CBSE Questions for Class 12 Commerce Business Studies Organising Quiz 5 - MCQExams.com

A concern or value that you will not give up if a choice has to be made is known as ____________.
  • Plateauing
  • Career anchors
  • Career stages
  • Job posting
The process of creating, acquiring, sharing and managing knowledge to augment individual and organisational performance is known as ____________.
  • Knowledge mapping
  • Knowledge integration
  • Knowledge management
  • None of these
A process used to create a summation of the knowledge an organisation will need in order to support its overall goals, objectives, strategies and missions is known as ___________.
  • Knowledge mapping
  • Knowledge management
  • Knowledge integration
  • None of these
The tasks or functions within an organisation considered essential to the organisation's business operations is called __________.
  • Core competencies
  • Core work activities
  • Competency
  • Corporate culture
Teams that are linked with each other electronically via networked computers is called __________.
  • Virtual team
  • Cross-functional teams
  • Self-managing team
  • Problem-solving team
Consider the following statements:
Decentralisation has the same advantages as delegation.
Decentralisation leads to more flexibility In an organisation.
Decentralisation leads to slower decision making in rapidly changing environment.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
  • 1, 2 and 3
  • Only 1 and 2
  • Only 2 and 3
  • Only 1 and 3
Who has given the concept of 'Six Thinking Hats'?
  • Edward de Bono
  • Robert House
  • Ned Herrmann
  • McKinsley
Voluntary actions that violate established norms and that threaten the organisation members, or both is ___________.
  • employee destruction
  • employee deviance
  • diversity
  • displayed action
The progression of jobs in an organisation's specific occupational fields ranked, highest to lowest based on level of responsibility and pay is called __________.
  • Career development
  • Career ladder
  • Career path
  • Career planning
The firm that seeks to achieve growth with existing products in their current market segment, aiming to increase its market share is called ___________.
  • Market Penetration
  • Market Development
  • Product Development
  • Product Mix
Consider the following statements:
Control helps to monitor environment changes and their effects organisation's progress.
Delegation of authority in participative management does not change the the control process.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
When coefficient of skewness is zero the distribution is __________.
  • J-shaped
  • U-shaped
  • symmetrical
  • L-shaped
Which of the following is/are feature(s) of informal organization?
  • It is established by formal managers.
  • Authority under informal organization largely flows upward to downward.
  • It is all-pervasive and exists in every enterprise.
  • All of above
Benefits of informal organization:
  • It makes total system more effective.
  • It provides a safety valve for employee emotions.
  • It gives satisfaction and stability to work groups.
  • All of above
Advantages of decentralization: _________
  • It makes for quick decision and improves quality of the decisions by pushing decision-making closest to the situation.
  • It improves the moral of employees as it reduces the dependence on others.
  • It gives feel of involvement to the subordinate in management decision making.
  • All of above.
Under which of the following system, the whole task of management and direction of subordinates is divided according to the type of work involved?
  • Line and staff organization
  • Functional organization
  • Project management organization
  • Matrix organization
Which of the following organization is not official?
  • Formal organization structure
  • Line/and staff organization
  • Informal organization structure
  • Project management organization
A sound organization provides all the desired potential and strength to the company to meet the future challenges.
  • True
  • False
  • Partly true
  • None of above
The advantage of functional system is that -
  • It promotes unity of command and conforms to the scalar principle of organization.
  • It ensures specialization based on individual proficiency and specialized knowledge
  • Under this organization "line" is supplemented by "staff.
  • Its independent status which cuts horizontally the normal organization structure.
Who viewed informal organization as joint personal activity without conscious joint purpose, even though possibly contributing to joint results?
  • Koontz and O'Donnell
  • Keith Davis
  • Henry Fayol
  • Barnard
Informal organization is not always destructive though at times it can make the job of management more difficult. 
  • True
  • False
  • Partly true
  • None of above
Who described authority as - "the supreme coordinating power"?
  • Davis
  • Fayol
  • Mooney
  • Barnard
Who defines authority as - "the right to give orders and exact obedience"?
  • Fayol
  • Koontz
  • Davis
  • Barnard
Most of the communication in informal organization is 
  • Written
  • Visual
  • Oral
  • Nonverbal
Authority to command exact obedience is also known as the -
  • Informal authority
  • Official authority
  • Authority of position
  • (B) or (C)
In informal organization authority is -
  • Delegated
  • Attached to official position
  • Earned from group
  • All-pervasive and exists
_________ Is the obligation of a subordinate to carry out duties assigned.
  • Authority
  • Responsibility
  • Delegation
  • Power
Authority may be described as the right of a manager to command -
  • Superiors
  • Subordinates
  • Other manager
  • All of above
It is_______ that makes the managerial position Real and vests in him the power to order his sub-ordinates and secure necessary compliance.
  • Authority
  • Responsibility
  • Accountability
  • Duties & obligations
Which of the following statement is true for informal organization?
  • Leadership in informal organization need not be associated with managers.
  • In informal organization authority flows upward to. downwards in the hierarchy.
  • In informal organization is authority is delegated.
  • All of above
The framework of interrelationships among individuals and departments that describe relationships of reporting and accountability is called -
  • chain of command
  • functional arrangement
  • specialization
  • organizational structure
Which of the following can be delegated?
  • Accountability
  • Power
  • Responsibility
  • Authority
Which of the following refers to the tendency to withhold a larger part of formal authority at higher echelons of management hierarchy?
  • Delegation of authority
  • Decentralization
  • Centralization
  • Exception principle
Principle of "clarity of delegation" required that -
  • Only problems involving unusual matters should be referred upward and decided by higher level executives.
  • When authority is delegated, responsibility steps in and is coextensive with authority.
  • Whether specific or general, written or unwritten, delegation of authority must be very clear in terms of its contents, functional relations, scope and assignments.
  • If the manager is able to pass on obligation along with delegation of authority to the subordinates, the rule of single chain of command will be violated.
"Unity, of command cannot exist without unity of direction, but does not flow from it". This statement was given by -
  • Henry Fayol
  • Frederick Taylor
  • Koontz O'Donnell
  • None of the above
Advantages of decentralization: ____________
  • Uniformity of policy and procedure can strictly be enforced since decisions and controls are largely taken at one place.
  • It provides actual work experience to a large number of middle and lower managers.
  • It is suitable to small organization.
  • All of above.
Which of the following is not a feature of Organizing?
  • It is a sub-process of management
  • It deals with individual efforts
  • It is based on the principle of division of work
  • It establishes authority-responsibility relationships
Delegation of authority entails -
  • Division of work load
  • Sharing responsibility
  • Neither (A) nor (B)
  • Both (A) and (B)
The Principles of Unity of Command and Unity of Direction was given by -
  • W.F.Taylor
  • Lyndall Urwick
  • Henri Fayol
  • None of the above
No organization can ever function if authority is not delegated.
  • True
  • False
  • Partly true
  • None of above
Invariable the flow of information management is 
  • Lateral
  • Vertical
  • Horizontal
  • All of the above
Organizing is a 
  • Sub-process of management
  • Goal oriented
  • Both a & b
  • Neither a nor b
Organisation is _______ effort 
  • Owners
  • Promoters
  • Group
  • Shareholders
Authority moves___________ while Responsibility moves _________ within the organization 
  • Downward, upward
  • Laterally, downward
  • Upward, laterally
  • Upward, downward
What type of organizational structure is made up of autonomous, self contained units?
  • Bureaucratic
  • Simple
  • Functional
  • Divisional
Job evaluation is based on the
  • Needs
  • Relative job worth for an organization
  • Assessment of complexity of job
  • Development
A simple organization structure is characterized by 
  • High departmentalization
  • Wide spans of control
  • Decentralized authority
  • High levels of formalization
If a manager supervises large number of subordinate then it is known as -
  • Wider span of control/Flat organization
  • Narrow span/Tall organization
  • Efficient span/efficient organization
  • Good span/good organization
Which form of departmentalization would be most appropriate in companies that have distinctly different product lines?
  • Functional departmentalization
  • Product departmentalization
  • Customer departmentalization
  • Geographical departmentalization
The disadvantage of functional disorganization is
  • Unified control
  • Undivided loyalty
  • Stable
  • High degree of specialization
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