In which of the following way the bureaucratic theory is criticised?
A. That it takes too much mechanistic view of human nature
B. That it ignores the effect of human feelings, emotions group loyalties etc on organisations
C. That it makes wrong assumptions about human motivation
D. All of the above
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Effective supervision is an activity of
A. organisation function
B. staffing function
C. direction function
D. control function
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Planning
1. Training
b. Staffing
2. Forecasting
c. Directing
3. Evaluating
d. Controlling
4. Motivating
A. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
B. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
C. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
D. a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
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Apart from legislations which of the following institutions operate in controlling and directing individual actions into desirable channels?
1. Religious prescriptions
2. Social customs, traditions and conventions
3. Socialist and revolutionary ideas
4. Political freedom and extension of franchise
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. Both 2 and 3
C. Both 1 and 2
D. 1, 2 and 4
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Advantages of participative decision-making include
A. employees set higher goals for themselves
B. more points of view are offered
C. participants buy into the final decision
D. all of the above
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Which of the following is considered as the first principle of management?
A. Coordination
B. Delegation
C. Line, staff, auxiliary agencies
D. Supervision
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To guide and oversee the efforts of assistants in order to attain administration's objectives is function of
A. planning
B. organising
C. directing
D. controlling
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The concept of "Zone of acceptance or indifference" is given by
A. MP Follett
B. Chester I Barnard
C. FW Taylor
D. Weber
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The lower level management possess . . . . . . . . skills.
A. conceptual
B. technical
C. interpersonal
D. none of these
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Normative theory
1. Simon
b. Bounded rationality
2. Taylor, Drucker
c. Practical theory
3. Combination of normative and administrative theory
d. Personal Theory
4. Individual behaviour
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
C. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
D. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Robert Owen
1. Organisations based on group ethics rather than individualism
b. Hugo Munsterberg
2. Social norms and standards of group
c. Mary Parker Follett
3. Employers treat their machines better than workers
d. Elton Mayo
4. Scientific study of human behaviour to identify
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
C. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
D. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
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Which of the following are not the elements of MP Follett's theory?
A. Consultative conflict
B. Theory of integration
C. Coactive power
D. Piecemeal wage distribution
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Personnel management is essentially a
A. matrix function
B. line function
C. staff function
D. line and staff function
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. . . . . . . . are rigid and their violation leads to punishment.
A. Procedures
B. Methods
C. Rules
D. Objectives
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Which of the following is not a benefit of informal organisation to employees?
A. Security
B. Status
C. Self-actualisation
D. Social satisfaction
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Disadvantage of putting great effort to maintain power balance, is offered by
A. divisional structure
B. matrix structure
C. virtual structure
D. functional structure
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Taylor's differential piecework plan provides that
A. all labourers should be assigned work according to their capacity
B. all labourers should be put in different shifts
C. those who produce above standard should receive higher wages than those producing below standard
D. payment should be the same on fixed standard
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Which of the following is not the main concern of scientific management?
A. Production
B. Efficiency
C. Mechanistic Methods
D. Rationality
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Examine the following statements about scientific management and identify those which are true and false.
1. The term 'Scientific Management' was not coined by Frederick Winslow Taylor.
2. Henry R. Towne's 'Engineer as a economist' influenced Taylor's ideas.
3. 'Shop Management' embodies 'Therbligs'.
4. Louis D Brandies heard the case filed against Taylor's Scientific Management by Trade Unions.
A. 1, 2, 3 are true and 4 is false
B. 1, 2, 4 are true and 3 is false
C. 1, 2 are true and 3, 4 are false
D. 1, 3 are true and 2, 4 are false
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The department can be created
A. by function
B. by product
C. by process
D. All of these
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