KARNATAKA STATE
OPEN UNIVERSITY
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Principal of Management (BBA)
Assignment 1
Subject Code : BBA101
Q1: Define management with its features and different functions performed by
management at different levels of management?
Q2: Explain the modern concept of management and discuss management as a
profession?
Q3: Discuss in brief different theories of management and significance to the facts
discovered through haw Thorne experiments.
Q4: What do you understand by organization? What are the different types of
organization?
Q5: What do you understand by departmentaion and what are the key factors in
departmentaion explain with its different types?
Q6: Difference between delegation and decentralization explain with factors determining
the extent of decentralization?
Q7: What are the different principles of effective communication and what are the
obstacles faced by an organization in communication process?
Q8: How motivation is related with the efficiency of the workforce.
Q9: Which of the needs in Maslow’s hierarchy seem to be most important to an
Organization?
Q10: Explain span of control with formal and informal organization?
Principal of Management (BBA)
Assignment 2
Subject Code : BBA101
Q1: Management is an art of getting things done through other explain stamen with
different functions performed by management ?
Q2: Difference between Administration and Management?
Q3: Modern organization theory is fundamental in nature Explain with modern
organizational theory?
Q4: What do you understand by planning? Explain different steps involved in planning
process?
Q5: Explain the need for committee form of and organization with giving view of project
or matrix organization?
Q6: What are the different types of organization explain the consequences of poor
organization also which AMA’s ten commandment of good organization?
Q7: Why company should have its objectives explain with different principles of
objectives ?
Q8: What do you understand by delegation of authority with formal & informal
delegation?
Q9: Why effective communication process required in an organization what are the
Objectives of communication?
Q10: Explain the different principles of personnel motivation.
Principal of Management (BBA)
Assignment 3
Subject Code : BBA101
Q1: Explain the significance of Management in the modern business organization.
Q2: Define Forecasting? with its various aspects?
Q3: What do you understand by Decentralization of authority explain it with sources of
authority?
Q4: Write a short note on
a)
b)
c)
d)
Organizational Chart
Policies & Procedures
The classical organization theory
Spam of Control
Q5: What are the advantages and disadvantages of verbal and written Communication?
And how can you measure the sucers of Communication?
Q6: What are the merits and demerits of delegation of authority explain with its
weakness ?
Q7: Define motivation with its Positive and Negative aspect?
Q8: Explain elements of communication with characteristics of a good communication
Q9: What are the basic elements of an organization explain with steps involved of
organization ?
Q10: Difference between the line organization and the line and staff organization?
Marketing Management (BBA)
Assignment 1
Subject Code : BBA102
Q1: Explain the basic concept of marketing management with its functions?
Q2: What are the principles Marketing management explain with importance of
Marketing to an organization?
Q3: What do you understand by consumer behavior explain with determinants of
consumer behavior?
Q4: Explain in brief the process of new product development
Q5: What are the objectives of pricing? How various factors can affect the pricing
decision?
Q6: Write a short note on:
a) Marketing Mix
b) Product Simplification
c) Price Discrimination
Q7: Define channels of distribution explain with different types of channels of
distribution ?
Q8: Explain the concept of sales forecasting with its objectives?
Q9: Define marketing Research with its scope?
Q10: What are the various advantages and disadvantages of sales promotion to a
company?
Marketing Management (BBA)
Assignment 2
Subject Code : BBA102
Q1: Explain the concept of marketing in an organization. What do you understand
by marketing mix?
Q2: What are the persons that can influence a buying decision? What are the
different stages involved in buying process of consumer ?
Q3: What are the essential characteristics of a marketing oriented company?
Q4: What do you understand b product-Mix explain with product line policies and
strategies?
Q5: What is the role of a price a product play in different stages of lifecycle of a
product? Explain with methods determing prices ?
Q6: Short notes on :
a) Diffussion process
b) Product Diversification
c) Logistic Management
Q7: What are the factors influence selection of a particular distribution channel
by an organization
Q8: Define sales promotions? With different tools and techniques of sales
promotion.
Q9: Why company do market research for a product or service and what are the
sources through which collection of data is done?
Q10: Why sales promotion, personal selling or managing public relations are
necessary for a company?
Marketing Management (BBA)
Assignment 3
Subject Code : BBA102
Q1: What do you understand by Marketing? Explain the Role and responsibilities
of a marketing manager?
Q2: What are the factors which influence consumer buying behavior ?
Q3: Define Product with product life cycle?
Q4: What do you understand by pricing policy strategy? Explain with information
required for setting a price of product by price setters ?
Q5: Short notes on :
a) Product Mix
b) Product Elimination
c) Sales Promotion
Q6: Define logistic management with general factors affecting logistic choice of an
Organization?
Q7: What is segmentation? On what basics customer market is segmented?
Q8: Difference between sales promotion and advertising and personal selling?
Q9: What are the causes for popularity of Non-price competition?
Q10: What are the different functions performed by channels of distribution for
the physical distribution of goods and services ?
Managerial Economics (BBA)
Assignment 1
Subject Code: BBA103
Q1: What is the scope and nature of managerial economics? Explain the concepts of
Managerial Economics.
Q2: What are the fundamentals steps involved in managerial economics?
Q3: Define the appropriate definitions of Managerial economics?
Q4: What are the basic characteristics of managerial economics? Explain.
Q5: Managerial Economics is a economic analysis explain?
Q6: What are the theoretical concepts of managerial economics?
Q7: Explain the role of the managerial economist and define summary of Managerial
economics?
Q8: Define the concepts of Demand Analysis?
Q9: What are the different types of demand elaborate their types ?
Q10: What is demand function & Demand curve?
Q11: Write a short note on Demand elasticities?
Q12: Explain the scope of Demand forecasting?
Q13: Define the production Analysis and explain the scope of Introduction of Production
Analysis?
Q14: What do you mean by Production Function & Define one variable input case &
short Run Analysis ?
Q15: Explain the production function with two variable inputs?
Q16: What are the different types of changes in input prices?
Q17: Define the term “Return to scale” in production function?
Q18: What is empirical production functions explain?
Q19: What is cost Analysis & explain cost concepts?
Q20: What are the functions of cost-output in cost analysis ?
Q21: What are the functions of cost in the short-run?
Q22: Write a short note on ‘costs in the long-run?
Q23: Explain the economics of scale in the cost analysis?
Q24: What is the scope of economics in cost concept ?
Q25: What are the applications of cost analysis ?
Q26: write a short note on -Break - ever analysis?
Q27: Define the term-volume -cost profit and explain their function in cost analysis?
Q28: Explain cost functions empirical determination?
Q29: what is the relevance of cost theory for managers?
Q30: What is the Relevance of the shape of costs in cost analysis ?
Q31: Define the theory of pricing in price-output & market structure ?
Q32: What are the various forms of market structures?
Q33: Equilibrium of a firm in Price-output & market structures. Explain its equilibrium?
Q34: Define the price determination in market structure?
Q35: Explain the equilibrium between demand & supply with diagrams?
Q36: What are the decisions of pricing & output under perfect competition?
Q37: Explain the pricing & output decision under monopoly?
Q38: What are different types of pricing strategies?
Q39: Define multi product pricing & explain their applications?
Q40: What is price discrimination elaborate?
Q41: What are the methods of pricing in pricing practices?
Q42: What is the role of government‘s control on pricing?
Q43: What is the investment decisions introduction define its steps?
Q44: Explain the meaning & significance of capital budgeting?
Q45: What are the techniques or methods of investment evaluation?
Q46: What are the different types of decisions of public investment?
Q47: Define the Risk & uncertainty in investment decisions analysis?
Q48: What is the main objective of firm & their constraints?
Q49: Explain the theories of the Firm?
Q50: What are the different theories of managerial firm?
Q51: Explain the behavioral theories of the firm?
Q52: What is the value maximization in managerial firm?
Q53: Explain firm’s constraints elaborate?
Q54: What is the welfare economics? Explain in points.
Q55: Define general equilibrium in welfare economics?
Q56: Write a short note on utility analysis?
Q57: Explain the terms
1. Consumer’s Surplus
2. Producer’s Surplus
3. Pareto Optimality
Q58: What is the different approach of alternative managerial economics?
Q59: Explain the criteria for welfare judgments?