BPAC-132 · December 2024 · English

IGNOU BPAC-132 December 2024 Previous Year Question Paper

ADMINISTRATIVE THINKERS

Structured previous year question paper for BPAC-132, December 2024 session.

Max marks: 100 · Questions: 8 · Sections: 2

Verified: 22 Aug 2026

BACHELOR OF ARTS (GENERAL)

(BAG)

Term-End Examination

December, 2024

BPAC-132 : ADMINISTRATIVE THINKERS

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note:Answer any five questions in about

400 words each by selecting at least two

questions from each Section. All questions

carry equal marks.

Section—I

Q1.Describe the personnel administration as depicted in ‘Arthshastra’.

Q2.Explain Gandhi’s vision of Swaraj.

Q3.Discuss the basic concepts of F. W. Taylor.

Q4.Write a note on the various phases in Hawthorne experiments.

Section—II

Q5.Analyse Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy theory.

Q6.Describe the concept of Organisational Humanism and also the management styles propounded by Rensis Likert.

Q7.Discuss the concept and principles of Job Enrichment.

Q8.Write a note on Management by Objectives (MBO).