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Class 12 Commerce Business Studies
Principles Of Management
Quiz 5
Who corrected the difficulties of Taylor's differential piece rate system?
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Henry Lawrence Gantt
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Henri Fayol
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Newmann and Summer
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Max Weber
Explanation
Henry Lawrence Gantt for instance corrected to some extent the difficulties of Taylors differential piece rate system where two rates, of wage, one lower and one higher are fixed.
_____ is use of scientific method to define the "One best way" for a job to be done.
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Scientific management
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Bureaucratic management
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Administrative management
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Management
The matrix approach violates what classical principle?
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Unity of command
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Decentralization
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Customer focus
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Linear lines of responsibility
Which of the following is a concept given by Frederick Taylor?
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Division of work
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Unity of command
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Stop watch study
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None of the above
Explanation
Frederick Taylor proposed the following four principles of scientific management
1. This theory develops a science for each element of a man's work, which replaces the old rule of-thumb method. It replaces guesswork methods with a scientific study of the tasks.
2. Select, train, and develop each worker rather than leaving them to train themselves.
3. Determining time standard for each job through stop watch study.
4. There is an almost equal division of the work and the responsibility between the management and the workmen. The management take over all work for which they are better fitted than the workmen, while in the past almost all of the work and the greater part of the responsibility were thrown upon the men
Which of the following is the most important function of communication in organizations?
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Motivation
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Control
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Information
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All of these factors are important
Who distinguished between 'principles' and 'elements' of management?
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Fredrick Taylor
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Newmann and Summer
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Henri Fayol
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Henry Lawrence Gantt
Superior - Subordinate theory was given by _______.
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Henry Fayol
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V. A. Graicunas
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Koontz 0' Donnel
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Joseph Jecard
Explanation
1. Specialization of labour
2. Authority and responsibility
3. Discipline
4. Unity of command
5. Unity of direction
6. Subordination of individual interest to the general interest
7. Remuneration of staff:
8. Centralisation
9. Scalar chain/line of authority: Formal chain of command running from top to bottom of the organization. It refers to superior-subordinate relations
10. Order:
11. Equity
12. Stability of tenure
13. Initiative
14. Esprit de corps
The principals of unity of command and unity of
direction was given by _______.
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W.F. Taylor
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Lyndall Urwick
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George Tenny
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Henry foyol
Explanation
Henry Fayol gave the 14 principles of management
1. Specialization of labour
2. Authority
3. Discipline
4. Unity of command
5. Unity of direction
6. Subordination of individual interest to the general interest
7. Remuneration of staff:
8. Centralisation
9. Scalar chain/line of authority: Formal chain of command running from top to bottom of the organization. It refers to superior-subordinate relations
10. Order
11. Equity
12. Stability of tenure
13. Initiative
14. Esprit de corps
How many principles of management were
suggested by Henry fayol?
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13
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16
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12
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14
Explanation
Henry Fayol gave the 14 principles of management
Differential piece rate system was devised by _________.
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Henri Fayol
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Henry Lawrence Gantt
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Frederick Taylor
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Peter Drucker
Explanation
Differential piece rate system was devised by Frederick Taylor.
Under this piece rate system, those workers who fail in attaining the standard, are paid at a lower rate and those exceeding the standard or just attaining the standard gets a higher rate.
How many principles of management have been suggested by Henri Fayol ?
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10
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14
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12
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16
Explanation
Henry Fayol gave the 14 principles of management
1. Specialization of labour
2. Authority
3. Discipline
4. Unity of command
5. Unity of direction
6. Subordination of individual interest to the general interest
7. Remuneration of staff:
8. Centralisation
9. Scalar chain/line of authority: Formal chain of command running from top to bottom of the organization. It refers to superior-subordinate relations
10. Order:
11. Equity
12. Stability of tenure
13. Initiative
14. Esprit de corps.
Which of the following principles is not related to Henry Fayol's principle?
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Division of work
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Authority & Responsibility
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Unity of command
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Differential/piece wage system
Explanation
Henry Fayol gave the 14 principles of management
1. Specialization of labour
2. Authority
3. Discipline
4. Unity of command
5. Unity of direction
6. Subordination of individual interest to the general interest
7. Remuneration of staff:
8. Centralisation
9. Scalar chain/line of authority: Formal chain of command running from top to bottom of the organization. It refers to superior-subordinate relations
10. Order:
11. Equity
12. Stability of tenure
13. Initiative
14. Esprit de corps
Differential Piece Wage System was given by Taylor.
Who is popularly known as the father of '
scientific management'
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Luther Gulick
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Newmann
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Henry Fayol
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Frederick Taylor
Who is popularly known as the 'founder of modern management theory?
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Frederick Taylor
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Luther Gulick
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Newmann and Summer
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Henry Fayol
Who coined the word POSDCORB?
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Luther Gulick
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Newmann and Summer
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Henry Fayol
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Marshall
According to Henry Fayol,"to manage is ______, to organise to command, to coordinate and to command".
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to forecast
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to plan
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to budget to control
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to forecast and to plan
According to whom "to manage is to forecast, and to plan, to organize to command, to coordinate and to command"?
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Haimann
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Koontz and O'Donnell
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Hick
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Henry Fayol
Henry Fayol, the ______ industrialist and popularly known as the 'founder of modern management theory'.
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German
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French
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Greek
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American
The scientific management movement early in the _________ century was hailed as a " second industrial revolution".
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seventieth
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eightieth
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ninetieth
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twentieth
"Unity of Command" means _________.
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an employee shall give orders to one junior only.
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an employee shall receive orders from one senior only.
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an employee shall receive orders from as much as senior as possible.
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an employee shall have one plan for every action.
A Hawthrone experiment was conducted by ____________.
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Henry Fayol
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Luther Gulick
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Newmann
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Elton Mayo
In the year _______, Henry Fayol published his well-known work in French entitled "
Administration Industrielle et Generale"
(Industrial and General Administration)
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1716
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1806
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1916
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2006
The original purpose of the Hawthrone experiments _____________.
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was to study the effects of productivity on physical conditions.
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was to study the superior subordinate relationship in an organization.
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was to study how company can increase profit by mainlining cordial relations with workers.
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was to study the effects of physical conditions on productivity.
Explanation
The Hawthorne studies' initial goal was to investigate the effects that various workplace factors, including illumination, break schedules, and workday duration had on employee productivity.
Hence the original purpose of the "Hawthrone" experiments was to study the effects of physical conditions on productivity.
Henry Fayol started his career as a __________.
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auto engineer
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mechanical engineer
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coal mine engineer
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gold mine engineer
"Unity of Direction" means _______________.
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an employee shall receive orders from one senior only
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a group of activities with common objectives shall have one head but different plans.
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a group of activities with common objectives shall have one head and one plan.
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more than one manager should supervise the employees.
Which of the following principle of Henry Fayol emphasizes the need for teamwotk?
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Espirit de corps
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stability of tenure of personnel
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Division of work
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Scalar chain
What did the Hawthorne experiments discover?
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money is a motivator
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It makes no difference how you treat people at work in relation to their behaviour
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That people need heat and good lighting to work well.
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That people need to belong to a 'social group'
A group of activities with common objectives shall have one head and one plan. This principle is known as _________.
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scalar chain
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unity of discipline
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unity of command
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unity of direction
Which of the following approach defines organization as a complex whole consisting of mutually interdependent parts or sub-systems and interacting with the environment of which it is a part?
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System approach
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Systematic approach
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Interpersonal behaviour approach
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Empirical Approach
Which of the following directive principles is based on Gandhian ideology?
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Equal pay for equal work for both men and women
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Uniform civil code for all citizens
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Separation of judiciary from executive
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Promotion of cottage industries
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