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To guide and oversee the efforts of assistants in order to attain administration's objectives is a function of

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Forecasting helps the management in

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Organisations with . . . . . . . . structures usually have many hierarchical levels and narrow spans of control.

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Which one of the following theory of organisation can be regarded as first coherent theory of organisation?

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Which of the following is not true of the concept of scientific management?

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Match the following.
List-I List-II
a. Newman & Summer 1. Organising, planning and controlling
b. Henry Fayol 2. Planning, organising, commanding, coordinating and controlling
c. Luther Gullick 3. Planning, organising, staffing, directing, controlling
d. Koontz & O Donnell 4. PODSCORB

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Match the following.
List-I List-II
a. Production manager communicating with the human resource manager 1. Upward communication
b. Assistant production manager communicate with finance manager 2. Downward communication
c. Progress report is submitted 3. Horizontal communication
d. Passing notice to the subordinates for attending a meeting 4. Diagonal communication

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Match the following.
List-I (Thinker) List-II (Principle)
a. Henry Fayol 1. Careful design of jobs with ten efficient work methods
b. Elton Mayo 2. Unity of direction
c. FW Taylor 3. Organisational equilibrium
d. Chester I Barnard 4. Social factors and group norms

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"Press the right button but convincingly; to get a desired reaction." For which function of management this statement is quoted?

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Assertion (A) Both Weber's Bureaucracy and Taylor's scientific management emphasise on rationality, predictability, impresonality, technical competence and authoritarianism.
Reason (R) Though Weber's writings were less operational than Taylor's, yet 'ideal bureaucracy' describes many contemporary organisations.

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Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. Communication is the systematic process of transfer of ideas, opinions and organisational values.
2. Henry Fayol coined the term PODSCORB.
3. Delegation is a two sided relationship between a superior and subordinate.

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The mechanistic theory of organisation is also referred to as the

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The three methods of science are
1. Observation and measurement
2. Experiment
3. Analysis and tabulation
4. Representation
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Among the following alternatives which of the managerial function deals will filling and keeping the organisation structure filled?

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Select the correct answer of the statements being correct or incorrect.
Statement I Planning helps in optimum utilisation of resources.
Statement II Planning limits the use of resources beforehand.

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Which of the following are correctly matched?

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Hawthorne studies lead to the development of

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To channelise the activities of the workers and to induce them to work is

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Which of the factors influence organisational communication?
1. Information ownership
2. Avoid evaluative judgement
3. Job specialisation
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This type of communication takes place between the superiors and subordinates of two different departments.

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