VTU Mechanical Engineering (Semester 5)
Management & Entrepreneurship
December 2014
Total marks: --
Total time: --
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


1 (a) Give an example for each of the managerial functions and explain the same.
10 M
1 (b) Explain any five principles of management as formulated by Fayol.
10 M

2 (a) List and explain the steps in planning.
10 M
2 (b) List any five types of plans and explain each briefly.
10 M

3 (a) What is span of control and What factors affect it? Explain.
10 M
3 (b) Explain recruitment and selection. What is MBO and MBE?
10 M

4 (a) How does Maslow's hierarchy of needs help a manager to motivate his subordinates? Expalin
10 M
4 (b) List Hygience and motivation factors as per Herzberg and explain their implications.
10 M

5 (a) List the stages of Entrepreneur and explain Any One Of them
10 M
5 (b) List the characteristics of an entrepreneur and explain any one of them.
10 M

6 (a) List the characteristics of small scale industry (SSI) and explain the need for SSI in the economy of a country
10 M
6 (b) What are the steps involved in starting SSI? Explain one of them.
10 M

7 (a) List some state level agencies which support SSI and explain one of them as to how they assist the SSI's
10 M
7 (b) What are the schemes of finance provided by SIDBI? Explain one of the schemes.
10 M

8 Write notes on:
a. Market feasibility study.
b. Financial feasibility study
c. Technical feasibility study
d. Economic feasibility study.
20 M



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