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Reg No.: Name:
APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Fifth Semester B.Tech Degree (S,FE) Examination January 2022 (2015 Scheme)

Course Code: HS300
Course Name: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours
PARTA
Answer any three full questions, each carries 10 marks. Marks
1 a) 15 Managing a Science or an art? Explain with examples. (5)

b) Differentiate between an entrepreneur and a manager on any five valid (5)

points?

2 a) How to manage people and organizations in the context of new era (5)

successfully?

b) What is mean by competitive advantage? State its significance with an (5)

example?
3 ಬ. Why has Frederick Taylor called “The Father of scientific Management” (5)
b) Explain contingency approach to management. (5)
4 a) Explain William Ouchi’s theory 7. of motivation. (5)

b) What is Corporate social responsibility? Give its significance with an (5)

example?

PART B
Answer any three full questions, each carries 10 marks.
5 a) Differentiate between strategic planning and operational planning. (5)
b) Give different types of plans with its characteristics? (5)
6 a) Explain planning activities performed by managers at different levels. (5)

b) 1.15 out any five essential requirements of an effective plan and give details (5)

about each one?
7 a) | What is matrix organisation? Give its features with a neat sketch. (5)

b) | What is meant by span of control? How to determine the span of control? (5)

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