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1 PRINCIPLES OF 1 MANAGEMENT

1. “A large business firm cannot function

smoothly without co-ordination.” Discuss the
statement with illustrations.
2. “A misconceived and incapable leader may
take his followers to dangers of life” – Discuss
in details.
3. “Modern business organization revolves
around profit motive only”. Critically evaluate
the statement in relation to Corporate Social
Responsibility.
4. “MBO plays a major role in planning process” –
Critically analyse the statement in detail with
live examples.
 1.2 FINANCIAL AND 2 MANAGEMENT
ACCOUNTING

1. “Accounting provides information to various

users.” Discuss accounting as an information
system.
2. Discuss the role and contribution of the
professional accounting institutions in the
development of accounting in 20th century.
3. Discuss the relationship of accounting with other
important branches of knowledge including
economics.
4. From the following information, prepare the
Balance Sheet of X Company showing the details
of working:
Rs. Rs.
Paid up Capital 50,000
Plant and Machinery 1,25,000
Total Sales p.a. 5,00,000
Gross Profit Margin 25%
Annual Credit Sales 80% of
Net Sales
Current Ratio 2
Inventory Turnover 4
Fixed Assets Turnover 2
Sales Returns 20% of
Sales
Average Collection period 73 days
Bank credit to Trade credit 2
Cash to Inventory 1: 15
Total debt to Current 3
Liabilities
 1.3 MANAGERIAL 3 ECONOMICS

1. “Economics has a close connection with micro-

economic theory, macro-economic theory,
theory of decision-making, operation research
and statistics.” – Elucidate.
2. ‘Short-run average variable cost curve is
saucer-shaped.’ – Explain.
3. What is meant by monopolistic competition? Is
product differentiation an outcome of
monopolistic competition? Discuss the
behaviour of the firm under monopolistic
competition.
4. Elucidate the various methods of calculating
‘National Income’ and explain the points to be
considered while calculating National Income.
1.4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT 4 OF BUSINESS

1. “Agency in law connotes an authority or

capacity in one person to create legal
relationship between a person occupying the
position of principal and third parties” –
Examine the concept of agency in the light of
this statement.
2. “A Negotiable Instrument once passes through
the hands of a holder may not be a holder in
due course” – Explain.
3. “Directors are described sometimes as agents,
sometimes as trustees, and sometimes as
managing partners” – Explain the position of
directors in the light of this statement.
4. “A complainant who fails or omits to comply
with any order made by a consumer disputes
redressal forum shall be punishable with fine
imprisonment” – Discuss.
1.5 ORGANISATIONAL 5 BEHAVIOUR

1. Construct a diagram depicting the formal

organization of an enterprise with which you
are familiar. How does this organization chart
help (or) hinder the establishment of an
environment for performance?
2. “You cannot motivate manager, they are self-
propelled. You just get out of their way, if you
really want performance” – Comment.
3. “Heredity determines Behaviours of an
Individual” A) Build an argument to support
this statement; B) Build an argument against
this statement.
4. Can you identify a set of characteristics that
describes your colleague culture? Compare
your list with several of your peers? How
closely do they agree?
1.6 WRITTEN ANALYSIS 6 AND COMMUNICATION
1. Select an organization with which you are
acquainted and construct a diagram showing
its network of communication.
2. Discuss how your opinions, attitudes and
beliefs influence your communication.
3. Discuss the importance of interpersonal
relationship in organization and list down
source of techniques to improve it.
4. Prepare an agenda for annual general body
meeting of a company of your choice.
1.7 BUSINESS POLICY AND 7STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

1. List a few recent instances of Indian companies

that adopted diversification strategies and
make observation.
a. why these companies diversified?
b. The types of diversification used?
2. “Concentration strategy is dangerous and risky
as it attempts to put all eggs in one basket” –
Elaborate and find out the limitations of this
strategy.
3. Suppose you are the CEO of an organization
and you have been asked to institutionalize
strategy for expansion. What steps will you
take for accomplishing?
4. Describe the role of strategic management in
small scale industries.
 1.8 RESEARCH 8 METHODOLOGY

1. Explain how researchers can use summary

statistics to draw conclusions about the
population from which their sample came.
2. Discuss the distinction between two types of
Statistical test:
Parametric and Non-parametric tests.
3. Explain the techniques for analyzing
relationships between two or more variables.
4. 15 students were given intensive coaching and

5 tests were conducted in a month. The scores

of test-1 and test-5 are given below. Does the
score from test-1 and test-5 show an
improvement?
No. of Marks in 1 st Marks in 5 th
Students Test Test
1. 50 62
2. 42 40
3. 51 61
4. 26 35
5. 35 30
6. 42 52
7. 60 68
8. 41 51
9. 70 84
10. 55 63
11. 63 72
12. 38 50
13. 43 55
14. 68 70
15. 32 48