As per the principle of balance, there should be balance between
A. the activities
B. authority and responsibility
C. standardisation of procedures and flexibility
D. All of the above
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Who corrected the difficulties of Taylor's differential piece rate system of wages?
A. Henry Towne
B. HL Gantt
C. Frank and Lillian Gilbreths
D. Newmann and Summer
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Recruitment and selection are part of which of the following managerial function?
A. Planning
B. Organising
C. Staffing
D. Controlling
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Assertion (A) Negotiator is a decisive role.
Reason (R) Decisive roles involve taking decisions about various business aspects.
A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B. Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C. (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect
D. (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct
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For planning and decision-making, the method that consists in trying out alternatives, is known as
A. experience
B. experiment
C. the model
D. none of these
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Which of the following books provides the most comprehensive enunciation of classical theory?
A. Principles on organisation
B. Papers on science of administration
C. Principle of scientific management
D. General and industrial management
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Which of the following is/are not a part of classical approach to management?
A. Scientific management
B. Administrative management
C. Decision theory
D. Bureaucratic organisation
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In line organisation, the business activities are divided into following three types.
A. Accounts, production, sales
B. Production, quality, sales
C. Production, quality, maintenance
D. Production, maintenance, sales
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These decisions are original and the product of managerial wisdom. These decisions are known as
A. programmed decisions
B. unprogrammed decisions
C. middle-level system
D. top-level decision
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Hawthorne experiments brought out the fact that
1. Individuals crave for self-interest and have no regard for social norms.
2. Workers constituted a small, well-knit social group.
3. Men are not isolated creatures.
4. An organisation was a social system, a group of people behaving with each other.
Select the correct answer:
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. 2, 3 and 4
C. Both 3 and 4
D. Only 4
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In a formal organisation, 'power' is associated with
A. an individual
B. position
C. relationship
D. control
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Linking pin structure of the organisation was proposed by
A. Scott
B. Kahn
C. Sherwood
D. Likert
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Match the following.
List-I
List-II
a. Matrix structure
1. Traditional structure with many levels of management
b. Hybrid structure
2. It is the combination of functional and product departments
c. Vertical structure
3. Based on the characteristics of both divisional as well as functional organisational structures
d. Horizontal structure
4. It is also known as a flat organisational structure
A. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
B. a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
C. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
D. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
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Match the following experiments
List I with the pioneers who are associated
List II with them.
List-I
List-II
a. Case of Schimdt
1. George A Pennock
b. Ahmedabad Experiment
2. FJ Roethlisberger
c. Illumination Enxperiment
3. AK Rice
d. Bank Wiring Observation Test Room Experiment
4. FW Taylor
A. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
B. a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
C. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
D. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
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Restricted view of organisational goals is represented by deploying a
A. vertical structure
B. divisional structure
C. horizontal structure
D. functional structure
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Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. Organisation structure refers to a system where the work is divided formally.
2. The smaller tasks are gathered and divided formally.
3. Organising helps in looking into the future.
4. Organising promotes order in the organisation.
A. 1, 2, 3 are true, 4 is false
B. 1 and 2 are true, 3 and 4 are false
C. 2 and 4 are true, 1 and 3 are false
D. 1, 2 and 4 are true, 3 is false
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Henry Fayol supports
A. humanistic approach
B. mechanistic approach
C. organic approach
D. scientific approach
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The three main objectives of scientific management are
1. Standardisation of working conditions.
2. Standardisation of work methods.
3. Planning of large daily tasks.
4. Maximisation of output.
Select the correct answer:
A. 1, 2 and 4
B. 1, 2 and 3
C. 2, 3 and 4
D. 1, 3 and 4
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"Decentralisation is simply a matter of dividing up the managerial work and assigning specific duties to the various executive skills" was gtven by
A. Simon
B. Drucker
C. Newman and Wairan
D. Allen
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Consider the following statements relating to planning and find out which of the following are correct?
Statement I The operating personnel should not be associated with the preparation of the budget.
Statement II A programme indicates the principal operations to be carried out to accomplish a work.
Statement III Under MBO technique, the managers should be provided with a freehand to laydown the objectives.
A. Only Statement I is correct
B. Only Statement II is correct
C. Only Statement III is correct
D. Both Statements I and III are correct
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