Elements Of Management Question Paper

Elements Of Management

Course:Advanced Certificate In Business Administration (Business Administration)

Exam Year:2006

ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ELEMENTS OF MANAGEMENT
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1.Answer any FIVE of the SEVEN questions.
2.All questions carry equal marks.
This paper consists of 2 printed pages
1.(a) Abeco Company Limited intends to adopt a matrix organizational structure. Outline the problems that the company may face after adopting the new structure.(10 marks)
(b) Explain the ways in which strategic decisions differ from operational decisions in organizations.(10 marks)

2.(a) Highlight the contributions of the contingency approach to the practice of management.(10 marks)
(b) Multinational corporations operating in Less Developed Countries are usually faced with a number of risks. Explain such risks.(10 marks)

3.(a) One of the non-budgeting control techniques is the use of internal audit group. Explain the responsibilities of such internal audit group.(10 marks)
(b) Explain the usefulness of an organizational chart in the process of management.(10 marks)

4.(a) One role of modern management is to design strategies to cope with challenges posed by external environment. Explain the challenges faced by organizations from the external environment.(10 marks)
(b) Some employers in certain industries tend to resist minimum wage guidelines stipulated by the Ministry of Labour. Explain the reasons for such resistance to minimum wage guidelines.(10 marks)

5.(a) Explain the reasons why workers in an organization may resist change introduced by the management.(12 marks)
(b) Outline the role of the Central Management Committee (CMC) in the management of a savings and credit co-operative (SACCO) society.(8 marks)

6.(a) Explain the weaknesses of Vroom's expectancy theory of motivation.(8 marks)
(b) The management of Bestlanders Limited is in the process of establishing welfare facilities for its workers. Outline the reasons that may have prompted the management to undertake the programme.(12 marks)

7.(a) One of the methods of management development is on-the-job training. Describe the approaches in this method of management development.(12 marks)
(b) Describe the decisional roles that a manager should play as propounded by Mintzberg.(8 marks)

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