NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Commerce MCQs (Practice_Test 81 of 99)
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- Setting the mission which encompasses objectives, policies and goals is known as
- Operational planning
- Strategic planning
- Tactical planning
- Contingency planning
- Which one of the following statements is correct?
- Planning and controlling are assentially one and the same
- Controlling is a part of the planning process
- Cotrolling is a substitute for planning
- A contral process is meaningless without pre-set goals
- When jobs are broadened in scope and complexity so that the person՚s overall area of job responsibility increases, it is a case of
- job rolation
- job enrichment
- job specification
- job enlargement
- Consider the following statements Planning involves
- forecasting
- choice among alternative courses of action.
- wishful thinking
- decision only by production manager.
- Of these statements
- 1,2, 3 and 4 are correct
- 1,3 and 4 are correct
- 1 and 2 are correct
- 2 and 3 are correct
- Techniques of managerial control are useful in
- Selection of plant location
- identifying appropriate technology
- profit planning
- conducting shareholder՚s meetings
- Motivational process and not the motivators as such is associated with the
- Need hierarchy theory
- Two-factor theory
- ERG theory
- Expectancy theory
- “Perceived equity in reward results in satisfaction.” Which one of the following motivation theories take this into account?
- Porter and Lawler Model
- Victor Vroom՚s Expectancy model
- FW Taylor՚s incentive scheme
- Herzberg՚s Two-factor theory
- One of the steps that may be required for achieving effective coordination is
- reporting on performance and taking remedial measures
- training in leadership and supervisory abilities of controllers of activity
- transmission of messages in a full line communication channel
- making an honest appraisal and initiating rewards/punishments
- An important aspect of control is that the
- manager motivates his subordinates to give better performance
- manager sets an effective management information system
- plans are checked before implementation against predetermined measures of performance
- performance is checked against predetermined standards
- Consider the following steps
- Analysis of variances
- Initiating corrective action
- Measurement of actual performance
- Establishment of standards
- The correct sequence of these steps in the process of control is
- 4,3, 2,1
- 3,4, 2,1
- 4,3, 1,2
- 3,4, 1,2
- Consider the following elements:
- Indicators
- Objectives
- Controls
- Key Result Areas
- Roles and Mission
- Action Plans
- Their correct sequence in Management by Objectives and Results is
- 5, 4, 2,1, 3,6
- 4, 5, 2,1, 3,6
- 5, 4, 1,2, 6,3
- 4, 5, 1,2, 6,3
- Delegation of authority takes place when a manager thinks that
- the job is too difficult and hazardous
- the job requires the high skill that he does not possess
- he cannot look after all the demanding tasks by himself
- he needs to punish his subordinate
- According to the principle of “span of control” there is
- a tendency to overload supervisors with too much of work
- a limit to the number of subordinates a supervisor can effectively supervise
- no limit to the number of subordinates a supervisor can supervise
- a limit to delegation of authority to the subordinate
- Establishment of management by objectives presupposes
- that limits of authority are not defined
- that the employees are provided with result expected
- unlimited freedom to operate in the assigned task
- unlimited freedom to set goals
- Each subordinate should have only one superior whose command he has to obey. This is known as
- Scalar principle
- Exception principle
- Unity of command principle
- Authority-responsibility principle