HUMAN ASPECTS OF MANAGEMENT

Assignment No 3 PART A (4 Marks questions)

1. Bring out the differences of attitudes, belief and values. 2. How the group decision making differs with individual decision making? 3. What is motivation? Explain primary and secondary motivation. 4. What do you mean by cross cultural dimensions of human behaviour? 5. Explain Complementary transactions? 6. What are the positive and negative effects of organisational conflicts? 7. Explain the various leadership styles; Autocratic and Democratic styles. 8. Discuss Managerial Grid. 9. How conflicts can be resolved? 10. How perception, attitude, learning and personality related? 11. Explain the effect of crossed transactions. 12. How the attribution process helps us to understand others behaviour? 13. Define personality. Describe its role in organisation. 14. Briefly explain transactional analysis. 15. Distinguish between the concepts of perception and social perception. 16. Briefly explain big five dimensions of personality. 17. Describe practical intelligence and emotional intelligence. 18. Write short note on theories of Personality. 19. Explain Group shift. 20. What is Perceptual errors. 21. Compare and contrast values and beliefs. 22. How the group decision making differs with individual decision making? 23. What do you mean by self-development? How it can be measured? 24. Explain the production oriented and people oriented leadership styles.

PART B (10 marks questions) 25. Human Personality is developmental. Discuss with relevant theory. 26. How content theories of motivation varies with process theories? Explain. 27. How attitudes, beliefs and values are related in determining human behaviour? 28. How groups are formed? Explain how a group change over time. 29. Explain a leadership model which relates the attitude of leader and the maturity aspects of the follower.

30. How the theories and models of personality can be used to frame personality tests? Explain with specific examples. 31. Can conflicts be resolved scientifically? If so how? If no why? 32. Explain the content theories and process theories of motivation. 33. How the concept of perception can adapt in the work environment? Explain. 34. What are the managerial applications of expectancy theory? 35. It has been said that Great leaders are born, not made. Argue for or against the above statement. 36. Explain the techniques for managing conflict in organisation. 37. Happy workers are productive workers. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Explain. 38. Explain the implications of redesigning job to enhance motivation. 39. Define attitude and explain its basic components. 40. How the five stage model and punctuated equilibrium model differs for explaining group behaviour? Explain. 41. What are the dimensions of human behaviour? Explain. 42. What are the factors that influence individual attitude? Explain. 43. Explain the formation of groups with example. 44. How can you overcome conflicts? Explain. 45. Do you think that Maslows theory is applicable to the people in India while it was developed by studying Americans? Explain. 46. Explain the determinants of personality.