BBA BBM Model Question Paper www.tmu.ac.in : Teerthanker Mahaveer College of Management And Computer Applications

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Teerthanker Mahaveer College of Management & Computer Applications
BBA/B.Com Hons I SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2010-11
Course Code: BBA101/BCH101 Paper ID: 0111112
Business & Management
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 75

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Note: Attempt six questions in all. Q. No. 1 is compulsory.
1. Answer any five of the following (limit your answer in 50 words): (3x5=15)
a) Define a scalar chain of authority.
b) What is Line and Staff conflict?
c) What do you understand by ‘Flexible Working Schedule’?
d) Who is a Charismatic leader?
e) Discuss the basic characteristics of a business organization.
f) ‘No one leadership style is the best’, briefly comment.
g) What are the features of large scale industries?
h) Discuss Weber’s three types of legitimate authority.

2. “Whatever a manager does, he/she does through decision-making.”
Discuss this statement and explain the significance of rational decisionmaking in management. (12)

3. Why the function of staffing seldom is approached logically? Briefly describe the system approach to staffing. How is staffing related to other managerial functions and activities? (3+4+5)

4. ‘Management is regarded as an art by some, science by others and inexact science by many more. The truth seems to be somewhere in between.’ In the light of this statement explain the exact nature of management. (12)

5. ‘Small business is the seedbed of entrepreneurship.’ In the light of this statement, discuss the role of small business in the development of entrepreneurs. Point out various problems it faces in our country. (6+6)

6. What do you mean by ‘managerial grid’? Discuss the various leadership styles under this approach. (4+8)

7. Enumerate the assumptions of McGregor’s Theory X and theory Y.Which of these theories has wider applicability in our country? (6+6)

8. Define planning. What would you need to know to plan an organization structure? How would you go about making such a plan? (2+6+4)

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Management is regarded as as an art by someone science by many more the truth seems to be some where in between. In the light of the statement explain exact a nature of management.