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, Time: 3 Hours] ~5-o~-~j [Total Marks: 70[Min. Passing Marks: 28
The question Paper is divided in two Sections.
Section A contains 6 questions put. of which the ~ahdidate isrequired to attempt any '4 questions. Section B contains short
case study / application based one question which is compulsory.
All questions are carrying equal marks.
. .Use of following supporting material is permitted during examination.
(Mentioned in form No. 205)
1. Nil 2. Nil
SECTION - A.
1/ Who are manager~ ? What do managers do ?How will you reconcile~ management functions and managerial rqles ?
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What is 'B:ureaucracy' ? Differentiate between scientific approach..and cBehaViotual approach to management. Which approach is'more sUitable in present scenario? '"
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. \3 >, Write short"notes on :,
dc':~~(a) ~"Strategic planning4
I .----- (b) Policies6 (
/'--/ (c) Bounded rationality. ~.'
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4 Discuss followings:
(i)"Informal or~an~sation is detrime~t~ . to th.e inteF~~~>~f ". ~ 1
~ormal org~sation .and, .t~erefore, It IS an.~~,~' ~~~p}d~:,;,~~:t :, ,.~,;' :~:I'In the bud Itself." ',':u '.:;" ~ '" :';;" .' ;,;;'":. . ,:
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What do you understahd by "Leadership style'? Can you explain
L~adership styles on a co~? If so, h.ow?. ~.. . 7+7-
6 Define control. Explain briefly:
. (i) Concurrent control
(ii) Fe~d forward control. .
(iii) Strategic point control and
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SECTION - B
'Case St~dy'. -
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Nitish is 23 years old and will be receiving his professional. . .. ." . , . '
PG degree' in -HRM from the university at the, end,"of this.-;.; ',.' ., '''V. " ',. -.' .,' ~., - ~..
~,s~m~,$ter.He had spent. the past twomuor Age Ins~ CQ.'(AlC), '
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",'fiJJ.ing in on a numb~r 'ofdiffer~nt jobs while employees took'
,'t~ir\va:cation$.,.H~' h~s receivedandaccep~ed an offer .to join" . '\' .
'i;:~~9,..~~<;11ef~anent basis upon pos.t grad~ation, as a s~pervisor .
:in' ~he policy renewal department. . ' -':. -(
.,... AIe is. a larg~' insurance company. In the HQ office
alone, " wii~:re .Nitish. will work, they have 5000 em~loyees.
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The company believes strongly in the personal development .
of its employees. This translates into a philosophy, emanating
from the Top executives offices, of trust and respect for
all AlC employees. -The job Nitish will be assuming requires
him to direct the activities of 25 clerks. Their jobs require\
little training and are quite routine in nature. _A. clerk'sresponsibility is to ensure that renewal notices are sent on
current policies, tabulate. any changes in premi~m frilln- a- .. . m '_'-. -.---
standardized table, and advise the sales division if a policy
is to be canc~lled as a' ~es~t of non-response to ren:~;'al'--.--- .,
notices.
Nitish's group is composed entirely of women, ranging
. from 19 to 62 years of age, with a median age of 25. For the'f"" :;..--
most part, they are matriculates .with little prior working. . -' -
experimlCe. The salary range for policy renewal clerks is'- .
Rs. 2,500 to Rs. 3,000 per month.. Nitish 'Yill be replacing- ~a long time AlC employee, Ajay. Ajay is retiring after.-35-y.ears__--
. with AlC, the last 14 spent a~ _:Qolicy renewal supervisor..' - = n--- '. ----:--
, Since Nitish had spent a few weeks in Aj~'~_~o:up last
summer (SIP), he was familiar with Ajay's style and also
knew most of the group members. He anticipated' no problems
from any of his soon.:to-be employees, except possibly for
Jawahar. Jawahar was well into his fifties, had been a-- . ~ - .-policy r~newal clerk for over a -dozonyears, and as the 'grand
'old man', carried' a lot of weight with group members. Nitish
concluded t~at without Jawahar's support, his job could prove
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Nitish is determined to get his career off on the right foot.
As a result, he had been doing a lot of thinking about the qualities
of an effective Leader.
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(1) What are the criti<:al factors that will influence Nitish's
,/ success as - a: leader ?W ould these factors be' the same if
j' success were defined ~ group productivity?
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, (2) " What suggestion might you make to Nitish to help him overor control Jawahar ? '
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