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Management Process in MBA Curriculum

This document contains 8 questions for an MBA management assignment on management processes and organizational behavior. The questions cover a range of topics including definitions of management and planning, the use of personality tests in hiring, the importance of emotional intelligence, differences between leaders and managers, organizational structures, implementing lean practices, and short notes on whistleblowing, conflict resolution, Hawthorne studies, and stress management.

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Management Process in MBA Curriculum

This document contains 8 questions for an MBA management assignment on management processes and organizational behavior. The questions cover a range of topics including definitions of management and planning, the use of personality tests in hiring, the importance of emotional intelligence, differences between leaders and managers, organizational structures, implementing lean practices, and short notes on whistleblowing, conflict resolution, Hawthorne studies, and stress management.

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MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 

BEHAVIOR 
ASSIGNMENT  
ASSIGNMENT
 
MBA 1ST SEMESTER 
 
Q1. What is management? How pertinent today is Taylor’s assumption that management and 
labour had a common cause? Explain your view with justification. 
 
Q2. What is planning? The late Peter Drucker, an eminent management author, identified the 
SMART format or setting goals back in 1954: S (Specific), M (Measurable), A (Attainable) 
(Relevant) and T (Time Bound). Is this format still relevant today? Discuss. 
 
Q3. How can a systematic study of personality help the individual and the organization? 
Suppose that you give all candidates applying for a management trainee position a personality 
test that measures the five dimensions in the five-factor model. Which personality traits would 
you consider to be the most important for this type of job and why? 
 
Q4. What is the need to manage emotions? Emotional intelligence is more important than 
cognitive intelligence in influencing an individual’s success. Do you agree or disagree with this 
statement?  
 
Q5. How are leaders different than managers? What is the difference between 
transformational and transactional functions of a leader? What types of functions are more 
important for a leader to perform? 
 
Q6. Explain the organic and mechanistic organization structure. When is each suitable? What 
if the choice is made appropriately or inappropriately? 
 
Q7. “Web Games” is a custom manufacturer for high-technology companies. Senior 
management wants to introduce lean management practices to reduce production costs and 
remain competitive. A consultant has recommended that the company start with a pilot 
project in one department and, when successful, diffuse these practices to other areas of the 
organization. Discuss the advantages of this recommendation and identify ways to make 
diffusion of the change effort more successful. 
 
Q8. Write short notes on any two of the following: 
a) Positive and negative implications of whistle-blowing. 
b) Conflict resolution strategies 
c) Relevance of Hawthorne studies 
d) Organization stress management techniques 
 
 

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