Assignment II & III

VII SEM (Common to Civil/Mechanical/Bio-Tech/ICE/Chemical Engineering),

ReRegistered Candidates
Sub : Essentials of management
Last date of submission* : 23 – 10 – 2010 (Saturday, Before 5.00 PM)

1. Why do you think that many large companies have organized along product lines
(Ex. GM and Du Pont), while other large companies have territorial departments
(Ex. Prudential Life insurance company).
2. Select an organization and identify the departmentation pattern it uses. Draw an
organization chart for the firm. Why do you think the organization selected the
type of departmentation it did ? Would you recommend it ?
3. What do you mean by assessment centre ? How does it work ? Would you like to
participate in such a centre ? Why, or why not ?
4. List and evaluate the external factors affecting staffing. Which ones are more
critical today ? Explain.
5. What is the systems approach to the selection of managers ? Why is it called
systems approach ?
6. Do you think that managers should be appraised regularly ? If so, how ?
7. On what basis your performance in the college be appraised ?
8. Describe the most rewarding and most stressful aspects of your job or your
college experience ?
9. Evaluate the advantages and limitations of different approaches to on the job
training.
10. It has been argued that firms have an obligation to train and develop all
employees with managerial potential. Do you agree ? Why, or why not ?
11. “As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities” – J A Forde.
Does this mean, once we see our limits, we should not try to improve in such
areas ?
12. “He is a man of splendid abilities, but utterly corrupt” – John Randolph.
 What does the real manager do with people who are able but lack integrity ?
13. “Learning without wisdom is a load of books on ass’ back” – a Japanese Proverb.
How can wisdom be taught ?
14. “Every man who rises above the common level has received two education; The
first from his teachers, the second more personal and important, from himself” –
Edward Gibbon 1975
Does this reinforce the ideal that all learning is a self development program ?

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