| 21 |
Why is coordination called the 'essence of management'? |
Business Studies
Coordination |
Easy |
| 22 |
Which statement about coordination is correct? |
Business Studies
Coordination |
Easy |
| 23 |
The production department of a firm made 50,000 units, but the sales department planned to sell only 30,000. … |
Business Studies
Coordination |
Medium |
| 24 |
Specialists in a firm tend to think only about their own field and do not consider others' views. Which reaso… |
Business Studies
Coordination |
Medium |
| 25 |
A supervisor ensures that three shifts of workers hand over machines smoothly so that output is not interrupt… |
Business Studies
Coordination |
Hard |
| 26 |
Principles of management are best described as |
Business Studies
Principles of management: meaning and nature |
Easy |
| 27 |
The statement that principles of management can be modified by a manager when the situation demands shows tha… |
Business Studies
Principles of management: meaning and nature |
Easy |
| 28 |
A principle states that if authority is not matched with responsibility, work will suffer. This shows that pr… |
Business Studies
Principles of management: meaning and nature |
Medium |
| 29 |
Which of the following describes the 'contingent' nature of principles of management? |
Business Studies
Principles of management: meaning and nature |
Medium |
| 30 |
A management institute uses the principles of management to design its courses and case studies. Which signif… |
Business Studies
Principles of management: meaning and nature |
Hard |
| 31 |
A worker receives instructions from both the production manager and the quality manager, and the instructions… |
Business Studies
Fayol’s principles of management |
Easy |
| 32 |
'A place for everything and everyone, and everything and everyone in its place' describes Fayol's principle of |
Business Studies
Fayol’s principles of management |
Easy |
| 33 |
A company makes both shoes and bags. It sets up separate divisions for each, with its own head and plan. Whic… |
Business Studies
Fayol’s principles of management |
Medium |
| 34 |
In an emergency, a sales supervisor contacts a production supervisor at the same level directly, instead of g… |
Business Studies
Fayol’s principles of management |
Medium |
| 35 |
A manager keeps transferring staff every few months, and the firm suffers from high training costs and low ou… |
Business Studies
Fayol’s principles of management |
Hard |
| 36 |
Which technique of scientific management is used to determine the standard time taken to perform a well-defin… |
Business Studies
Taylor’s scientific management |
Easy |
| 37 |
Taylor's call for a complete change in the attitude of both management and workers towards each other is know… |
Business Studies
Taylor’s scientific management |
Easy |
| 38 |
A company reduces its range of shirts from 40 sizes and colours to 12 popular ones to save cost. Which techni… |
Business Studies
Taylor’s scientific management |
Medium |
| 39 |
Under the differential piece wage system, the standard output is 10 units a day. Worker X makes 12 units and … |
Business Studies
Taylor’s scientific management |
Medium |
| 40 |
Under functional foremanship, which specialist is on the production side rather than the planning side? |
Business Studies
Taylor’s scientific management |
Hard |