MB0038 – Management Process and Organizational Behavior

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ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE
SPRING 2015
PROGRAM
MBA/ MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ PGDBAN2
Semester
1
SUBJECT CODE & NAME
MB0038 – Management Process and Organizational Behavior
CREDIT
4
BK ID
B 1621
MAX.MARKS
60

Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.

Q.1 Explain the concept of Management. Discuss the importance of Management.
Answer: Management in businesses and organizations is the function that coordinates the efforts of people to accomplish goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively. Management is concerned with human beings whose behavior is highly unpredictable. Ever since people began forming groups to achieve goal, they could not achieve as individuals. Managing has been essential to provide the coordination of individual’s efforts. Management is found in every walk of life.

Importance of Management









2 Discuss the steps involved in the Planning process.
Answer: The various stages in the process of planning are as follows:

1. Goal setting: Plans are the means to achieve certain ends or objec­tives. Therefore, establishment of organizational or overall objectives is the first step in planning. Setting objectives is the most crucial part of planning. The organizational objectives should be set in key areas of operations.
They should be verifiable i.e., they should as far as possible be specified in clear and measurable terms. The objectives are set in the light of the opportunities




Q.3 What do you mean by Control? Explain the pre-requisites of an effective Control system.

Answer: Controlling can be defined as measuring and correcting of performance to achieve the organisational goals. According to Brech, “Controlling is a systematic exercise which is called as a process of checking actual performance against the standards or plans with a view to ensure adequate progress and also recording such experience as is gained as a contribution to possible future needs.




Q.4 Discuss the concept of a Group. Explain the purpose of a Group. Discuss the types of Formal Groups.

Answer: A collection of individuals who have regular contact and frequent interaction, mutual influence, common feeling of camaraderie, and who work together to achieve a common set of goals. A group is a collection of individuals who interact with each other such that one person’s actions have an impact on the others. In organizations, most work is done within groups. How groups function has important implications for organizational productivity.



Q.5 Discuss any ten characteristics of an Effective team.

Answer: ‘Building blocks’ of high performing teams and how to develop these in organisation.
·          Identity: Strong teams have a clear identity, often signified in a number of ways.  Most obviously a name, but also including budget, venue/meeting place, uniform, logo, colour scheme, language, rituals…
·         Shared values: Team members share similar valu

Q.6 Write short notes on the following:

a) Goleman’s Model of Emotional Intelligence
Answer: Emotional Intelligence, as a psychological theory, was developed by Peter Salovey and John Mayer.
"Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive emotions, to access and generate emotions so as to assist thought, to understand emotions and emotional knowledge, and to reflectively regulate emotions so as to promote emotional and intellectual growth."




b) Fielder’s Contingency Model of Leadership

Answer: The contingency model by business and management psychologist Fred Fiedler is a contingency theory concerned with the effectiveness of a leader in an organization.

Premises:
To Fiedler, stress is a key determinant of leader effectiveness (Fiedler and Garcia 1987; Fiedler et al. 1994), and a distinction is made between stress

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