KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology Dept.

: CIVIL
(Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai)
Avinashi Road, Arasur, Coimbatore - 641 407 Ac.Yr. : 2019 – 2020
Course Code & Title : MG6851 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

Q. PART – A (5 x 2 = 10 Marks)
No. Answer All Questions
 Facilitating control
 Helps in co-ordination
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 Increases organizational effectiveness
 Helps in achieving the target
2 A plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim.
 System theory
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 Contigency theory
Line authority is the type of authority that reflects superior-subordinate relationships
4 characterized by the power of decision making. Staff authority refers to the right to advice
on improving the effectiveness for line employees in performing their duties
the movement of departments of a large organization away from a single administrative
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centre to other locations
PART – B (1 x 8 = 8 Marks)
Q. No.
Answer All Questions
Advantages:

 Planning helps management to face future with greater strength and confidence
 It helps to focus attention on objectives.
 It leads the operational life of the enterprise along the most efficient lines.
 It enables the exercise of controlling.

6 Disadvantages:

 Egoistic planning
 Organisational inflexibilities
 Wastage of resources
 Imparting a false sense of satisfaction

PART – C (2 x 16 = 32 Marks)
Q. No.
Answer All Questions

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 A strategic plan outlines your mission, vision, and high-level goals for the
next three to five years. It also takes into account how you’ll measure
those goals, and the major projects you’ll take on to meet them.

An operational plan (also known as a work plan) is an outline of what

your department will focus on for the near future—usually the upcoming
year.

7 a) i. Strategic Planning Vs. Operational Planning: The 5 Main Differences

1. Time Period
2. Goal Focus
3. Plan Generation
4. Budget
5. Reporting

ii.
The 6 steps of the MBO process are;
 Define organizational goals
 Define employees objectives
 Continuous monitoring performance and progress
 Performance evaluation
 Providing feedback
 Performance appraisal

7 b) i. The following strategies for successful project management offer both

solutions and best practices.
Finalize Project Details
Set Clear Expectations
Choose the Right Team and System
Define Milestones
Establish Clear Communication
Manage Project Risks
Avoid Scope Creep

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 Evaluate the Project After Completion
The Decision Tree Analysis is a schematic representation of
several decisions followed by different chances of the occurrence.
These decisions are followed by the chance points, represented by circles,
are the uncertain points, where the outcomes are dependent on the
chance process.

ii.

Various natures of organization:

 Process
 Structure
 Dividing and Grouping the Activities
8 a) i.  Accomplishment of Goals or Objectives
 Authority-Responsibility Relationship
 Human and Material Aspects
 Team work
 Leadership

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 ii.

Need for and Importance of Departmentation:

The basic need for departmentation is to make the size of each
departmental unit manageable and secure the advantages of
specialisation. Grouping of activities and, consequently, of personnel, into
departments makes it possible to expand an enterprise to any extent.
Importance :
8 b) i.
1. Advantages of Specialisation
2. Feeling of Autonomy
3. Expansion
4. Fixation of Responsibility
5. Upliftment of Managerial Skill
6. Facility in Appraisal
7. Administrative Control

Functional departmentisation Product departmentisation

 Attention on product function  Attention on product line
 No duplication of activities  Duplication of activities
ii.  Co-ordination is difficult  Co-ordination is easy
 Maximum utilization of man  Maximum utilization of
power equipments
 More efficient  Less efficient
 Facilitate deligation to authority  Doesnot facilitate deligation to
 Doesnot Facilitate easy authority
production  Facilitate easy production
 Enables quick response  Poor response

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Name and Signature of Approved by
Course Incharge Head of the Department

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