Principles of Management

Lecture Notes, Study Materials and Important questions answers

Subject : Principles of Management

INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT AND
ORGANIZATIONS
1. Important Short Questions and Answers: Human Population and the
Environment - Answer (click here)
2. Levels of Management - Answer (click here)
3. Functions of Management - Answer (click here)
4. Roles of Manager - Answer (click here)
5. Evolution of Management Thought - Answer (click here)
6. Organization and Environmental Factors - Answer (click here)
7. Classification of Environmental Factors - Answer (click here)
8. Trends and Challenges of Management in Global Scenario - Answer (click
here)
9. Important Short Questions and Answers: Principles of Management -
Answer (click here)
10. The contribution of F.W.Taylor to scientific management - Answer (click
here)
11. The contribution of Henry Fayol to modern management - Answer (click
here)
12. Major functions of management - Answer (click here)
13. Management is an art or science both science and art - Answer (click here)
14. Types of business organization - Answer (click here)

INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT AND

ORGANIZATIONS Short Notes
1. Importance and Definition of Management - Answer (click here)
2. Management Functions - Answer (click here)
3. Role of Managers - Answer (click here)
4. Managerical skills - Answer (click here)
5. Evolution of Management Thought - Answer (click here)
 6. Organization and Environmental Factors - Answer (click here)
7. Classification of Environmental Factors - Answer (click here)
8. Trends and Challenges of Management in Global Scenario - Answer (click
here)
9. Important Short Questions and Answers: Principles of Management -
Answer (click here)

PLANNING
1. Nature and purpose of planning - Answer (click here)
2. Planning process - Answer (click here)
3. Types of Plans / Components of Planning - Answer (click here)
4. Managing By Objective (MBO) - Answer (click here)
5. Planning - Types of strategies - Answer (click here)
6. Planning Policies - Answer (click here)
7. Decision Making - Answer (click here)
8. Decision Making Process - Answer (click here)
9. Rational Decision Making Process - Answer (click here)
10. Decision Making under different conditions - Answer (click here)
11. Important Short Questions and Answers: Principles of Management -
Planning - Answer (click here)
12. The concept of MBO - Answer (click here)
13. Strategy formulation and implementation process - Answer (click here)
14. Decision making process: Problem Analysis vs Decision Making -
Answer (click here)

PLANNING Short Notes

1. Planning - Answer (click here)
2. Nature and Purpose of Planning - Answer (click here)
3. Planning Process - Answer (click here)
4. Types of Plans / Components of Planning - Answer (click here)
5. Features of Objectives - Answer (click here)
6. Management By Objectives (MBO) - Answer (click here)
7. Types of Strategies - Answer (click here)
8. Policies - Answer (click here)
9. Decision Making and Types of Decisions - Answer (click here)
10. Decision Making Process - Answer (click here)
11. Rational Decision Making Model - Answer (click here)
12. Decision Making Under Various Conditions - Answer (click here)
13. Important Short Questions and Answers: Principles of Management -
Planning - Answer (click here)
ORGANISING
1. Nature and purpose of organizing - Answer (click here)
2. Importance or Advantages of Organizing - Answer (click here)
3. Organizing Process - Answer (click here)
4. Principles of Organization Structure - Answer (click here)
5. Formal and Informal Organization: Characteristic Features, Advantages
and Disadvantages - Answer (click here)
6. Differences Between Formal and Informal Organization - Answer (click
here)
7. Line and Staff authority: Types, Features, Advantages and
Disadvantages - Answer (click here)
8. Departmentation: Various patterns, Advantages and Disadvantages -
Answer (click here)
9. Span of control: Factors Affecting, Advantages and Disadvantages -
Answer (click here)
10. Centralization and Decentralization: Characteristics, Advantages and
Disadvantages - Answer (click here)
11. Delegation of authority - Answer (click here)
12. Staffing: Recruitment and Selection - Answer (click here)
13. Employee Induction / Orientation - Answer (click here)
14. Career development - Answer (click here)
15. Career stages - Answer (click here)
16. Performance Appraisal - Answer (click here)
17. Important Short Questions and Answers: Principles of Management -
Organizing - Answer (click here)
18. Distinguish between formal and informal organization - Answer (click here)
19. Bases of departmentation - Answer (click here)
20. The various selection process that are followed by an organization -
Answer (click here)
21. Various sources of manpower supply in an organization - Answer (click
here)

ORGANISING Short Notes

1. Organizing - Answer (click here)
2. Nature or Characteristics of Organizing - Answer (click here)
3. Organizing Process - Answer (click here)
4. Organization Structure - Answer (click here)
5. Principles of Organization Structure - Answer (click here)
6. Formal and Informal Organization - Answer (click here)
7. Line and Staff Authority - Answer (click here)
 8. Departmentation by Different Strategies - Answer (click here)
9. Span of Control, Centralization and Decentralization - Answer (click here)
10. Delegation of Authority - Answer (click here)
11. Staffing - Answer (click here)
12. Staffing: Selection Process - Answer (click here)
13. Career Development and Career Stages - Answer (click here)
14. Training and Performance Appraisal - Answer (click here)
15. Important Questions and Answers: Principles of Management -
Organizing - Answer (click here)

DIRECTING
1. Directing: Creativity and Innovation - Answer (click here)
2. Motivation and Satisfaction - Answer (click here)
3. Motivation Theories - Answer (click here)
4. Leadership Styles - Answer (click here)
5. Leadership theories - Answer (click here)
6. Communication: Process and Guidelines for effective Communication -
Answer (click here)
7. Barriers to Effective Communication - Answer (click here)
8. Organization Culture: Elements and types of culture - Answer (click here)
9. Managing cultural diversity - Answer (click here)
10. Important Short Questions and Answers: Principles of Management -
Directing - Answer (click here)
11. Theory of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs - Answer (click here)
12. McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y - Answer (click here)
13. Hertzbergs Two Factor Theory or Hygeine Theory - Answer (click here)
14. Electronic media of communication used in business organizationa and
Information communication revolutions - Answer (click here)

DIRECTING Short Notes

1. Directing: Creativity and Innovation - Answer (click here)
2. Motivation - Answer (click here)
3. Leadership and Leadership Styles - Answer (click here)
4. Leadership Theories - Answer (click here)
5. The Communication Process - Answer (click here)
6. Barriers to Effective Communication - Answer (click here)
7. Elements of Organizational Culture - Answer (click here)
8. Managing Cultural Diversity - Answer (click here)
9. Important Questions and Answers: Principles of Management -
 Directing - Answer (click here)

CONTROLLING
1. Process of controlling - Answer (click here)
2. Types of control - Answer (click here)
3. Budgetary Control: Definition, Features and Classifiction - Answer (click
here)
4. Budgetary Control Techniques - Answer (click here)
5. Non-Budgetary Control Techniques - Answer (click here)
6. Managing Productivity: Typical Productivity Calculations - Answer (click
here)
7. Cost control - Answer (click here)
8. Purchase control - Answer (click here)
9. Maintenance Control- Quality Control- Planning operations - Answer
(click here)
10. Important Short Questions and Answers: Principles of Management -
Controlling - Answer (click here)
11. Steps in the process of controlling - Answer (click here)
12. Role of MIS play at various levels of management - Answer (click here)
13. Globalisation of Business: Stages, Essential Conditions and Advantages
- Answer (click here)
14. Requirements of Effective Control - Answer (click here)
15. Control Techniques: Budget and Budgetary Control - Answer (click here)

CONTROLLING Short Notes

1. Controlling and Control Process - Answer (click here)
2. Budgetary Control Techniques - Answer (click here)
3. Non-Budgetary Control Techniques - Answer (click here)
4. Productivity - Answer (click here)
5. Cost, Quality, Purchase and Maintenance Control - Answer (click here)
6. Important Questions and Answers: Principles of Management -
Controlling - Answer (click here)