with your hypothesis. Illustrate your answer withthe help of suitable examples.4. An agricultural officer wants to study the effect of four different fertilizers on theyield (in tons) of a specific crop. The corresponding data are as shown below.Fertilizer Plot A B C D 1 100 150 120 70 2 80 70 110 100 3 68 90 85 78 4 125 138 60 124Check whether there is a significant difference between the yields of differentfertilizers using the Krurkal – Wallis test at a significance level of 0.01.41.6 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS1. “A company that fails to go global is in the danger of losing its domestic businessto competitors with lower costs, greater experience, better products and, is anutshell, more value for customer. – Discuss.2. “IMF and World Bank serve the interests of industrialized nations rather thanthose of the developing countries.” – Discuss3. Do you justify that the working pins would really link the present scenario ofInternational Business with that of the future?4. Do you think that international financial institution help in competency buildingof world nation and thereby enhance the magnitude the diversity of globalbusiness? Explain.1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION1. Compare the barriers to oral and written communication. Which is morechallenging? provide the ways and means of overcoming these challenges.2. What is the relationship between leadership behaviour and effectiveness ofcommunication? as a leader draft a letter to your subordinates to propose newproduct ideas.(Assume a FMCG company of your choice)3. What are Blogs? How Blogs can be used to promote business for a company sellingdesigner leather goods? List out the essential characteristics of a good blog.4. In what way business and academic reports differ? Draft a business report to besubmitted by a Regional sales manager to Vice President of a companymarketing medical equipments.1.8 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR1 Suggest any suitable motivational theory for IT industry and substantiate yourviews.2. “Attitude determines your Altitude”-Substantiate your views on this quote withrelevant corporate examples.3. “A happy Worker is a productive worker”- Discuss in a behavioural perspective.4. ‘Organisational development involves the development of organization in thelight of its future expansion plan’. Elaborate your views.