Birla Institute Essay

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Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani Work-Integrated Learning Programmes Division Second Semester 2009-2010 Comprehensive Examination (EC-2 Regular) Course No. Course Title Nature of Exam Weightage Duration Date of Exam Note: 1. 2. : MGTS ZC211 : PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT : Open Book : 60% : 3 Hours : 03/04/2010 (FN) No. of Pages =5 No. of Questions = 8 Please follow all the Instructions to Candidates given on the cover page of the answer book. All parts of a question should be answered consecutively. Each answer should start from a fresh page. Answer the following questions in brief (not more than 50 words): Q.1. What are the managerial implications of a borderless organization? [3] Q.2. How might the processes of strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation differ for (a) large businesses, (b) small businesses, (c) not-for-profit organizations, and (d) global businesses? [3] Q.3. Organizations typically have limits to how much change they can absorb. As a manager, what signs would you look for that might suggest that your organization has exceeded its capacity to change? [3] Answer the following questions based on the given scenarios: Q.4. The Sword and the Millstone [1.5 X 4 = 6] Sandra Millstone, the CEO of Excalibur Manufacturing Company, had concluded that the company would have to reduce its employee group by 10 percent within the next 4 weeks due to a decreased demand for the products the company manufactured. She spent over 30 hours preparing charts, tables, graphs, diagrams, and other forms of visual aids for her presentation to the employees about the upcoming reduction in force so that they could understand the reason and feel better about the company. 4.1 When Sandra prepared the visual aids to help the employees understand and feel better about the company, what was she doing to the message she had to

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