MBA Interview Questions – Business Studies

Top 100 Business Studies Questions asked in MBA Interviews

• What is EQ?
• What is business entity concept?
• Ritu is the manager of the northern division of a large corporate house. At what level does she work in the organization? What are her basic functions?
• Is Management an Art or Science?
• Can you talk about scientific management? State any three of its principles.

• What do you know about scientific management as per Taylor?
• What do you know about the Principle of Espirit de corps given by Henry Fayol?
• What do you understand by business environment?

• Why is it important for business enterprises to understand their environment? Explain briefly.
• Why are rules considered to be plans?
• What are the main features to be considered by the management while planning?
• What are the steps taken by management in the planning process?
• Is planning actually worth the huge costs it involves? Explain.
• Could you briefly explain the steps involved in hiring human resources in an organization?
• What factors would you say affect the location of a business unit?
• Can you discuss some of the job training techniques employed by an organization?
• What is the systems approach to management? Also explain its merits.
• Have you heard of Peter Drucker? Tell us about some of his contributions to the development of management thought?
• How would you say diversification is an integral growth strategy?
• Could you tell me some merits of project organization?
• What according to you is the significance of informal communication in an organization?
• What do you understand by management grid?
• Why do you think people resist change and what is it anyway?
• Tell me the importance of management grid.

• Briefly explain what you mean by Knowledge Management.
• What do you know about Theory X and Theory Y?
• Why do you think is corporate governance important?
• What is your understanding of liberalization?
• What according to you are the positive and negative impacts of liberalization on the Indian business?
• Tell me about various leadership styles.
• What is a one person company?
• What do you think is capital gearing?

• Define marketing mix.
• What factors do you think influence managerial decisions regarding marketing mix?
• Tell me about some external sources of recruitment that you would like to make use of in recruiting managerial personnel.
• What is capital structure?
• Tell me about some essentials of a sound capital structure.
• What do you understand by contingency approach to management?
• What is "Bounded Rationality" in decision making?
• What according to you are the causes of bounded rationality?
• "Ouchi's theory Z is the last word on motivation." Could you critically examine the same?
• What is a matrix organization?
• What do you think is Management by Exception?
• What is a learning organization?
• What is your take on joint ventures as a growth strategy?
• Tell me about some techniques of environmental analysis and diagnosis.
• Would you agree if I say "Search of business idea and opportunity are the corner stone in setting up a business empire."?
• What is your understanding of the Business Process Outsourcing concept?
• What are the advantages of outsourcing?
• Tell me about some of the key contributions of C.K. Prahlad in the light of his theory of Core competence.
• What are the different stages of "Product Life Cycle"?
• What would you do in case of declining sales of a product?
• How do you think can group dynamics be used to overcome resistance to change in organizations?
• What would you consider while choosing a form of business ownership?
• Could you discuss the need of training the employees?
• Could you briefly explain the various types of business environment?
• How do you think business and external environment interact with each other?
• What according to you is the role of middlemen in present day business?
• Is it desirable to eliminate middlemen in a business?
• What according to you is the problem of small enterprises in India?
• What according to you is the importance of insurance as a means of risk management?
• Could you please differentiate between horizontal and vertical integration?
• What according to you is the significance of workforce diversity?
• How would you describe e-commerce?
• What according to you are the requirements for implementation of e commerce?
• Why do you think Michael Hammer is called the ‘Father of Business Process Reengineering’?
• When would you say the need for strategic change in an organization arises?
• What is consumer behavior?
• What factors influence consumer behavior?
• What is sales promotion?
• Could you list some of the major techniques used for sales promotion?
• How do you think a central bank differs from a commercial bank?
• Could you state some of the main functions performed by a central bank?
• Do you know of any steps taken by the government to protect small business firms?
• What is growth strategy?
• What according to you is a network organization?
• Could you state some of the functions performed by the stock exchange?
• State some of the recruitment processes followed in MNCs.
• Explain the concept of franchising.
• What entrepreneurial decisions do you think are required to be taken while setting up a business enterprise?
• What all would you check while conducting a feasibility study of a project?
• Do you think a private company is a compromise between a partnership and a public company?
• What do you understand by productivity?
• How can you improve productivity?
• What is the marketing concept?
• Could you describe Porter's primary value chain analysis?
• How would you go about formulating a strategy?
• Could you differentiate between a project and a matrix organization?
• When would you say a matrix organization is very useful?
• What are the internal sources of human capital?
• Why do you think there is a need for total quality management?
• MNCs are a mixed blessing to the developing economics. Could you elaborate?
• What according to you has India's experience with privatization been?
• What would you say is financial management?
• Explain Maslow's Need Hierarchy Theory of motivation. Why has it been criticized ?
• Explain the term 'Corporate Strategy'. Discuss the importance of corporate strategy for a large scale business enterprise ?
• What would you consider as barriers to effective Communication ? How can these barriers be overcome ?
• Can you talk about various motivational theories?