POM Course - Final Exam - What need to study ?

POM Course - Final Exam - What need to study ?

Dear Executive  Trainees ( Calling you students is NOT Right .. I feel ! )

Some of you are interested to know what to study for final exam. Some information for you all.

1. Study and understand the blogs written by  YOU and OTHERS. More blogs you  read and understand it is better for you .

2. Read relevant chapters from Stoner book. All relevant chapters. For example I mentioned the chapters in the course outline blog. refer to them. Let me again list chapters for your convenience and focus..

Chapters, 1, 2, 7, 9,10,12, 13,15,16, 17,18... This NO way means that Qns.  from other chapters DO NOT come. NOTE this. Listing is only for focusing your attention on.

3. Try to understand the concepts given in the Subject index of the book. Application and understanding matters most in writing the  final exam.

All the best..

POM Mid Termtest Results

POM Mid Term Test Results 

1. Theory X  managers assumes that workers are lazy and dont like to
work.. Ans..TRUE

Sec A - Right answers - 73% , Wrong answers - 27%

2. Flat Hierarchy organization involve greater coordination with in
organisaiton compared to taller hierarchy organizations - Ans.. FALSE

Sec A - Right answers - 33 %; Wrong answers - 63%
Sec B - Right answers - 49 %; Wrong answers - 51%


Excerpts of Wrong answers are like this:


" Flat hierarchy organisaitons require greater coordination as the total output depends on synergy of various departments. In a taller hierarchy, the work can be done by pressure, but in a flat one, coordination is non negotiable ".


" It is easy to communicatte in taller hierarchy org. as the suordinates communcate to theri bosses and in turn he /s he communicates it abdk to all his subordinates. The information spreads quickly.
But in flat orgnisation the information is sent by peer to peer communication which takes time".

RIGHT answer for the Question with an explanation is: 


Flat organisations when compared with  tall  hierarchy organisations,  will have less number of 'Managers'. In any organization, either flat or tall - contributors ( i.e., workers) cannot be reduced.. Because it effects the organizational performance.  where as the reduction of  managers  do not impacts the performance.


3. Bounded rationality principle encourages the managers to be
gamblers Ans. FALSE

Sec A - Right answers - 78 %; Wrong answers - 22%
Sec B - Right answers - 69 %; Wrong answers - 31%

4. Craftsmanship encourages involves specialization Ans. FALSE

Sec B - Right answers - 97 %; Wrong answers - 3%

5. Hawthorne experiments concluded that better working conditions
leads to higher productivity Ans.. FALSE

Sec A - Right answers - 70 %; Wrong answers - 30%
Sec B - Right answers - 73 %; Wrong answers - 27%

6. Organizations structures are conditioned by he organizational
purpose and organizational processes. Ans. TRUE

Sec A - Right answers - 98 %; Wrong answers - 2%
Sec B - Right answers - 98 %; Wrong answers - 2%

7. As per SMART goals principle realizable goals may be defined as the
goals that are already realized. Ans. FALSE
Sec A - Right answers - 97 %; Wrong answers - 3%
Sec B - Right answers - 97 %; Wrong answers - 3%

8. Both scientific management and administrative management theories
conflict each other . Ans. FALSE

Sec A - Right answers - 57 %; Wrong answers - 43%
Sec B - Right answers - 23 %; Wrong answers - 77%

9. Technical skills emerge as critical for higher levels of managerial
positions Ans. FALSE

Sec B - Right answers - 97 %; Wrong answers - 3%

10. The word ..Scientific means in Scientific management..

Verifiable, Objective, Involves testing and experimentation,
analysis; synthesis; logic; rationality; empiricism; repeatable,

11. Differentiate Work - Job:

Job:  A group of homogeneous tasks related by similarity of functions.
Work - Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the
production or accomplishment of something.

For your benefit..Dr mandi ,