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Subject Code: GM11
Subject Name: MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Component name: ASSIGNMENT1
Assignment Start Date: 15/11/2022
Assignment End Date: 15/01/2023
Question 1:- Decision making model that consists of identifying the problem, generating alternatives solutions, evaluating and selecting a solution, and implementing and evaluating the solution is termed as;
a) programmed decision-making
b) Non-programmed decision model
c) the rational decision making model
d) Simon’s Normative model
Question 2:- All managers- top, middle and first line perform the same management functions. The main difference is the emphasis on such functions. In this context point out the correct statement(s);
a) top management spends more time on planning and organizing than does middle and first line management.
b) Middle management spends more time on directing and controlling than the top management.
c) The first line managers devote less time on planning and organizing and more time on directing and controlling.
d) All of the above
Question 3:- Which of the following points are considered under responsibility of management towards consumers?
a) Need satisfaction
b) fair trade practices
c) courteous service
d) All of the above
Question 4:- The quality of a managerial decision is important because:
a) managerial decisions directly affects his or her career opportunities, rewards, and job satisfaction
b) managerial decisions contribute to the success or failure of an organisation
c) both a and b
d) neither a nor b
Question 5:- To achieve success a manager must have:
a) thorough knowledge of management concepts, principles and techniques;
b) skills to deal with environmental forces effectively
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
Question 6:- Which of the following is not a characteristic of management?
a) To get work accomplished through efforts of others.
b) Integration of human and other resources to achieve the desired objectives.
c) One may not see with naked eyes the functioning of management.
d) None of the above
Question 7:- Which of the following are covered under External Social responsibilities of management?
a) Assuring due process , justice, equity and morality in employee selection;
b) increasing employee productivity and improving physical environment
c) improving balance of payments
d) None of the above
Question 8:- The approach to management which emphasizes that the study of management must be centered around people and their interpersonal relations is called:
a) Classical Theory
b) Neo-Classical theory
c) Behavioural Science approach
d) Management Science approach
Question 9:- To solve non-programmed decisions, managers tend to rely on;
a) judgement
b) intuition
c) creativity
d) All of the above
Question 10:- The tendency stick to an ineffective course of action when it is unlikely that the bad situation can be reversed is termed;
a) Escalation of Commitment
b) contingency relationship
c) contingency perspective
d) Garbage can syndrome
Question 11:- Which of the following statements, is a correct statement about ‘human skills’?
a) Human relation skills are equally important t all levels
b) Every manager should be able to communicate effectively
c) Human skills are abilities needed to resolve conflicts, motivate, and lead others;
d) All of the above
Question 12:- Which of the following are the responsibilities of business towards government?
a) To abide by the laws of the nation
b) to pay government taxes honestly and in time
c) to encourage fair trade practices
d) All of the above
Question 13:- Simon’s Normative Model attempts to identify the process that managers actually use when making decisions. This model is guided by the assumption that;
a) managers have knowledge of all possible alternatives;
b) managers have a well organized and stable set of preferences for these consequences
c) decision makers are bounded by a variety of constraints when making decisions
d) none of the above
Question 14:- The ability to understand how parts of an organization depend on each other is termed:
a) managerial skills
b) conceptual skills
c) Human skills
d) Technical skills
Question 15:- Which of the following function(s) are performed by the middle management?:
a) lays down objectives of enterprise;
b) to achieve coordination between different parts of the organization;
c) to supervise and guide the subordinates
d) All of the above
Question 16:- Which of the step(s) are included in “Organizing”?
a) Identification of activities required for implementation of plans;
b) Grouping of activities so as to create well defined jobs;
c) Assignment of jobs to employees;
d) All of the above
Question 17:- Contingency approach is concerned with:
a) mathematical symbols
b) universally applicable body of knowledge
c) analysis of interaction of specific organization with its external environment
d) law of synergy
Question 18:- Name the management thinker who stated “ To manage is to forecast, and plan, to organize, to command, to coordinate, and to control”.
a) Luther Gulik
b) Ralph Davis
c) Henry Fayol
d) G R Terry
Question 19:- Which management thinker recommended that management should be based on ‘the fourteen principles’?
a) Henry Fayol
b) F W Taylor
c) Max Weber
d) Elton Mayo
Question 20:- Which of the following roles in not included under the head ‘ Interpersonal Roles’?
a) Figurehead Role;
b) Leader Role
c) liaison Role
d) Monitor Role
Subject Code: GM11
Subject Name: MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Component name: ASSIGNMENT 2
Question 1:- which of the following is not included in the list of ‘problems created by informal groups’?
a) rumours
b) resistance to change
c) perpetuation of cultural values
d) negative attitude of informal leaders.
Question 2:- The Hawthorne Studies , conducted at Western Electric’s Hawthorne Plant studied;
a) relationship between leadership types and productivity
b) Effect of wages on productivity
c) the effect of job satisfaction on productivity
d) the effects of different levels of lighting on productivity
Question 3:- The delivery by one individual to another of the right to act, to make decisions, to requisition resources and to perform other tasks in order to fulfill job responsibilities is termed as:
a) Decentralization
b) delegation
c) project organization
d) matrix
Question 4:- Psychodynamic Theory is the systematized Study and theory of:
a) the focus of humanistic perspective on the self
b) assumption that people are born as leaders or not as leaders
c) basic traits of an individual , relationships between these traits and the way a person adjusts to the situation
d) psychological forces that underlie human behaviour
Question 5:- Which of the following statement correctly explain the difference between management and leadership?
a) The manager administers; the leader innovates
b) the manager is a copy, the leader is original
c) the leader maintains, the leader develops
d) All of the above
Question 6:- Which of the following is included in the list of ‘objectives ‘ of constituting committees an organization?
a) To give participation to various groups of people.
b) To secure cooperation of different departments
c) to have consultations with various persons to secure their viewpoints on different aspects of business
d) All of the above
Question 7:- Which of the following is not an essential characteristic of an ‘Organization’?
a) Rules, regulations and a formal structure of relationship among members
b) existence of common objectives
c) willingness of members to cooperate with one another for the achievement of their goals.
d) All of the above
Question 8:- A comprehensive management control system that balances traditional financial measures with operational measures relating to a company’s critical success factors is known as;
a) Management by Objectives
b) Balanced score card
c) Feed-forward Control
d) feedback control
Question 9:- The degree to which people believe they are master of their own fate, is called:
a) conscientiousness
b) Locus of control
c) Machiavellianism
d) self esteem
Question 10:- A numerised programme designed primarily to allocate the resources of an organization like personnel, material, tools and facilities is termed as;
a) Plan
b) Strategy
c) Procedure
d) Budget
Question 11:- Point out the value which is not a ‘terminal value’;
a) Self respect
b) Helpfulness
c) Comfortable life
d) Wisdom
Question 12:- MBO is also known as:
a) Joint target setting
b) appraisal by results
c) planning by objectives
d) All of the above
Question 13:- Which of the following is ‘not’ a reason for joining informal groups?
a) Protection of members
b) Outlet for Frustration
c) Generation of New Ideas
d) mentoring
Question 14:- Which of the following factors is NOT a direct determinant of ‘Job Satisfaction’?
a) Family Values
b) Nature of supervision
c) equitable Rewards
d) Opportunities for promotion
Question 15:- The same object may be perceived differently by the same person in different situations. Which one of the following is NOT INCLUDED in list of ‘major situational processes’?
a) the halo effect
b) stereotyping
c) Scientific study
d) attribution
Question 16:- Which of the following is not true about ‘Short-Range-Planning’?
a) It is prepared by Lower level executives
b) Operates within the existing structure and resources.
c) It is made for five years or more
d) deals with current operations of an organization
Question 17:- Peter Drucker has suggested three specific ways to find out what kind of structure is needed. Which one of the following is not one of these?
a) Activities Analysis
b) Decision Analysis
c) Relations Analysis
d) Coordination
Question 18:- Span of control refers to:
a) the number of subordinates an executive can supervise
b) total number of subordinates in an organization
c) Number of executives entrusted with ‘command and Control’ functions
d) None of the above
Question 19:- The study of human behaviour in organizational setting, the interface between human behaviour and the organization is called:
a) Organization Culture
b) Humanistic Theory
c) Organizational Behaviour
d) Scientific management
Question 20:- The approach to Planning where the Top management offers guidelines, its boundaries and encourages the middle and lower level executives to come out with tentative plans is termed as:
a) Top- down approach
b) Bottom –up approach
c) Composite approach
d) Team approach.