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d.  Defined
                    7. Science, not rule of thumb, this principle was given by ____________
                      a.  Henry Fayol
                      b.  James Lundy
                      c.  F.W.Taylor
                      d.  Koontz
                    8. Harmony, Not Discord principle is concerned with______________
                      a.  Investigation of Task
                      b.  Management should share the gains of company with workers
                      c.  Observation and Analysis
                      d.  Scientific inquiry
                    9. Management principles influence ________.
                       a. Human behaviour
                       b.Organisation
                       c. Government
                    10. Principles of management are rigid.
                       a.  True
                       b.  False

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               (One Mark)

               1.  What is meant by ‘Management Principles’?
               2.  State the two methods through which the management principles have been derived?
               3.  Why it is said that management principles are universally acceptable?
               4.  Why management principles are called flexible?
               5.  Why the principles of management are considered contingent?
               6.  Mr. Sam Philip is the  owner  of "Philip Sports".  He has  divided  his business into four
                  departments,  viz. finance,  marketing, production  and  human   resource  development.
                  All departmental  managers have been  instructed to comply with  certain  general
                  guidelines while  discharging their  functions.  By doing so, they will definitely  achieve
                  better  performance. All managers complied with this instruction.
                  Identify the concept  of management mentioned in the above paragraph.
                   (Three Marks)

               1.  What is the importance of the principles of management?
               2.  Define scientific management.

               (Four Marks)

               1.  Explain any four points regarding significance of Principles of management
               2.  Explain why is it said that the principles of management are ‘primarily behavioural’ and
                  ‘contingent’ in nature.

               (Five Marks)

               1.  Explain the principles of scientific management given by Taylor.
               2.  Lovesh wants  to set up    factory  of manufacturing electronic  items.  He decides  to use
                  recycled    material  for  the  electronic    items,  wherever  possible.    He  proposes  to  use  a
                  scientific  and rational approach in all the  decisions that  he takes  for setting  up and  for
                  running the  factory  rather   than  using  hit and  trial methods. He also decides  that  he
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