LLB I (First) Semester Examination 2014-15

Course Code: LBB103/LBC103 Paper ID:0931207

Principles of Management

Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 70

Max Marks: 75 Note: 1. Attempt any six questions in all. Q. No. 1 is compulsory. 2. Students have option to answer the questions in English or Hindi. 1. Answer any five of the following (limit your answer to 50 words). (4x5=20) a) What do you understand by MBO? b) What is span of control? c) Management is a science or an art? Explain in short. d) What is staffing? e) What are the functions of managers? f) What is the meaning of departmentation? g) What are the limitations of controlling? h) Explain total quality management.

2. Describe Henry Fayol’s Concept of Management. What are the main principles of Management? (10)

3. What are formal and informal organizations? Give a comparative account of these two types of organizations. Is it logical to term informal groups as informal organizations? (10)

4. What is Planning? Explain nature and process of Planning. (10) 5. Define Delegation of Authority. Explain its importance. (10)

6. Explain contribution and limitations of Scientific Management Theory. (10)

7. “All managers are leaders, but all leaders may not be managers”. Do you agree with the statement? Distinguish between leadership and managership, in a logical comparative style. (10)

8. Examine in brief the major personality theories of leadership. In what way is the trait theory of leadership an extension and modification of great man theory? (10)