Performance management includes
A. daily and weekly interactions
B. meeting semi-annually
C. yearly meetings
D. never having meeting with subordinates
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A dutiful whistle-blower is
A. an employee working in the organisation from minimum 5 years
B. a top level manager of the company
C. an auditor who checks the financial accounts of the company
D. a customer of the company
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Training and development refers to the total structure of on-the-job and off-the-jobtraining systems used by the
A. organisation
B. experts
C. candidates
D. consultants
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Which of the following is part of management development?
1. SHRM programmes
2. Vestibule training
3. Certificate and online programmes from multiple sources
4. MBAs and leadership programmes
5. Coaching
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 1, 3, 4, 5
C. 2, 3, 4, 5
D. 4, 3, 1, 5
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Match the items of
List-I with those of
List-II and suggest the correct answer.
List-I (Behavioural Science)
List-II (Contribution)
a. Anthropology
1. Attitude change
b. Psychology
2. Attitude measurement
c. Social psychology
3. Conflict
d. Sociology
4. Organisational culture
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
C. a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
D. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1
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Development provides . . . . . . . . and . . . . . . . . Which will be helpful to employees in higher positions.
A. general knowledge, behaviour
B. general knowledge, specifics kills
C. general knowledge, attitudes
D. specific skills, attitudes
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Which of the following may explain why depressed people make less accurate judgments than non-depressed people?
A. Depressed people will usually consider only one or two options
B. Depressed people are typically not as smart as non-depressed people
C. Depressed people are more likely to be interrupted by co-workers
D. Depressed people are slower at processing information
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Which of the following is true with regard to culture?
A. A strong culture is more productive environment
B. A weak culture is more productive environment
C. The specific culture that contributes to positive effectiveness is well known
D. The stronger culture, the more influential it is on employee behaviour
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Which of the following is a learning principle?
A. Recognition of individual differences
B. Schedules of learning
C. Transfer of learning
D. All of the above
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Which of the following is/are the examples of 'Cognitive biases'?
1. Cognitive dissonance
2. Escalation of commitment
3. Ego-defence
4. Projection
Select the correct answer
A. 2 and 3
B. 1 and 4
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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An employee receives orders from, and reports to only one supervisor is known as
A. Unity of direction
B. Unity of command
C. Line of authority
D. Centralisation
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Off-the-jobtraining method consists of
A. role playing method
B. case study
C. programmed training
D. all of these
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Mostly employee's promotion decision is based on
A. performance appraisal
B. training results
C. hiring tests
D. in-house development
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Members of a society who value . . . . . . . . are more concerned with their careers than with the good of the firm.
A. formality
B. individualism
C. collectivism
D. informality
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What is true about the relationship between organisational culture and organisational climate?
A. Both can be measured
B. Both can be easily changed
C. Only organisational climate can he measured or easily changed
D. Only organisational culture can be measured or easily changed
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The primary and recency effects, perceptual set, spill over effect and status effect refer to
A. common recruitment errors
B. common selection errors
C. common rating errors
D. common planning errors
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Who developed the 'Managerial Grid' on the basis of Ohio State Study?
A. Rensis Likert
B. Lewin, Lippitt and White
C. Robert Blake and Jane S. Mouton
D. Victor Vroom and Phillip Yelton
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ADDIE is with reference to
A. job evaluation process
B. training programme process
C. development programme process
D. performance management
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Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A. Feedback ⟺ Information about the effect a response had
B. Knowledge of results ⟺ Increased feedback
C. Learning aids ⟺ Programmed instruction
D. All of the above
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Which of the following is true for surface level diversity?
A. Difference in opinion because of religion and dressing style
B. Difference in thoughts arising out of different language
C. It is observable in short period of time
D. All of the above
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