BA6009 - MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOUR AND EFFECTIVENESS Two Mark Questions 1.

What are the various level differences in managerial job? 2. What are the skills and competencies required to perform the managerial job? 3. What are the areas of managerial job that constitute the managerial job model? 4. How is manager different from a leader? 5. Who is a transformational leader? 6. Explain briefly the role of a manager? 7. Explain briefly the importance of time management. 8. Mention any two effective behaviors for managerial decision-making process. 9. When can a manager be called an optimizer? 10. Differentiate between efficiency and effectiveness. 11. Define recruitment. How is it different from selection? 12. Bring out the factors which influence recruitment. 13. What are the philosophies of recruitment? 14. Why managerial skill development is considered important? 15. How does sensitivity training program help manager in behavior modification? 16. What is motivation? 17. How do you handle problem employees? 18. Outline the appraisal process. 19. List out the various executive development methods. 20. Why career development of managers is considered important by the organization? 21. When can a manager be called an optimizer? 22. Write four self-assessment questions for increasing managerial effectiveness.

23. List out the core skills required to perform as an efficient manager? 24. What is strategic thinking? 25. Briefly explain the criteria based on which managers performance can be measured. 26. Define organization. 27. Why organization is considered important? 28. List out the various steps involved in organizational process 29. What is organizational climate? 30. List out the various dimensions of organizational climate. 31. List out the characteristics of leadership. 32. How is transformational leader different from a transactional leader? 33. How are norms and group cohesion related to performance? 34. What are the factors that influence the competitiveness of the firm? 35. How does self management skills enable managers to plan and achieve goals? 36. Define the term negotiation. 37. What are the pre-conditions for negotiations? 38. What is the role of consultant in negotiation? 39. What is knowledge management? 40. How does an organization record the knowledge and expertise of its employees and make that information easily accessible? 41. How is tacit knowledge different from explicit knowledge? 42. How is manager creativity different from innovation? 43. Who can be called a creative manager? 44. Briefly explain synectics

Essay type Questions 1. Explain in detail about the effective managerial job behavior required for this century. 2. The job of Top-management is highly challenging and risky-Comment. 3. Explain the various functional and level differences in Managerial Job Behavior. 4. Discuss the strategies of bridging the gap in the process approach of managerial effectiveness. 5. Success of a Manager lies in the realization of people philosophy or organizationsDiscuss. 6. If you were the chairman of a company, what considerations would guide your judgementon the following employment issue: a. Hiring of relatives of employees b. Promoting from withinVs selecting the best from outside. c. Hiring people recommended by the government. 7. Explain in detail the various sources of managerial recruitment 8. If you were to audit an existing performance appraisal system, What criteria would you use to judge its effectiveness? 9. Why is motivation a critical issue of interest to managers in organizations? Explain. 10. Evaluate the 360-degree feedback as a technique of appraisal. 11. Explain the steps required to enhance managerial effectiveness in government set-up. 12. Explain the person, process, product approach of measuring managerial effectiveness. 13. How does managerial grid model help managers in identifying their current leadership styles and subsequently develop the most desirable style. 14. Explain the role of stress management in the management of managerial effectiveness.

15. Explain in detail the various skills required for a manager to perform in a competition driven business environment. 16. Explain the differences between a leader and the manager. 17. Describe the overt and covert factors that influence the quality and strength of organizational climate. 18. Explain the role of group cohesiveness in managerial effectiveness 19. Explain in detail the role of managers in growing global competition. 20. You have just taken the charge as a new manager of an existing work group. 21. What would you do or how would you operate in the group to understand its dynamic and assess its effectiveness? 22. In todays dynamic and uncertain environment , managers need to be capable of managing both personal and professional life. Comment. 23. Explain the role of creativity in managerial effectiveness. 24. Explain the process and issues involved in negotiation. 25. Explain in detail the various negotiation strategies. 26. Explain the five phases of knowledge creation in organizations.

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