Principles Of Management (MBA 1st Sem) MCQs

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PART 1 – MCQs
MCQs...................................................... 1 to 20

PART 2 – FILL IN THE BLANKS
Fill in the Blanks..................................21 TO 22

PART 3 – TRUE / FALSE
True False.............................................23 TO 25

, Principles of Management
Important MCQs
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The following four different approaches to management thinking were developed in
the first half of the 20th century:
• Scientific management, general administrative, quantitative, and contingency
approach.
• Scientific management, general administrative, quantitative, and
organizational behavior.
• General administrative, globalization, organizational behavior, and quantitative.
• Systems approach, scientific management, general administrative, and
organizational behaviour.
• Scientific management, Hawthorne Studies, quantitative, and organizational
behavior.

When we classify managers according to their level in the organization they are
described as _______.
• Functional, staff and line managers
• Top managers, middle managers and supervisors
• High level and lower level managers
• General managers and administrative managers

Frederick Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth were advocates of an approach to
management involving the use of scientific method, known as:
• The quantitative approach.
• Management science.
• Scientific management.
• The contingency approach.

Authority, discipline, unity of command, and unity of direction are:
• Taylor's four principles of management.
• Principles of the human relations movement.
• Elements of Weber's ideal bureaucratic structure.
• Four of Fayol's fourteen principles of management.

Some of the other fields of study that affect management theory or practice include:
• Political science, philosophy, anthropology and sociology
• Zoology, psychology, sociology and philosophy.
• Anthropology, astrology, political science and psychology.
• Political science, sociology, typography and economics.




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, Principles of Management
Important MCQs
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The philosophy of management known as total quality management developed
primarily out of the work of:
• Henri Fayol
• Frederick Taylor
• Robert McNamara
• W. Edwards Deming

Possibly the most important pre-20th century influence on management was:
• Therbligs
• The industrial revolution.
• Scientific management.
• The division of labor.

________________ need involves the desire to affiliate with and be accepted by
others.
• Esteem
• Belongingness
• Safety
• Self Actualization

Needs that impel creativity and innovation, along with the desire to have a
productive impact on our surroundings are ___________ needs.
• Existence
• Relatedness
• Growth
• None of the Above

Division of labor, authority hierarchy, formal selection, formal rules and
regulations, impersonality, and career orientation are all features of:
• Weber's ideal type bureaucracy.
• General administrative theory.
• Fayol's principles of management.
• Taylor's principles of management.

The decision-making model consists of four styles: directive, analytic, behavioral
and _______________.
• Conceptual
• Intuitive
• Group interaction
• Laggard




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