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The exam

Final examination / assessment, as stated in the official syllabus. Ask a senior or your exam office for a past paper to confirm the question pattern.

Graded A+ (85-100) to E (0-24) on a 12-step scale; GPA is credit-weighted (5 credits per course unit).

Practice

Until we have a past paper, practise with the topic quizzes and the likely questions below. Write each essay answer by hand, then check it against its frame.

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Likely questions

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Structured questions

Distinguish efficiency from effectiveness with examples.Unit I Explain the skills needed by managers at different levels.Unit I Explain the McKinsey 7S framework.Unit I Distinguish the specific environment from the general environment of an organization.Unit I Explain the levels of planning with examples.Unit II Distinguish programmed and non-programmed decisions with examples.Unit II State the advantages and disadvantages of group decision making.Unit II Distinguish mechanistic and organic structures.Unit III Explain the environmental factors that affect human resource management.Unit III Explain the stages of group development.Unit III Explain the characteristics of effective teams.Unit III Explain the three components of an attitude.Unit IV What is emotional intelligence? Explain its dimensions.Unit IV Distinguish McGregor's Theory X from Theory Y.Unit IV Explain the barriers to effective interpersonal communication.Unit IV Why is control important for managers?Unit V Explain the balanced scorecard.Unit V Explain Lewin's three-step model of change.Unit V

Essay questions

Define management and explain the management process with a diagram.Unit I Explain Fayol's fourteen principles of management.Unit I Explain Porter's five forces model and prepare a SWOT analysis for a Sri Lankan company of your choice.Unit I Define planning and explain the steps in the planning process.Unit II Explain the decision-making process. How does bounded rationality affect it?Unit II Discuss the problems and challenges managers face in planning today, with Sri Lankan examples.Unit II Explain the six elements of organizational design.Unit III Explain traditional and contemporary organizational designs with their strengths and weaknesses.Unit III Explain the HRM process and discuss current issues in HRM.Unit III Explain the major factors that determine group performance and satisfaction.Unit III Explain the contingency theories of leadership, with special reference to Fiedler and Hersey-Blanchard.Unit IV Compare Maslow's hierarchy of needs with Herzberg's two-factor theory.Unit IV Explain the communication process and ways of overcoming communication barriers.Unit IV Define directing. Explain the determinants of individual behaviour in organizations.Unit IV Explain the phases of the control process with a diagram.Unit V Define controlling. Explain feedforward, concurrent and feedback control with examples.Unit V Discuss the contemporary issues in management with Sri Lankan examples.Unit V

Answer frames

How to lay out a long answer, with a write-up check. 23 frames so far.