MS-01

Management Programme

ASSIGNMENT
SECOND SEMESTER
2018

MS-01: Management Functions and Behavior

School of Management Studies

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068
 ASSIGNMENT

Course Code : MS-01

Course Title : Management Functions and Behavior
Assignment Code : MS-01/TMA/SEM-II/2018
Coverage : All Blocks
Note: Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 31st October, 2018 to
the coordinator of your study centre.

1. Enumerating various roles/tasks of a manager in an organization, briefly describe and

discuss any two roles/tasks which according to your experience are most important and
crucial for the organisation. Substantiate your answer with suitable examples drawing
from your own experience or the ones you are aware of.

Briefly describe the organization/s and the situation/s you are referring to.

2. Define and describe tenets and features of ‘decision making under certainty’, ‘decision
making under-risk’, and ‘decision making under uncertainty’ with suitable organizational
examples drawing from your own organizational experience or the ones you are aware of.

Briefly describe the organisation you are referring to.

3. What are the characteristics, dimensions, and determinants of Organisational Culture and
Climate? How do they affect the life, values, and ethos in any organizational set up.

Explain with examples from your own experience or the ones you are aware of. Briefly
describe the situation , and the organization you are referring to.

4. What factors adversely affect the communication in an orgnisational set up? How to
overcome such adverse effect for enhancing effectiveness and efficiency of the
organization.

Explain with examples from your own experience or the ones you are aware of.