Principles and Practices of Management

171. Practitioners of management were the first to formulate the principles of management based on their ______________.

  1. skills.
  2. knowledge.
  3. own experience.
  4. theoretical knowledge.
Correct answer: (C)
own experience.

172. Administrative people need ______________ skills than technical skills.

  1. managing & administering.
  2. planning.
  3. coordinating.
  4. decision making.
Correct answer: (A)
managing & administering.

173. Communication begins with ______________.

  1. Encoding.
  2. Idea origination.
  3. Decoding.
  4. Channel selection.
Correct answer: (B)
Idea origination.

174. Life span of F.W.Taylor was ______________.

  1. 1857 - 1915.
  2. 1856 - 1915.
  3. 1858 - 1916.
  4. 1880 - 1940.
Correct answer: (B)
1856 - 1915.

175. ______________ was developed mainly to increase the output of the average worker and to improve the efficiency of the management.

  1. Scientific management.
  2. Human resource management
  3. Piece rate system.
  4. Time rate system.
Correct answer: (A)
Scientific management.

176. Fayol was a ______________ Industrialist.

  1. French
  2. Japan
  3. American
  4. Australian
Correct answer: (A)
French

177. An employee receives order from only one superior and this concept is named as ______________.

  1. unity of command.
  2. unity of direction.
  3. discipline.
  4. centralization.
Correct answer: (A)
unity of command.

178. ______________ is the first & foremost function of management.

  1. Planning.
  2. Decision-making.
  3. Forecasting.
  4. Budgeting.
Correct answer: (A)
Planning.

179. Planning is an interdependent process which co-ordinates ______________.

  1. various departments.
  2. various business activities.
  3. various levels of management.
  4. various dimensions.
Correct answer: (B)
various business activities.

180. Planning is required at ______________.

  1. all the department.
  2. all levels of management.
  3. all the shops.
  4. all the institutions.
Correct answer: (B)
all levels of management.
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