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Mbad 501: Foundations And Practice Of Management Question Paper

Mbad 501: Foundations And Practice Of Management

Course:Business Administration

Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers

Exam Year:2011

FACULTY : BUSINESS STUDIES AND MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT : BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
TIME : 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS Answer ANY FOUR Questions

Question 1
a) What are Multinational Corporations? How do they manage their operations in Kenya? What strategic alternatives are they likely to use in line with the onset of vision 2030? (15marks)
b) Identify and explain the five key drivers for change and consequent shifts in management paradigms in the world today (10marks)

Question 2
a) What is the greatest good and how is this concept applicable to management today? (5marks)
b) What do you think managers are supposed to do when the greatest good conflict with personal values, morals and interests? (6marks)
c) Describe various moral and ethical considerations managers need to consider in their daily execution of duties. (14marks)

Question 3
a) Discuss the reframing concept in management and show it usefulness in contemporary managerial decision making. (15marks)
b) Using a managerial grid, show the relationships between the following;
i) Art and science of management (2marks)
ii) Administration and management (2marks)
iii) Systems and contingency management (2marks)
iv) Planning and controlling (2marks)
v) Types of plans and decisions (2marks)

Question 4
a) Briefly discuss the contributions of neo-classicals in the evolution of management thought (15marks)
b) What is the relevance of Von Battalanffy’s systems approach to contemporary management (10marks)

Question 5
a) Define a strategy and show its relationship with the external environment? (3marks)
b) Give reasons why managers need to audit the happenings of the environments (4marks)
c) What are the contextual variants that make organizations different from one another(8marks)
d) Briefly discuss the importance of Boston Consulting Group’s matrix in environmental considerations (10marks)

Question 6
a) “The contemporary managers are expected to learn better management skills from several sources”. Briefly name and explain some of these sources (5marks)
b) Describe the managerial functions of contemporary managers and show how they relate or deviate from the ones advocated by the French engineer Henri Fayol (20marks)

Mbad 501: Foundations And Practice Of Management Question Paper

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