Principles Of Management
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Q1: What is meant by Management principles?
Answer: Management principles are broad and general guidelines for decision making and behaviour. These are those basic truths which have the ability to predict the result of the managerial activities.
Q2: How are the principles developed?
Answer: These are developed on the basis of observation and experimentation as well as personal experiences of the managers.
Q3: Why is it said that the principles of management are universal?
Answer: Because these principles are intended to apply to all types of organisations, business as well as non-business, small as well large, public sector as well as private sector, manufacturing as well as the services sectors.
Q4: Why are the principles of management are considered contingent?
Answer: The application of principles of management is contingent or dependent upon the prevailing situation at a particular point of time. The
application of principles has to be changed as per requirements.
Q5: Why is it said that principles of management are flexible?
Answer: This is because they can be modified by the managers when the situation so demands.
Q6: The principles of management aren't rigid and can be modified when the situation demands. Which nature of principles is being discussed here?
Answer: Flexibility.
Q7: Which principles of management promotes team spirit?
Answer: Esprict De Corps.
Q8: State one violating effect of the principle of ‘Division of work’.
Answer: Lack of specialization.
Q9: Define scientific management.
Answer: It is the application of a scientific approach to managerial decision making.
Q10: Who was the first to identity functions of management?
Answer: Henri Payol