CHINHOYI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS SCIENCES

Department of Entrepreneurship & Business Management
Principles of Management – CUEB 104

TUTORIAL QUESTIONS

1. Decision making is the essence of the manager’s job, it is synonymous with

managing. Discuss.
2. Discuss the notion that top management’s leadership styles play a critical role in
encouraging ethical behaviour in business organisations.
3. Corporate Social Responsibility is nothing but a marketing gimmick. Comment.
4. Zimbabwe is immune from the forces of globalisation. Discuss.
5. “All conflict is bad, must be avoided at all cost as it shows manager’s failure to
solve problems within a group.” Adapted from Stoner J. A. Comment on this
statement in light of the other views of conflict.
6. Critically analyse the notion that ethics may defy the business objective of profit
making.
7. Control of any kind should target lower level employees since they are responsible
for decision implementation. Comment.
8. Evaluate the effectiveness of an established matrix designed Zimbabwean organisation
you are familiar with.
9. Henry Fayol believed that management is a skill that could be learnt or taught.
Identify and explain in detail the principles of management he developed in
relation to the above statement.
10. Most organisations in Zimbabwe engage themselves in Social Responsibility. Of what
benefit is social responsibility to these organisations?
11. Evaluate the effectiveness of any management theory in use by an established
organisation of your choice.
12. Justify the need for diagnostic, technical and human skills by managers at all levels in
an organization.
13. Changes are organizational realities; explain in detail how a modern manager can
keep abreast with changes within and outside their organizations. Suggest any 5
techniques that can be used to assess the probable impact of change in any
organization of your choice.
14. The Directors of an upcoming family business are in a dilemma whether to put aside
resources to change the business environment to suit their organization or change
themselves to suit the environment. Advise.
15. Describe the key stages in the control process and discuss the characteristics of
an effective control system.

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