BRAC Business School

MGT 501-1: Management of Organizations & Systems

Final Assessment
Submission Date: 24-05-21 Marks: 30
1. Is there a difference between wrong decisions and bad decisions? Why do good managers
sometimes make wrong decisions? Or Bad decisions? How can managers improve their
decision-making skills?

2. What types of planning do you do in your personal life? Describe these plans in terms of
being (a) strategic or operational, (b) short term or long term, and (c) specific or directional.

3. With the availability of advanced information technology that allows an organization’s

work to be done anywhere at any time, is organizing still an important managerial function?
Why or why not?

4. Why might a manager want to stimulate conflict in a group or team? How could conflict be
stimulated?

5. Explain the challenges facing managers in managing generational differences and negative
behaviour in the workplace.