Tuesday, January 8, 2019

SHORT QUESTIONS FOR BUSINESS STUDY FOR PLUS TWO COMMERCE


Ø  SHORT QUESTIONS FOR BUSINESS STUDY FOR PLUS TWO COMMERCE



     QUESTIONS ( 2 MARKS)
1.       EXPLAIN MANAGEMENT AS PROCESS?
2.       WHAT IS SOCIO –CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT?
3.       EXPLAIN STAFFING
4.       DEFINE MOTIVATION
5.       WHAT IS SPAN OF CONTROL
6.       WHAT IS FINANCIAL MARKET
7.       WHAT IS ADVERTISING

·         QUESTIONS 4 MARKS
1.       WRITE ANY FOUR PRINCIPLES OF CO-ORDINATIONS ?
2.       EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UNITY OF COMMAND AND UNITY OF DIRECTION?
3.       WRITE ANY FOUR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DELEGATION AND DECENTRALIZATION?
4.       WRITE ANY FOUR FEATURES OF COMMUNICATION?
5.       EXPLAIN ANY FOUR TYPES OF STRATEGY?
6.       EXPLAIN ANY FOUR ELEMENTS  AFFECTING WORKING CAPITAL REQUIREMENT?
7.       WRITE THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHANNEL OF DISTRIBUTION



Ø  MANAGEMENT AS PROCESS
·         AS A PROCESS MANAGEMENT REFERS TO A SERIES OF INTER RELATED FUNCTIONS.  A PROCESS IS SYSTEMATIC  WAY OF DOING THINGS.IT IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH MANAGEMENT CREATES,OPERATES AND DIRECT PURPOSIVE ORGANIZATION THROUGH SYSTEMATIC,COORDINATED AND COOPERATED HUMAN EFFORTS.
     GEORGE TERRY,” MGMT IS A DISTINCT PROCESS CONSISTING OF PLANNING,ORGANIZING,ACTUATING AND CONTROLLING,PERFORMED TO DETERMINE AND ACCOMPLISH STATED OBJECTIVES BY THE USE OF HUMAN BEINGS AND OTHER RESOURCES.
     FEATURES OF PROCESS ARE:-SOCIAL PROCESS,CONTINUOUS PROCESS,UNIVERSAL AND ITERATIVE


Ø  SOCIO CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
     THE SOCIO CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF A BUSINESS IS THE CUSTOMS AND VALUE THAT SHAPE AND GUIDE THE BUSINESS PRACTICES.A COMPANY’S VALUES ARE SHOWN BY ITS POLICIES. IT IS CREATED BY THE DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF ITS LEADERS ALONG WITH ITS EMPLOYEES. FOR EXAMPLE A COMPANY WITH A STRONG FAMILY FOCUSED CULTURE WILL PROVIDE MORE FACILITY TO EMPLOYEES.IT ALSO AFFECT THE MARKET PLACE. THE COMPANIES HAS TO CONSIDER SOCIO CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRODUCING AND ALSO IN FRAMING PROMOTIONAL STRATEGY.
     AS THE BUSINESS WORK IN THE SOCIETIES SO SOCIETIES DIFFERENT FACTORS LIKE FAMILY,EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS,RELIGIONS AND CULTURAL VALUE AFFECT THE BUSINESS
Ø  STAFFING
     STAFFING IS THE PROCESS OF HIRING ELIGIBLE PERSONS IN THE ORGANIZATION OR COMPANY FOR SPECIFIC POSITIONS. STAFFING IS THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING,ASSESSING,PLACING,DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING INDIVIDUALS AT WORK.
     TH MANAGERIAL FUNCTION OF STAFFING INVOLVES MANURING THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THROUGH PROPER AND EFFECTIVE SELECTION,APPRAISAL AND DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONNEL TO FILL THE ROLES DESIGNED INTO THE STRUCTURE.
     STAFFING HELPS IN DISCOVERING AND OBTAINING COMPETENT AND PERSONNEL FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS AND IT HAS THE OBJECTIVE OF RIGHT PERSONS AT THE RIGHT JOB AT THE RIGHT TIME AND IN THE RIGHT QUANTITY PERFORMING IN RIGHT MANNER.
     MOTIVATION
     RENSIS LIKERT HAS CALLED MOTIVATION,” THE CORE OF MGMT’
     MOTIVATION HAS BEEN DERIVED FROM ‘MOTIVE’ WHICH MEANS ANY IDEA,NEED OR EMOTION THAT PROMPTS A MAN INTO ACTION.WHATEVER MAY BE THE BEHAVIOR OF A MAN,THERE IS SOME STIMULUS BEHIND IT. STIMULUS IS DEPENDENT UPON THE MOTIVE OF THE PERSON CONCERNED.
     MOTIVATION REFERS TO DEGREE OF READINESS OF AN ORGANISM TO PURSUE SOME DESIGNATED GOAL AND IMPLIES THE DETERMINATION OF THE NATURE AND LOCUS OF FORCES,INCLUDING THE DEGREE OF READINESS.
     NATURE OF THE MOTIVATION
     VANCE,” MOTIVATION IMPLIES ANY EMOTION OR DESIRE WHICH SO CONDITIONS ONE’S WILL THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS PROPERLY LED INTO ACTION”
1.       MOTIVATION IS INNER FEELING WHICH ENERGIZE A PERSON TO WORK MORE
2.       THE EMOTIONS OR DESIRES OF A PERSON PROMPTS HIM FOR DOING A PARTICULAR WORK
3.       UNSATISFIED NEEDS OF A PERSON WHICH DISTURB HIS EQUILIBRIUM
4.       TO FULFILL HIS UNSATISFIED NEEDS
5.       PASSIVE ENERGIES WHICH ARE ACTIVATED BY MOTIVATION
     SPAN OF CONTROL
     SPAN OF CONTROL OR SPAN OF MANAGEMENT REFERS TO THE NUMBER OF SUBORDINATES WHO CAN BE MANGED EFFICIENTLY BY SUPERIOR.
     NUMBER OF SUBORDINATES DIRECTLY REPORTING TO A MANGER IS KNOWN AS SPAN OF MGMT. SPAN OF CONTROL IS OF TWO TYPES: NARROW SPAN OF CONTROL MEANS A SINGLE MANGER SUPERVISING FEW SUBORDINATES  AND IT REQUIRES TALL ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE. WIDE PAN OF CONTROL MEANS A SINGLE MANAGER SUPERVISING A LARGE NUMBER OF SUBORDINATES AND REQUIRE FLAT ORGANIZATION.
     THE SPAN OF CONTROL DEPENDS UPON VARIOUS FACTORS FOR EXAMPLE NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION,NATURE OF THE JOB,SKILL AND COMPETENCIES OF A MANGER AND EMPLOYEE’S COMPETENCY AND GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY ETC
Ø      MEANING OF FINANCIAL MARKETS
§  NOT SPECIFIC PLACE OR LOCATION
§  WHENEVER A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TAKES PLACE,IT IS DEEMED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE FINANCIAL MARKET
§  FINANCIAL MARKETS CAN BE REFERRED AS TO THOSE CENTERS AND ARRANGEMENT WHICH FACILITATES BUYING AND SELLING OF FINANCIAL ASSETS,CLAIMS AND SERVICES. SOMETIMES WE DO FIND THE EXISTENCE OF A SPECIFIC PLACE OR LOCATION FOR A FINANCIAL MARKET IN CASE OF STOCK EXCHANGE.
§  TRANSFERRING OF FUNDS FROM THE SURPLUS SECTOR TO THE DEFICIT SECTOR IS THE MAIN FUNCTION OF FINANCIAL MARKET
§  FINANCIAL MARKET CONSISTS OF MONEY MARKET(SHORT TERM FUNDS) AND CAPITAL MARKET DEALS WITH LONG TERM FUNDS.
     DEFINITION OF ADVERTISING
     AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS:-ANY PAID FORM OF NON  PERSONAL PRESENTATION OF IDEAS,GOODS,OR SERVICES BY AN IDENTIFIED SPONSOR.
     NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA,”ADVERTING IS A FORM OF COMMUNICATION INTENDED TO PROMOTE THE SALE OF THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION,TO GAIN POLITICAL SUPPORT OR TO ADVANCE A PARTICULAR CAUSE.
     IT IS MEDIUM OF IMPERSONAL SALES EFFORTS. IT IS ALSO DESCRIBED AS SALESMANSHIP IN PRINT. IT IS PAID FORM OF PUBLICITY AND NO DIRECT CONTACT  BETWEEN THE ADVERTISER AND THE CUSTOMER BUT IT IS GIVEN BY IDENTIFIED SPONSOR.
     IT IS USED TO POPULARIZE THE PRODUCT AND CREATING AND INFLUENCING THE DEMAND.

     PRINCIPLES OF COORDINATION
1.       PRINCIPLE OF DIRECT CONTACT:- MISS FOLLET BELIEVES THAT THROUGH DIRECT CONTACT COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION CAN BE IMPROVED
2.       PRINCIPLE OF EARLY BEGINNING:- MORE READILY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF PLANNING AND EXECUTION.
3.       PRINCIPLE OF RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP:-ALL THE FACTORS IN A SITUATION ARE RECIPROCALLY RELATED. THE WORK OF ONE PERSON IS DEPENDENT ON OTHER WHO IN TURN DEPENDENT ON SOME OTHER. IN THE ABSENCE OF COORDINATION THE WORK OF EVERY ONE WILL SUFFER.
4.       PRINCIPLE OF CONTINUITY:-IT IS MANAGERIAL PROCESS WHICH IS EXERCISED CONTINUOUSLY.
     DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UNITY OF COMMAND AND UNITY OF DIRECTION
     UNITY OF COMMAND
1.       ONE BOSS
2.       ONE COMMAND AND FIXING RESPONSIBILITIES
3.       CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF PEOPLE
4.       IT HELPS IN IMPROVING EFFICIENCY BY DECIDING HIERARCHY
·         UNITY OF DIRECTION
  1. ONE UNIT AND ONE PLAN
  2. RELATED TO THE ACTIVITIES
  3. ON DIRECTING THE EFFORTS OF ONE DEPARTMENT FOR ACHIEVING THE GOALS
  4. THE EFFORT IS TO ACHIEVE COORDINATION AMONG DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
     MEANING OF POSDCORB
     USED BY LUTHER GULLICK
     P-----PLANNING
     O-----ORGANIZING
     S---STAFFING
     D---DIRECTING
     CO----COORDINATION
     R-----REPORTING
     B--BUDGETING



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