Kindly answer the questions and submit to your professor as instructed. Thank you.
Module 1 – The World of Management
- Kindly define the concept of management within an organizational
context and as a process.
- What are the different roles played by managers?
- Please enumerate and discuss briefly the responsibilities
of functional and general managers.
- What are the three levels of managers in terms of the
skills they need and the activities in which they are involved.
Module
2 – Evolution of Management
1. Please describe the major influences on the development of management thought.
2. What are the major perspectives of management thought that have evolved over the
years.
3. Kindly enumerate the major personalities who have contributed to the development
of management thought.
Module
3 – Planning
1. Describe the managerial function of planning and explain why managers should plan.
2. Kindly differentiate between tactical and operational planning.
3. What is the process of Management By Objectives? Please elaborate.
4. Discuss and differentiate problem solving and decision making.
Module
4 – Organizing
1. Explain why organizing is an important managerial function.
2. Please identify the concepts related to developing effective organizational relationships.
Explain each.
3. Why it is important for managers to delegate? Discuss.
4. Describe the elements of the communication process.
Module
5 – Leading
1. What is leadership? What is its role in successful management?
2. What are the sources of a leader’s power.
3. Kindly enumerate and describe the behavioral theories behind leadership.
4. What is the role of motivation in leadership? Discuss.
5. Please enumerate the different theories of motivation.
Module
6 – Controlling
1. Identify the sequence of steps to be undertaken in a thorough control system.
2. Describe the various managerial control philosophies.
3. Identify the different mechanisms for financial control.
4. What are the different mechanisms for
aiding personnel?
