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Showing posts with label Management. Show all posts
Introduction to Public Administration Quiz#4
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The communication in administrative organization means; meeting of minds on common issues and ___________.
- A) Blood stream of organization
- B) It is the heart of management
- C) It is the shared understanding of a shared purpose
- D) All of the given options
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A _________ consists of any number of people who interact with one another, are psychologically aware of one another, and think of themselves as a _________.
- A) Group, Group
- B) Group, Team
- C) Team, Group
- D) Team , Team
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Following are the factors affecting public agencies except
- A) Political System
- B) Economical System
- C) Educational System
- D) International
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People accept responsibility because they are willing to work and agile and active. This is one of the postulates of Y – Theory. This theory was presented by
- A) Maslow
- B) William Scott
- C) Fermont E. Kast
- D) Douglas McGregor
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The Behavioral school looked at:
- A) Human motivation and social environment
- B) Attitude of the People
- C) Interaction with the peers
- D) Positive approach
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…………………………recruitment is based on advanced academic attainment in University without formal education or tracing in professional institution.
- A) Generalist Services
- B) Semi-Technical Specialized Services
- C) Purely Technical Services
- D) None of the above
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“The Study of Administration” was the first essay written on Public administration by Woodrow Wilson, an American Scholar and _________________ of USA.
- A) Late Prime Minister
- B) Late Noble Prize Winner
- C) Late Socialist
- D) Late President
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What is the assumption of Theory X of Douglas McGregor about humans?
- A) Negative
- B) Positive
- C) Neutral
- D) Indifferent
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Unity of Command describes as;
- A) Receive orders from three superiors
- B) Receive orders from one superior
- C) Receive orders from two superiors
- D) Receive orders from many superiors
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First step in Human Resource Planning is__________.
- A) Planning for future needs
- B) Planning for the development of employees
- C) Planning for future balance
- D) None of the above
Introduction to Public Administration Quiz#3
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Arrange Maslow’s Need Hierarchy in descending order:
I. Social
II. Self – Actualization
III. Physiological
IV. Ego
V. Security
- A) III, V, I, IV, II
- B) III, V, I, II, IV
- C) II, IV, I, V, III
- D) II, IV, I, III, V
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The technique/s of citizens’ control over administration is/are:
- A) Election
- B) Public Opinion
- C) All of the Given Options
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The first country in the world to introduce the right to information was:
- A) Norway
- B) USA
- C) Sweden
- D) Finland
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The essence of promotion is:
- A) Change of Title
- B) Change of Pay
- C) Change of Assignment
- D) Change of Duties and Responsibilities
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Positive recruitment constitutes: maximizing mobilization of best qualified and most able candidates and_____________________.
- A) Preventing favoritism in recruitment
- B) Eliminating political influences in recruitment
- C) Placing the right man on the right job
- D) “Keeping the rascals” out of recruitment
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Administration would differ from one field to another according to the subject matter. This statement explains the __________________ view of administration.
- A) Managerial
- B) Wider
- C) Integral
- D) Narrow
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The major principles of budgeting include that it should be balanced one and ____________________.
- A) It should be integration of the revenue and capital aspects
- B) Estimates on a departmental basis
- C) Estimates should be on a revenue basis
- D) Budgeting should be net and not gross
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Following are the advantages of zero – based budget EXCEPT:
- A) Following are the advantages of zero – based budget EXCEPT:
- B) It improves programme effectiveness
- C) It brings out the programmed in financial and physical terms
- D) It reduces tax increases
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The needs in ERG theory can be mapped to those Maslow’s theory. The “Growth” need in ERG theory is similar to _____________________ needs of Maslow’s theory.
- A) Growth: Physiological and Safety needs
- B) Growth: Social and External Esteem needs
- C) Growth: Self Actualization and Internal Esteem needs
- D) Growth: Social and Ego
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According to which theory, leadership is multi-dimensional?
- A) Behavioral Theory
- B) Situational Theory
- C) Trait Theory
- D) None of the given options
Introduction to Public Administration Quiz#2
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In which of the following language, the book named as “General 38. Administration” by Henry Fayol was published?
- A) Spanish
- B) English
- C) German
- D) French
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Which of the following company was established on December 31, 1600?
- A) Uni-Lever Company
- B) East India Company
- C) Balasore Import Company
- D) Middle East Company
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How many levels are there in the Maslow’s Need Hierarchy?
- A) 4
- B) 5
- C) 6
- D) 7
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Which of the following officials were responsible for irrigation, land measurement, hunting and roads in Maurya Empire?
- A) Tax Collectors
- B) Excise and Taxation Officers
- C) District Officials
- D) Magistrates
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Autonomous bodies have their own _____ .
- A) Board of Governors
- B) Board of Revenue
- C) Board of Auditors
- D) None of the above
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What was the era of working of Chester I. Barnard in Telephone Company as president?
- A) 1988-1999
- B) 1950-1970
- C) 1927-1948
- D) 1930-1937
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Main proponents of system theory are:
- A) Fermont E. Kast
- B) James E. Rosenzweig
- C) William Scott
- D) All of the above
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Organizational level refers to the:
- A) Tiers
- B) Planes
- C) Layers
- D) All of the given options
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Which of the following statements is not true about decision making?
- A) It is an act of determining a course of action.
- B) It is related to all the traditional management functions.
- C) It is synonymous with policy making.
- D) It is related to policy making but not synonymous.
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The term “self actualization” was first coined by:
- A) Abarham Maslow
- B) Kurt Goldstein
- C) McGregor
- D) Herzberg
Introduction to Public Administration Quiz#1
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To specify who reports to whom is termed as: Select correct option:
- A) Coordination
- B) Centralization
- C) Hierarchy
- D) Division of labour
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What was the name of the book by Chester I. Barnard?
- A) The Roles of the Manager
- B) The Functions of the Executive
- C) The Duties of Seniors
- D) The Influences of the Managers
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Who is the founder of Theory of Hierarchy of Needs?
- A) Douglas McGregor
- B) Abraham Maslow
- C) Herbert Simon
- D) Chester I. Bernard
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The group of two or more people combined together for common interests and activities is termed as:
- A) Department
- B) Organization
- C) Team
- D) All of the given options
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Which of the following is the process of integrating activities?
- A) Planning
- B) Coordination
- C) Controlling
- D) Specialization
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Government is the process of;
- A) Governing
- B) Power Sharing
- C) Law Making
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Which of the following is the type of power given by the organization to the Formal management position a manager holds?
- A) Legitimate
- B) Expert
- C) Referent
- D) Reward
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Whole is greater than parts is called ____
- A) Synergy
- B) Subsystem
- C) Close system
- D) Environment
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Public Administration started as a formal discipline in UK & USA in;
- A) after World War I (1914)
- B) 1940
- C) 2005
- D) 1950
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The construction of Egyptian Pyramid was happened in;
- A) 1491 BC
- B) 1591 BC
- C) 1491 AD
- D) 1490 BC
Strategic Management Quiz#4, MCQs
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Identify which of the following are mostly based on a firm's external assessment according to Richard Rumelt.
- A) Consonance and consistency
- B) Advantage and feasibility
- C) Consonance and advantage
- D) Consistency and feasibility
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Identify a factor which determines the final design of a firm’s strategy-evaluation and control system.
- A) Opportunities
- B) External characteristics
- C) Organization’s characteristics
- D) Competition’s characteristics
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Which of the following is defined as having alternative plans that can be put into Effect if certain key events do not occur as expected?
- A) corporate agility
- B) Scenario planning
- C) Forecasting
- D) Contingency planning
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Which of the following is an example of a narrow mission?
- A) We sell packaged pineapples
- B) The firm deals in beverages
- C) Stationery is our product
- D) Company manufactures food items
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Which of the following business actions is NOT considered to be unethical?
- A) Poor product or service safety
- B) Using non-union labor in a union shop
- C) Misleading advertising
- D) Too expensive products
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Political variables have a significant effect on which one of the following?
- A) Formulation and implementation of strategy
- B) Formulation and evaluation of a strategy
- C) Implementation and evaluation of a strategy
- D) Formulation, implementation and evaluation of a strategy
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The XYZ Company wants to know the major favorable situations that exist in its environment. Essentially, the company wants to gain understanding of what?
- A) Strengths
- B) Weaknesses
- C) Threats
- D) Opportunities
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In Grand strategy matrix what will be the appropriate quadrant for the Ahmad textiles if it is operating in slow growing market and holds weak competitive position?
- A) Quadrant I
- B) Quadrant II
- C) Quadrant III
- D) Quadrant IV
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All of the following fall under the category of restructuring EXCEPT:
- A) Reducing number of employees
- B) Reducing number of shareholders
- C) Reducing number of divisions
- D) Reducing number of hierarchical levels
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Which one of the following is Educative change strategy?
- A) Giving orders to subordinates and enforcing those orders
- B) Changing the strategy of educational institutions
- C) Presenting information to convince people of the need for change
- D) Attempting to convince individuals that the change is for their interest
Strategic Management Quiz#3, MCQs
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Retained earnings are obtained by subtracting which of the two items?
- A) Dividends from Net Income
- B) EBIT from Net Income
- C) Taxes from EBIT
- D) Interest Expense from EBIT
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While evaluating a strategy, corrective actions are almost always needed EXCEPT:
- A) When external and internal factors have not significantly changed
- B) When the firm is not progressing satisfactorily toward objectives
- C) When the firm has not achieved the stated organizational goals
- D) When there are differences between desired results and achieved results
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Outbound logistics includes which one of the following?
- A) Receiving, storing, inventory control, transportation planning
- B) Machining, packaging, assembly, equipment maintenance, testing
- C) Activities required to get the finished product at the customers
- D) Activities that maintain and enhance the product's value
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Which of the following is NOT a key financial ratio?
- A) Earnings per share
- B) Production growth
- C) Asset growth
- D) Profit margin
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Which of the following statement is TRUE about ‘Controls’ used in strategy evaluation stage?
- A) They are strategy-oriented
- B) They are action-oriented
- C) They are control-oriented
- D) They are information-oriented
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In BCG matrix, the size of circle corresponding to a division represents what?
- A) Relative market share of that division
- B) Financial strength of that division
- C) Relative market growth of that division
- D) Revenue generated by that division
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If the capital and human resources of a firm are necessary to manage expanded operations and it also has excess production capacity, which would be an effective strategy for the firm to pursue?
- A) Market Penetration
- B) Market Development
- C) Divestiture
- D) Retrenchment
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Which of the following is TRUE about Strategy formulation?
- A) It manages forces during the action
- B) It requires good intuitive and analytical skills
- C) It is primarily an operational process
- D) It requires special motivation and leadership skills
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Identify a situation in which a divisional structure by geographic area is considered to be most appropriate.
- A) Organizations have similar branch facilities located in widely dispersed areas
- B) An organization offers only a limited number of products or services
- C) Strict control and attention to product lines are needed
- D) An organization has many skilled managers
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All of the following are included in Rumelt's criteria for evaluating strategies EXCEPT:
- A) Consonance
- B) Advantage
- C) Consistency
- D) Clarity
Strategic Management Quiz#2, MCQs
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SPACE matrix has four quadrants. All of the following are SPACEMatrix quadrants EXCEPT:
- A) Aggressive
- B) Defensive
- C) Competitive
- D) Offensive
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Which of the following are the two internal dimensions represented on the axes of the SPACE Matrix?
- A) Environmental stability and industry strength
- B) Industry strength and competitive advantage
- C) Competitive advantage and financial strength
- D) Financial strength and environmental stability
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BCG matrix is used in matching stage of strategy formulation framework. It plots the business units along which of the following dimensions?
- A) Market share and industry strength
- B) Market share and market growth rate
- C) Market growth rate and competitive position
- D) Market growth rate and environment stability
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When a division of an organization has a high relative market share and is in a fastgrowing industry, it will be categorized as which type in BCG matrix?
- A) Star
- B) Cash cow
- C) Question mark
- D) Dog
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Which of the following is the first step in developing QSPM?
- A) Developing a list of the firm’s key external and internal factors
- B) Determining the Attractiveness Scores for each strategy
- C) Examine the Stage 2 matrices and identify alternative strategies
- D) Assigning weights to each key external and internal factor
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Advantages of a functional organization structure would include all EXCEPT which one of the following?
- A) Promotes division and specialization of labor
- B) Promotes functional rivalry
- C) Promotes economic efficiency
- D) Promotes delegation of authority
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Which one of the following is the organizational structure that most of the mediumsize organizations follow?
- A) Divisional structure
- B) Strategic business unit
- C) Functional structure
- D) Matrix structure
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A divisional structure by geographic area is most appropriate in which of the following situation?
- A) Organizations have similar branch facilities in dispersed areas
- B) Organization offers a limited number of products or services
- C) Organization needs strict control over product lines
- D) Organization has to serve a large geographic area
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“Performance comparison of organization business processes against an internal or external standard of recognized leaders.” Identify the termrelevant to the specified statement.
- A) Restructuring
- B) Restructuring
- C) Reengineering
- D) Benchmarking
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What is a central strategy-implementation technique that allows an organization to examine the expected results of various actions and approaches?
- A) Financial budgeting
- B) TOWS analysis
- C) Projected financial statement
- D) External analysis
Strategic Management Quiz#1, MCQs
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Strategist is an individual who is involved in the strategic management process, thus may be known as:
- A) Member board of director
- B) President
- C) Division manager
- D) All of the given options
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The objectives set by a manager should have which of the following characteristics?
- A) Should spell out how fast the company's strategy is to be implemented
- B) Should include long-range performance targets but not short-range targets
- C) Should include financial performance targets but not strategic performance targets
- D) Should be challenging and congruent among organizational units
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Which of the following is TRUE about anti-trust legislation?
- A) The is the law intended to protect the ozone layer in the environment
- B) This is the law intended to regulate the tax rates in the economy
- C) This is the law intended to promote free competition in the market
- D) This is the law intended to promote free competition in the market
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Financial ratios are helpful in analyzing the relationship between/among which of the following?
- A) All assets and liabilities
- B) Profits and costs
- C) All functional areas of business
- D) Sales and profitability
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Which function of management includes areas such as job design, job specification, job analysis and unity of command?
- A) Planning
- B) Motivating
- C) Organizing
- D) Leading
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Distribution includes which of the following?
- A) Customer analysis
- B) Warehousing
- C) Advertising
- D) Test marketing
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Opportunity analysis is one of the basic functions of which one of the following?
- A) Computer information systems
- B) Marketing
- C) Production/operations
- D) Research and development
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“Max Rent-a-Car” is opening car rental shops in Wal-Mart stores, is an example of which type of strategy?
- A) Forward integration
- B) Backward integration
- C) Related diversification
- D) Unrelated diversification
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_______________ refers to a strategy of seeking ownership or increased control over a firm’s competitors.
- A) Conglomerate diversification
- B) Backward integration
- C) Horizontal integration
- D) Concentric diversification
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customer groups even though those new products may be technologically unrelated to the existing product lines.Which of the following best describes the statement?
- A) Retrenchment
- B) Horizontal diversification
- C) Market development
- D) Horizontal integration
Management Quiz#4, MCQs
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There are three different approaches to designing control systems. Which of the following is used primarily in team-based or less bureaucratic types of organizations?
- A) Market control
- B) Economic control
- C) Bureaucratic control
- D) Clan control
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Which of the following courses helps managers gain a better understanding of motivation, leadership, trust, employee selection, performance appraisals and training techniques?
- A) Psychology
- B) Sociology
- C) Political science
- D) Anthropology
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Who studied work to eliminate inefficient hand-and-body motions?
- A) Henri Fayol
- B) Henri Fayol
- C) Fredrick Taylor
- D) Henry Towne
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All of the following are called "Classical Viewpoints" EXCEPT:
- A) Scientific management
- B) Industrial management
- C) Administrative management
- D) Bureaucratic management
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Which of the following concept suggests that organizational units may often be more successful working together than working alone?
- A) Transformation
- B) Synergy
- C) Negative Entropy
- D) Entropy
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A situation that offers a strong potential for significant organizational gain if appropriate actions are taken is called:
- A) Crisis problem
- B) Non- Crisis problem
- C) Opportunity problem
- D) Financial Problem
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Competitor intelligence allows managers to do which of the following?
- A) React to competitor actions
- B) React to competitor actions
- C) Increase market diversification
- D) Predict competitor actions
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Operational plans are normally associated with which of the following organizational level?
- A) Global level
- B) Corporate level
- C) Business level
- D) Functional level
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The method by which strategies are operationalized or executed within the organization is called:The method by which strategies are operationalized or executed within the organization is called:
- A) Strategy formulation
- B) Strategy implementation
- C) Strategy evaluation
- D) Strategy imitation
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A company's "chain of command" is a part of which process?
- A) Span of control
- B) Organizational design
- C) Formalization
- D) Work specialization
Management Quiz#3, MCQs
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As the number of employees in an organization grows, structure tends to become more:
- A) Informal
- B) Centralized
- C) Decentralized
- D) Specialized
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The fact that managers can become experts within their industry is a function of which kind of departmentalization?
- A)Product
- B) Functional
- C) Process
- D) Geographical
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The organization structure in which separate business units are grouped under a manager who is responsible for performance, strategy and operations is called:
- A) Outdated structure
- B) A divisional structure
- C) Functional structure
- D) A simple structure
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“CLEAR” shampoo introduced the first ever anti-dandruff shampoo range for men. Through this shampoo Unilever is practicing which of the following strategies?
- A) Focus Strategy
- B) Differentiation strategy
- C) Cost leadership strategy
- D) Emergent strategy
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What things the Organizations are doing to facilitate an effective wider span of control for their managers?
- A) Decentralizing management functions
- B) Increasing inventory levels
- C) Increasing budget allowances
- D) Investing in employee training
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According to Maslow, which hierarchy is in proper order from lowest to highest?
- A) Safety, physiological, esteem, self-actualization, social.
- B) Esteem, physiological, self-actualization, safety, social
- C) Self-actualization, physiological, social, esteem, safety
- D) Physiological, safety, social, esteem, self-actualization
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According to Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory, which of the following is NOT a motivator?
- A) Recognition
- B) Responsibility
- C) Advancement
- D) Status
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Which of the following is the process of monitoring activities and correcting any significant deviations?
- A) Controlling
- B) Planning
- C) Organizing
- D) Leading
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Decisions which deal with situations where the factors are fairly structured and occur with some frequency are called:
- A) Heuristic decision
- B) Programmed decision
- C) Satisficing decision
- D) Non-programmed decision
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Which one of the following functions or activities involves in recruiting and placing qualified personnel needed for the organization so that it may achieve its objectives and goals?
- A) Planning
- B) Organizing
- C) Staffing
- D) Leading
Management Quiz#2, MCQs
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The father of industrial psychology is:
- A) Robert Owen
- B) Hugo Munsterberg
- C) Mary parker Follett
- D) Max Weber
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Environment reacts to the output of organization and provides:
- A) Feed forward
- B) Input
- C) Output
- D) Feedback
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Which of the following styles of decision making is characterized by individuals who prefer complete information and consider several alternatives?
- A) Analytic
- B) Conceptual
- C) Directive
- D) Behavioral
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The intent of which of the following is to reduce uncertainty by playing out potential situations under different specific conditions?
- A) Project management
- B) Scheduling
- C) Environmental analysis
- D) Scenario planning
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Which of the following is an area in the environment that if exploited may generate high performance for organization?
- A) Strength
- B) Weakness
- C) Opportunity
- D) Threat
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Which of the following is a system in which specific performance objectives are jointly determined by subordinates and their superiors and progress towards objectives is periodically reviewed?
- A) Management by objective
- B) Management by resources
- C) Management by authority
- D) Management by system
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Most managers believe that if an MBO (program is to be successful, it must start at:
- A) Non-managerial level
- B) Top Level
- C) Middle level
- D) Lower level
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A firm that stops buying supplies from other companies and begins to provide its own supplies, has diversified through:
- A) Forward vertical integration
- B) Backward vertical integration
- C) Forward horizontal integration
- D) Backward horizontal integration
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In BCG matrix which of the following businesses have the largest share of a rapidly growing market?
- A) Cash cow
- B) Question mark
- C) Star
- D) Dogs
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The degree to which tasks in an organization are divided into separate jobs is called:
- A) Centralization
- B) Span of control
- C) Chain of command
- D) Work specialization
Management Quiz, MCQs
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When a young child emulates a professional sports star’s behavior, the star has what kind of power over the child?
- A) Legitimate
- B) Expert
- C) Coercive
- D) Referent
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Which factor has been the most rapidly changing component in an organization’s general environment in the past quarter-century?
- A) Global
- B) Economic
- C) Social
- D) Technological
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What is the basic assumption of situational approaches to leadership?
- A) increasing worker job satisfaction through consideration behavior will get leaders the best results
- B) Initiating structure for employees by telling them what to do and how to do
- C) the appropriate leadership style varies from one set of circumstances to another
- D) Effective leaders possess certain traits that are situation specific
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Which of the following statement is NOT true for productivity?
- A) Productivity is a major goal in virtually every organization
- B) for individual companies, increased productivity means a more competitive cost structure
- C) Productivity is a composite of people and operations variables
- D) Productivity can be improved by dealing with large number of suppliers
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Henry Fayol described principles of management in the form of:
- A) 11 points
- B) 12 points
- C) 14 points
- D) 15 points
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All of the following are primary management functions EXCEPT
- A) Setting goals
- B) Hiring employees
- C) Monitoring activities
- D) Motivating employees
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Which one of the following is explaining the Entrepreneur in the best way?
- A) Goals Setter
- B) Decision Maker
- C) Communicator
- D) Initiator
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LG and Sony electronics agreed to cooperate on developing new technologies. Representatives from each firm meet regularly to coordinate this new venture. Which of the following roles these mangers are playing?
- A) Liaison
- B) Leader
- C) Disseminator
- D) Spokesperson
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Determining the tasks to be accomplished, how the tasks are to be grouped and who is responsible for the various tasks is known as which of the following processes of management?
- A) Planning
- B) Organizing
- C) Leading
- D) Controlling
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Which level of management is responsible for making organization wide decisions and establishing the plans and goals that affect the entire organization?
- A) Non managerial staff
- B) Top management
- C) Middle management
- D) First-line management