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1. ____________states that people will be highly motivated and productive of they believe that efforts will lead to successful results and that they will be rewarded for their success.

A. Vroom's

B. Maslow's

C. McGregor’s theory X & theory Y

D. Hertzberg’s two factor theory

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2. The socio-technical systems approach is based on___________

A. The belief that there cannot be universal guild lines which are suitable for all situations.

B. The premise that every organization consist of the people, the technical systems and the environment.

C. The believe that organizations are composed of interconnected and mutually depended sub-systems.

D. Premise that organizational systems are inter-related with the environment.

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3. Which of the following statements about recruitment and selection is not true?

A. The objective of selection is picking up the most suitable candidate and rejecting the rest, whereas the objective of recruitment is inviting more and more candidates to apply for the vacant post

B. Selection is a process of searching out the potential applicants and inspiring them to apply for the actual or anticipated vacancy, whereas, recruitment is a process of hiring employees among the shortlisted candidates and providing them a job in the organization.

C. Selection involves the creation of contractual relation between the employer and employee, whereas recruitment only implies the communication of vacancies, no contractual relation is established.

D. Recruitment is a positive process as it attracts more and more job seekers to apply for the post, whereas Selection is a negative process as it rejects all the unfit candidates.

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4. TRUE OR FALSE. The purpose of performance appraisal is to effect promotions/ transfers, offer rewards, assess training needs, and decide about layoffs, whereas the purpose of job evaluation is to rank jobs in order of importance and establish satisfactory pay differentials among them.

A. True

B. False

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5. The path-goal-theory (Martin Evans and Robert House) states that_____

A. Effective leadership is the result of many learned skills.

B. The leader is responsible for providing followers with the information, support, or other resources necessary to achieve their goals.

C. Leadership depends on the situation at hand and leaders should always correspond their leadership to the respective situation by assessing certain variables such as the type of task, nature of followers, etc.

D. The ability to lead is inherent & that the best leaders are born, not made.

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6. _________refers to the condition where a person is expected to take ownership of one's actions or decisions.

A. Responsibility

B. Duty

C. Authority

D. Accountability

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7. TRUE OR FALSE: An effective organizational structure and design must be aligned with the business strategy and but not necessary the market environment in which the business operates.

A. True

B. False

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8. Theory X & Theory Y (Douglas McGregor,1960) believes that_______

A. Employees are only motivated by physical and economic needs.

B. Managers should offer help and advice when needed, and they should always look towards the future.

C. There are two main management styles and leaders must choose which style to employ based on the perceived motivation of their employee.

D. Companies should be structured in a hierarchical system with clear rules, roles, and procedures.

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9. __________refers to a strategic approach to enhance the performance of an organization, where the goals of the organization are defined and conveyed by the management to the members of the organization with the intention to achieve each objective.

A. Balanced scorecard

B. Management by exception

C. Management by objectives

D. SMART goals

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10. TRUE OR FALSE: Planning is the process of identifying set of possible alternatives and choosing the best course of action from them, whereas decision-making involves establishing goals and stating the ways and means by which these goals are to be attained.

A. True

B. False

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11. Workers have opposed scientific management theory (Frederic Taylor) on which of the following grounds ?.

A. Creates Unemployment-Reduces the worker into a Machine-Speeds up workers-leads to loss of workers’ Initiative-Exploits Workers-Undemocratic in nature.

B. Emphasizes on rules and Regulations-Causes unnecessary delays in Decision-Making-Involves a lot of Paperwork-Hampers communication & coordination.

C. Too Informal-Suffers from superficiality, oversimplification & lack of Realism-It Inconsistent-Treats workers as biological Machines-Inappropriate in unstable & unpredictable environments.

D. Lacks Flexibility-Leads to Unemployment-Causes Unnecessary Delays-Treats workers as machined-is vague in nature.

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12. According to Henry Mintzberg, informational roles include being a _____

A. Monitor-Figurehead-Negotiator

B. Disturbance Handler-Leader-Liaison

C. Disseminator-Spokesman-Figurehead

D. Spokesman-Monitor-Disseminator

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14. __________control checks any problem and examines the same to take action before actual loss has occurred.

A. Predictive

B. Concurrent

C. Feedback

D. Internal

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15. The following sentences refers to coordination and control. Which is not true ?

A. The main objective of control is to ensure unity of the employees and smooth functioning of the organization, whereas the main objective of coordination is to ensure that the targets made are achieved as per the plan.

B. In coordination, all levels of management are required to achieve targets, whereas in control, the top and middle level managers are responsible for controlling activities.

C. Control is related with all the resources as it helps achieve targets, whereas coordination in=s an integrated effort related with human resources.

D. Coordination is concerned with internal factors, whereas control takes care of internal as well as external factors for taking corrective action.

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