PANIMALAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING

MG 6851 – PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR UNIVERSITY EXAM
UNIT 1:
1. Functions of manager
2. Roles of manager
3. Henry Fayol’s Principles of Management
4. Types of business organization
5. Hawthrone Studies
6. Current trends and issues in management
7. Different types of organizational environment
8. Elements of organization culture

UNIT 2:
1. Steps involved in planning or Process of planning
2. Types of planning
3. Management by Objective (MBO)
4. Objectives
5. Steps involved in decision making or process involved in decision making
6. Steps involved in Rational Decision making
7. Decision making under various conditions
8. Types of decision making process
9. Strategic management

UNIT 3:
1. Difference between Formal and Informal organizations
2. Types of Organization structures
3. Types of departmentation
4. Span of Control and factors influencing it
5. Delegation – Types, Process or steps involved
6. Steps involved or process of staffing
7. Types and sources of recruitment
8. Selection process
9. Training methods
10. Methods of performance appraisal

UNIT 4:
1. Motivational theories – Minimum 5 theories
2. Leadership theories – Minimum 4 theories
3. Leadership styles or types of leadership
4. Steps or process involved in communication
5. Types of communication
6. Formal Vs Informal communication
7. Barriers and overcoming of barriers in communication

UNIT 5:
1. Process or steps involved in controlling
2. Budgetary and non-budgetary controlling
3. Computers and IT in management control
4. Types of budget
5. Productivity management
6. Direct and preventive control

*** Dear students, the above questions are predictions based on previous university question papers.
Don’t skip above mentioned topics.