Principles and Practices of Management

201. F.W.Taylor broadly classified the elements of scientific management into ______________ categories.

  1. 8.
  2. 7.
  3. 5.
  4. 6.
Correct answer: (C)
5.

202. Commercial activities include ______________, and ______________.

  1. planning, organizing & staffing.
  2. buying, selling & exchange.
  3. production, distribution & customer satisfaction.
  4. earning profit, serving society & customer satisfaction.
Correct answer: (B)
buying, selling & exchange.

203. Fayol's theory of management has ______________ criticisms.

  1. 2.
  2. 5.
  3. 3.
  4. 4.
Correct answer: (A)
2.

204. Planning ______________ the members of the organization.

  1. controls
  2. co-ordinates
  3. directs
  4. integrates
Correct answer: (C)
directs

205. Planning is done by every person who is working in a business unit because it is ______________.

  1. Flexible.
  2. Favorable to all.
  3. Common to all.
  4. A managerial function.
Correct answer: (C)
Common to all.

206. ______________ of a organization should together contribute to the accomplishment of its long-term plans.

  1. Strategic plans.
  2. Alternative plans.
  3. Flexible plans.
  4. Short-term plans.
Correct answer: (D)
Short-term plans.

207. What constitutes fiscal policies, economic conditions, population trends, consumer tastes & preferences, competitors plans & activities & personnel practices?

  1. External environment.
  2. Internal environment.
  3. Micro environment.
  4. Macro environment.
Correct answer: (A)
External environment.

208. ______________ planning retains its specific character and deals exhaustively with all activities aimed at accomplishment of the activity on hand.

  1. Activity.
  2. Project.
  3. Product.
  4. Standard.
Correct answer: (B)
Project.

209. ______________ objectives which are concerned with creation & maintenance of cultural values through the production of goods and services.

  1. Societal.
  2. Output.
  3. Product.
  4. Derived.
Correct answer: (A)
Societal.

210. Constant review and evaluation is called as ______________.

  1. kaizen.
  2. innovation.
  3. substitution.
  4. updating.
Correct answer: (D)
updating.
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