Principles of Management Question Bank
Case Study Questions
Q Standard output to be produced by every employee is 500 units or more per month fixed by manager. Wage rates are ₹ 10 per unit for monthly production of 500 units or more and ₹8 for lesser than 500 units. At the end of the month A produced 600 units and he gets ₹6000 (600 × 10) and B produced 400 units and he gets ₹ 3200 (400 × 8). Do you agree with the concept applied by manager? Explain in details.
Q Shivani Ltd. was not performing well. After detailed analysis it was discovered that workers of the Production Department were not satisfied with the behavior of Mr. Ajmal, the production manager, as workers were forced to work for long hours without any rest. Keeping this in view this the management decided to replace Mr. Ajmal with Ms. Vijaya who had recently completed his M.B.A. from IIM Ahmedabad. Ms. Vijaya did a detailed analysis of work which involved heavy manual labour. She allowed small pauses to the workers so that they could refresh their energy for optimum contribution.
- Name and explain the technique of Scientific Management adopted by Ms. Vijaya.
- Suggest her the technique to find out the best ways of doing a job for doing so.
Q Tanisha and Shanti, having same educational qualifications are working as managers in ABC Ltd. Tanisha belongs to a rural area where employment opportunities are very less whereas Shanti belongs to an urban area. Ignoring many other differences between the two management of ABC Ltd. appointed them as assistant manager, on the same salary package of ₹55000 per month.
- Name the principle of management being followed in the above case.
Q Sumit is working in a Bag manufacturing Co. The management asked him to work overtime so as to produce more in order to meet increase in demand in the market. But he was not paid adequate wages for extra time and so he never contributed to his maximum.
- Which principle of Fayol is violated in the above case?
- Which values can be emphasized by following the above principle?
Q Bharti, an employee in XYZ Ltd., was instructed by Mr. Vinay (Production manager) to increase production of steel due to excess stock of steel. On the other hand, Mr. Madhavan (Sales manager) directed him not to increase the steel production as there was low demand for steel in the market. Bharti got confused regarding whose order to follow and hence was unable to work in a proper manner. Because of overlapping orders and instructions, Bharti was unable to satisfy both the bosses which led to conflict in the organization.
- Name and explain the principle not being followed.
- Give any two advantages of following this principle
Q One of the principles of scientific management emphasizes that to make the employees learn the best method of production, training to workers is essential. It further emphasizes that each person should be scientifically selected and the work assigned to the employees should suit physical, mental and intellectual capabilities. Name and explain the principle of scientific management involved.
Q Name the principle of scientific management which is concerned with selecting the best way of performing a job through application of scientific analysis and not by intuition or hit and trial methods.