Multiple choice questions with answers
Organizational Behaviour & Management (Hogeschool Rotterdam)
Multiple choice questions with answers
Organizational Behaviour & Management (Hogeschool Rotterdam)
Distributing prohibited | Downloaded by imtiaz Ali ()lOMoARcPSD|2203204 Chapter 1. 2. The main schools of management thought are: A. classical, human resources, systems, contingency B. classical, human resources, systems, contextual C. classical, human relations, systems, contingency D. creative, human relations, systems, contingency 3. "It all depends on the variables of a situation" best describes the A. classical approach B. human relations approach C. systems approach D. contingency approach 4. The observation of people at work that would reveal th e one best way to do a task is known as A. scientific management B. classical management C. human relations management D. creative management 5. The founder of scientific management was A. Frederick Taylor B. Henri Fayol C. Elton Mayo D. Chester Barnard 6. The first management principles were developed by A. Frederick Taylor
B. Charles Handy C. Henri Fayol D. Victor Meldrew 7. Studying the future and arranging the means for dealing with it is part of the process of A. organising B. commanding C. controlling D. planning 8. Ensuring that everything is carried out according to p lan is part of the process of 1. The everyday tasks of management include: A. planning and creativity B. planning and leading C. publicity and loss adjustment
D. plotting and leading Distributing prohibited | Downloaded by imtiaz Ali ()lOMoARcPSD|2203204 A. planning B. controlling C. organising D. co-ordinating 9. "Division of work, authority and responsibility, unit y of command" were proposed as part of the fourteen principles of management by A. Weber B. Fayol C. Taylor D. Woodward 10. Bureaucracy theory was proposed by A. Weber
B. Fayol C. Taylor D. Handy 11. Bureaucracy theory means A. the development of management functions and administrative principles B. a scientific study of work C. a shared responsibility of authority and delegation D. a hierarchy of command based on a rational -legal authority structure 12. The Hawthorne experiments were conducted by A. Elton Mayo B. Max Weber C. Charles Handy
D. Henri Fayol 13. The unintentional biasing of research outcomes due to the possibility that simply paying attention to the experimental subjects causes their b ehaviour to change is known as the A. Mayo effect B. Cause and effect C. Hawthorne effect
D. Law and effect 14. Who defined human motivation as "the study of ultimat e human goals A. Weber B. Maslow C. Taylor D. Fayol 15. The analysis of a manager as a social systems approach was proposed by A. Chester Barnard B. Elton Mayo Distributing prohibited | Downloaded by imtiaz Ali ()lOMoARcPSD|2203204 C. Henri Fayol D. Max Weber 16. "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts and th at the parts or subsystems are related to each other and to the whole" are emphasised in A. Motivation theory B. Contingency theory C. Systems theory D. Administrative theory 17. The study of organisational behaviour includes A. diplomacy, scientology, psychology B. sociology, psychology, anthropology C. socioeconomics, philosophy, anthropology D. physiology, society, anthropology 18. The use of theory to guide systematic, empirical res earch from which generalisations can be made to influence applications is known as A. social science approach B. scientific management approach C. open systems approach D. scientific method 19. An in depth study on a single organisation using a v ariety of data collection methods is known as A. case study B. field survey C. field experiment D. laboratory experiment 20. The method of research that gathers data about perception s, feelings, opinions through interviews and questionnaires in their actual work sett ing is known as A. case study B. field survey C. field experiment D. laboratory experiment 21. Control of independent variable manipulation without i ntervening environmental effects is at its maximum in A. case studies B. field surveys C. field experiments D. laboratory experiments 22. Experiments that allow the researcher to manipulate independent variables in actual organisations in an attempt to control variables and explai n causality are known as A. case studies Distributing prohibited | Downloaded by imtiaz Ali ()lOMoARcPSD|2203204
Organizational Behaviour & Management (Hogeschool Rotterdam)
Multiple choice questions with answers
Organizational Behaviour & Management (Hogeschool Rotterdam)
Distributing prohibited | Downloaded by imtiaz Ali ()lOMoARcPSD|2203204 Chapter 1. 2. The main schools of management thought are: A. classical, human resources, systems, contingency B. classical, human resources, systems, contextual C. classical, human relations, systems, contingency D. creative, human relations, systems, contingency 3. "It all depends on the variables of a situation" best describes the A. classical approach B. human relations approach C. systems approach D. contingency approach 4. The observation of people at work that would reveal th e one best way to do a task is known as A. scientific management B. classical management C. human relations management D. creative management 5. The founder of scientific management was A. Frederick Taylor B. Henri Fayol C. Elton Mayo D. Chester Barnard 6. The first management principles were developed by A. Frederick Taylor
B. Charles Handy C. Henri Fayol D. Victor Meldrew 7. Studying the future and arranging the means for dealing with it is part of the process of A. organising B. commanding C. controlling D. planning 8. Ensuring that everything is carried out according to p lan is part of the process of 1. The everyday tasks of management include: A. planning and creativity B. planning and leading C. publicity and loss adjustment
D. plotting and leading Distributing prohibited | Downloaded by imtiaz Ali ()lOMoARcPSD|2203204 A. planning B. controlling C. organising D. co-ordinating 9. "Division of work, authority and responsibility, unit y of command" were proposed as part of the fourteen principles of management by A. Weber B. Fayol C. Taylor D. Woodward 10. Bureaucracy theory was proposed by A. Weber
B. Fayol C. Taylor D. Handy 11. Bureaucracy theory means A. the development of management functions and administrative principles B. a scientific study of work C. a shared responsibility of authority and delegation D. a hierarchy of command based on a rational -legal authority structure 12. The Hawthorne experiments were conducted by A. Elton Mayo B. Max Weber C. Charles Handy
D. Henri Fayol 13. The unintentional biasing of research outcomes due to the possibility that simply paying attention to the experimental subjects causes their b ehaviour to change is known as the A. Mayo effect B. Cause and effect C. Hawthorne effect
D. Law and effect 14. Who defined human motivation as "the study of ultimat e human goals A. Weber B. Maslow C. Taylor D. Fayol 15. The analysis of a manager as a social systems approach was proposed by A. Chester Barnard B. Elton Mayo Distributing prohibited | Downloaded by imtiaz Ali ()lOMoARcPSD|2203204 C. Henri Fayol D. Max Weber 16. "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts and th at the parts or subsystems are related to each other and to the whole" are emphasised in A. Motivation theory B. Contingency theory C. Systems theory D. Administrative theory 17. The study of organisational behaviour includes A. diplomacy, scientology, psychology B. sociology, psychology, anthropology C. socioeconomics, philosophy, anthropology D. physiology, society, anthropology 18. The use of theory to guide systematic, empirical res earch from which generalisations can be made to influence applications is known as A. social science approach B. scientific management approach C. open systems approach D. scientific method 19. An in depth study on a single organisation using a v ariety of data collection methods is known as A. case study B. field survey C. field experiment D. laboratory experiment 20. The method of research that gathers data about perception s, feelings, opinions through interviews and questionnaires in their actual work sett ing is known as A. case study B. field survey C. field experiment D. laboratory experiment 21. Control of independent variable manipulation without i ntervening environmental effects is at its maximum in A. case studies B. field surveys C. field experiments D. laboratory experiments 22. Experiments that allow the researcher to manipulate independent variables in actual organisations in an attempt to control variables and explai n causality are known as A. case studies Distributing prohibited | Downloaded by imtiaz Ali ()lOMoARcPSD|2203204
