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This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about management topics such as job specialization, planning, control methods, roles of managers, and types of departmentalization. The questions assess understanding of concepts like the benefits of planning, Mintzberg's managerial roles, and characteristics of matrix organizations.

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Basics of Management - Solved

This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about management topics such as job specialization, planning, control methods, roles of managers, and types of departmentalization. The questions assess understanding of concepts like the benefits of planning, Mintzberg's managerial roles, and characteristics of matrix organizations.

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Job specialization can result in ____.


Select one:
a. Employee boredom
b. Complicated job designs
c. Low employee turnover
d. High job satisfaction

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____ control is a method of gathering information about performance deficiencies


before they occur.
Select one:
a. Stasis
b. Feed forward
c. Feedback
d. Concurrent

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How does a company benefit from planning?


Select one:
a. Less group cohesion
b. Intensified effort among employees, direction to organisation, and waste
minimisation
c. More compliance with organizational culture
d. Increased use of resources

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A manager engaged in the management function of ________ determines the


organizational goals and the means to achieve them.
Select one:
a. Organizing
b. Leading
c. Controlling
d. Planning

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Example of an informational role is put forward by Henry Mintzberg is ____.


Select one:
a. Monitor
b. Leader
c. Liasion
d. Negotiator

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____ control is a method of gathering information about performance deficiencies


after they occur.
Select one:
a. Concurrent
b. Feedback
c. Stasis
d. Feed forward

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Responsibility of implementation of strategy lies with ______.


Select one:
a. All of these
b. Divisional manager
c. Plant manager
d. Regional manager

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Which of the following is an approach to managing interorganizational processes?


Select one:
a. Flat organizations
b. Modular organizations
c. Matrix organizations
d. Hierarchical organizations

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As per Mintzberg's classification in which type of role the managers share the
information they have collected with their subordinates and others in the company?
Select one:
a. Monitor
b. Negotiator
c. Entrepreneur
d. Disseminator

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____ occurs when 1 + 1 = 3.


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a. Entropy
b. An open system
c. Synergy
d. Reciprocity

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Teaching and training of workers is the responsibility of ______.


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a. None of these
b. Middle level manager
c. Lower level manager
d. Top manager

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All are examples of decisional role put forward by Henry Mintzberg except _____.
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a. Negotiator
b. Disseminator
c. Entrepreneur
d. Resource allocator

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Example of an interpersonal role put forward by Henry Mintzberg is


Select one:
a. Spokesperson
b. Monitor
c. Communicator
d. Figurehead

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Organizational authority is traditionally characterized by ____.


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a. Behavioral informality
b. Chain of command
c. Empowerment
d. Reengineering

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With ____ departmentalization, most employees report to two bosses.


Select one:
a. Matrix
b. Customer
c. Geographic
d. Product

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Which approach of management focuses upon psychological and social aspects of


work?
Select one:
a. Systems
b. Operations
c. None of these
d. Theory Z
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According to Robert Katz the success of the lower level managers depends upon
which type of skills?
Select one:
a. Human
b. Conceptual
c. Technical
d. Decisional

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____ control is a method of gathering information about performance deficiencies


as they occur.
Select one:
a. Concurrent
b. Stasis
c. Feed forward
d. Feedback

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The benefits of planning depends upon how it ____.


Select one:
a. Creates a mechanistic environment
b. Reduces employee turnover
c. Encourages people to try a variety of different ways to do others' jobs
d. Encourages people to work harder for extended periods

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Which of the following statements about matrix departmentalization is true?


Select one:
a. All of these statements about matrix departmentalization are true.
b. With matrix departmentalization, there needs to be significant coordination
between functional and project managers.
c. Most employees in an organization that uses matrix departmentalization
report to two bosses.
d. With matrix departmentalization, there tends to be more cross-functional
interaction among employees than in other types of departmentalization.

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