Likert believed the following types of leaders to be more effective
A. job-centered
B. production-oriented
C. task-oriented
D. people-centered
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Which of the following statements is/are true?
A. Administration is a much wider term than management
B. Administration encompasses all activities of making policies, setting goals and objectives, assigning job responsibilities etc
C. Management is concerned with those operations leading an organisation towards achieving goals as set up by administration
D. All of the above
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Which is the Formula of Vroom's Expectancy Theory?
A. Expectancy Valence
B. Motivation = Valence × Expectancy
C. Valence Expectancy
D. Esteem Motivation
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Storming in group context means
A. thunder and lightning
B. the group members are trying to find their role in group
C. group membere may get into physical fights, or yell at each other
D. they are not liking their leader
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The need-hierarchy theory of motivation is given by
A. Maslow
B. Herzberg
C. Vroom
D. McGregor
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Motivation includes
A. Job Enrichment
B. Job Rotation
C. Job Enlargement
D. All of these
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Which statement is true?
A. Personality is defined as the unique aspect of an individual's behaviour
B. Man is affected by and affects the environment
C. Perception is the means by which stimuli affects an organism or individual
D. All of the above
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Systems approach of Management consists
A. Information requirements
B. Communication methodology
C. Decision Making techniques
D. All of the above
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Which of the following describes 'Command Groups'?
A. A group established to solve a particular problem
B. A unit established by the organisation to accomplish specific tasks
C. Group characterised by intimate, face-to-face association and cooperation
D. Formal groups that consists of managers and their direct subordinates
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Employee's Motivational Technique is
A. To select and apply the appropriate motivations
B. To prepare a set of motivational tools
C. To ascertain motivational needs
D. All of the above
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. . . . . . . . describes a positive feeling about your job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics.
A. enlargement
B. satisfaction
C. engagement
D. involvement
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Match the following:
List-I (Staffing)
List-II (Skills)
a. Executive Leadership
1. Human
b. Proficiency
2. Conceptual
c. Manager
3. Technical
d. Firm
4. Technical, human and conceptual
A. a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
B. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
C. a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
D. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
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The . . . . . . . . leadership theory of . . . . . . . . describes that effective group performance depends on the proper between the leader's style, if interacting with his subordinates and the degree to which the situation gives control and influence to the leader.
A. Lowa State Leadership Studies, Ronald Lippitt and Ralph K. White
B. Managerial Grid, Blake and Mouton
C. Trait Theory, Stodgill and Barnard
D. Contingency Model, Fred Fiedler
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According to Maslow's need-hierarchy theory of motivation
A. an unsatisfied need is a motivator of behaviour
B. a satisfied need is a motivator of behaviour
C. depends upon the situation
D. None of the above
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When one individual or group wins at the expense of another individual or group, it is termed as
A. zero-sum conflict
B. non-zero sum conflict
C. line-staff conflict
D. formal-informal conflict
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Six universal . . . . . . . . are anger, fear, sad ness, happiness, disgust, and surprise.
A. cognitions
B. lobes
C. emotions
D. moods
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Match the items of list-II with the items of list-I.
List-I (Theories of Motivation)
List-II (Proposed by)
a. Two factor theory of motivation
1. J. Stacy Adams
b. Expectancy theory of motivation
2. Victor Vroom
c. Need theory of motivation
3. Herzberg
d. Equity theory of motivation
4. McClelland
A. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
B. a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
C. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
D. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
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When a change agent's job entails interviewing all parties about the relations among people, including interpersonal stumbling blocks and problems, this technique to promote change is known as . . . . . . . .
A. facilitation and support
B. team-building techniques
C. process consultation
D. manipulation and co-optation
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As per Fred Luthans, the scope of organisational behaviour is/are
A. Job stress
B. Interactive behaviour and conflict
C. Communication
D. All of the above
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The motives which are unlearned but not physiologically based are called
A. primary motives
B. secondary motives
C. general motives- competence, manipulation, activity's curiosity
D. None of the above
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