Introduction to Business Management

Winter Semester 2022-23

Sample exam questions

All questions carry 10 marks each. Each question should be answered in a few short sentences, 50 –
100 words.

1. Explain the difference between a craft and a skill in industry. Give an example of each one.

(Lecture 1 - A Short History of Business)

2. Why is an ageing society a problem for an economy?

(Lecture 5 – The Socio-Cultural & Demographic Environment)

3. What are the principles of Scientific Management according to the work of Frederick Taylor?

(Lecture 2 – Organizational Design)

4. How would you define quality in

a) An electric toaster

b) a dry cleaning service

(Lecture 7 – Production, Operations & Supply Chain Management)

5. How are the risk-taking and management functions separated in a modern business?

(Lecture 10 – Human Resource Management)

6. Explain the character of the Nike organization as “a large-scale disintegration of functions”

(Donaghu & Barff, 1990)

(Lecture 1 – A Short History of Business)

7. What do you understand by the “democratisation” of a workforce?

(Class presentation “Google France”)

8. In a business organisation, what is a hierarchical culture?

(Class presentation “When Culture Doesn’t Translate”)

9. What are the economic benefits for China of the New Silk Road project? What are the
political aims?

(Class presentation: “The New Silk Road”)

10. What is the economic definition of a recession?

(Class presentation “How to survive a recession”)