Principles and Practices of Management

211. Who studied the nature of specific jobs, and broke the tasks into basic work units with the end result providing the one right way to perform the job?

  1. Douglas M. McGregor.
  2. Frederick W. Taylor.
  3. Henry L. Gantt.
  4. Henry L. Gantt.
Correct answer: (B)
Frederick W. Taylor.

212. Strategic planning ______________.

  1. addresses the organization's basic mission or business, issuing broad statements of purpose or direction that have a long lead time.
  2. involves managers in each unit of an organization who are responsible for achieving the units objectives within a specified period of time
  3. looks specifically at resources, finances, and market conditions to determine ways to accomplish the overall plans of the organization.
  4. determines the day-to-day operations within an organization.
Correct answer: (A)
addresses the organization's basic mission or business, issuing broad statements of purpose or direction that have a long lead time.

213. The management of people/labor should be handled by what department in an organization?

  1. Administration.
  2. Human Resources.
  3. Information Systems.
  4. Accounting.
Correct answer: (B)
Human Resources.

214. Which is created for technological purpose?

  1. Formal Organization.
  2. Informal Organization
  3. Business organisation.
  4. Strategic Organization.
Correct answer: (A)
Formal Organization.

215. "Decision making is the selection based on some criteria from two or more possible alternatives" is defined by______________.

  1. Farland.
  2. Mac Donald.
  3. Terry.
  4. M.C. Nites.
Correct answer: (C)
Terry.

216. The decision taken by lower level management is a ______________.

  1. programmed decision.
  2. non-programmed decision.
  3. major decision.
  4. minor decision.
Correct answer: (A)
programmed decision.

217. The decision which relates to day-to-day operation of an organization is known as ______________.

  1. major decision.
  2. organisational decision.
  3. personal decision.
  4. operative decision.
Correct answer: (D)
operative decision.

218. The purchase of land and building is an example of ______________.

  1. group decision.
  2. major decision.
  3. minor decision.
  4. spot decision.
Correct answer: (B)
major decision.

219. "Manager is what a manager does" is said by ______________.

  1. Koontz o' Donnel.
  2. Mary Parker Follet.
  3. Louis Allen.
  4. Luther Gullik.
Correct answer: (C)
Louis Allen.

220. ______________ involves correct recognition of a business problem before attempting a solution

  1. Identification of the problem.
  2. Analyzing a problem.
  3. predicting a problem.
  4. getting related suggestions.
Correct answer: (A)
Identification of the problem.
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