This document contains a question bank divided into 7 modules related to management and organizational behavior. The modules cover topics such as defining management, scientific management, planning, control, organizational behavior, individual behavior, motivation, leadership, and group behavior. Each module contains 10 questions on the topics covered in that module, providing an in-depth examination of concepts, theories, and frameworks in management and organizational behavior.

1. Question Bank
Module-1
1) Define management?
2) Discuss the nature of management?
3) Why management is needed? Discuss its purpose?
4) State the importance of management in an organization?
5) What are the various levels of management? What are the functions of managers at these
levels?
6) Discuss various roles of managers as per Henry Mintzberg
7) Define scientific management; discuss Taylor’s contribution to scientific management.
8) Discuss Henry Fayol’s 14 Principles of management.
9) Management is the process of getting things done through the efforts of other people, both
efficiently and effectively.”- Discuss.
10) Briefly discuss the current trends and issues in management in the 21st century.
Module-2
1) Define the term planning and state its importance.
2) Explain various elements or components of planning.
3) Distinguish between objectives and goals.
4) Discuss three major levels of strategy
CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore
Department(s): MBA
Semester: 01 Section:
Management & Organizational Behaviour 14MBA11 Lectures/week: 05
Course Instructor(s): Priyameet Kaur Keer Anand
Course duration: 20 Aug 2014 – 6 Dec 2014

2. 5) Discuss various types of managerial decisions.
6) Distinguish between individual and group decision making
7) What is an organizational structure?
8) Distinguish between division of labour and work specialization.
9) What is delegation?
10) Define authority, responsibility, and accountability.
MODULE-3
1) Define the terms control and controlling
2) Why controlling is necessary
3) State the purposes of control in organization.
4) Discuss the various types of control based on a level of management and timing of
control
5) Explain the steps involved in the controlling process with a diagram.
6) Discuss the factors affecting the effectiveness of control system.
7) What basis do managers use to determine how much control is needed?
8) Discuss the steps which managers can take to ensure that control activities are successful
9) Explain how manager can understand and overcome resistance to control and make
control effective.
10) Does employee empowerment imply the loss of control for managers?
MODULE-4
1) Define the term “ organizational behavior”
2) Why is the study of OB important to managers.
3) Discuss the goals of OB
4) Explain with a block diagram the key factors affecting organizational behavior.
5) Discuss the fundamentals principles of OB
6) Discuss the characteristics of organizational field
7) Explain various challenges and opportunities for organizational behavior in managerial
prospective.
8) Explain the concepts of OB
9) Discuss history and development of organizational behavior
10) Discuss the relationship between technology and organizational behavior.
MODULE-5
1) Discuss the variables that should be considered to understand individual behavior.
2) Discuss the big five model of personality traits.

3. 3) Define the term “Emotional Intelligence.”
4) Define the term “value and attitude.”
5) Describe the perceptual process.
6) What is perceptual selectivity? What factors affect it.
7) Why the concept of perception is important to OB.
8) Discuss the major traits influencing OB
9) Distinguish between “ Type-A and Type” Personality
10) Discuss the sources of attitude.
MODULE-6
1) What is “ motivation”
2) Distinguish between content theories and process theories.
3) Explain Douglas Mc Gregor Theory X and Theory Y
4) What is self fulling prophency
5) Explain Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory
6) Discuss the nature of leadership
7) Define the terms leading and leadership
8) Discuss various leadership styles.
9) Name six important traits associated with leadership
10) Discuss Ghiselli contribution to trait theory
MODULE -7
1) Define the term “ group behavior.”
2) What is a group? What are its basic features.
3) Discuss the need for understanding group behavior
4) How groups are classified ? Discuss briefly
5) What are the benefits of Informal groups.
6) Discuss the reasons for formation and development
7) Discuss how groups are turned into effective teams
8) Why are work teams popular
9) Describe the method used for group decision making
10) Discuss strategies for team building.