Groups that are affected by organizational decisions and policies are known as:
Select correct option:

  • Management constituencies
  • Stockholders
  • Stakeholders
  • Business owners

Which one of the following individuals is most closely associated with scientific management?
Select correct option:

  • Frederick Taylor
  • Mary Parker Follett
  • Harold Koontz
  • Max Weber



Which of the following is noted for the development of time motion studies that utilized stopwatches and cameras to analyze workplace efficiencies?
Select correct option:

  • Frederick Taylor
  • Henri Fayol
  • Henry Gnatt
  • Frank and Lillian Gilbreth


The idea that employees should also share the profit of organization was given by:
Select correct option:

  • Frederick Taylor
  • Robert Owen
  • Charles Babbage
  • W. Edwards Deming


Lower-level managers typically confront which type of decision making?
Select correct option:

  • Unique
  • Non-routine
  • Programmed
  • Non-programmed


A leading supporter of the classical view argues that anytime managers decide on their own to spend their organization’s resources for the “social good,” are:
Select correct option:

  • Contributing social benefits in the name of goodwill
  • Just doing what the government says they have to do
  • Helping make society a better place for everyone to live
  • Adding to the costs of doing business



Question # 1 of 15 ( Start time: 09:17:43 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following scientist is most closely associated with the Hawthorne studies?
Select correct option:

  • Adams
  • Mayo
  • Lawler
  • Barnard

Quiz Start Time: 09:17 PM Time Left 85
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Question # 2 of 15 ( Start time: 09:18:42 PM ) Total Marks: 1
If a group’s desire for consensus and cohesiveness overwhelms its desire to reach the best possible decision, it is called:
Select correct option:

  • Groupthink
  • Group pressure
  • Group decision
  • Group dynamics


Quiz Start Time: 09:17 PM Time Left 87
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Question # 3 of 15 ( Start time: 09:19:26 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which one of the following items best reflects the extent to which a society places a high value on reducing risk and instability?
Select correct option:

  • Uncertainty avoidance
  • Power distance
  • Masculinity/femininity
  • Long-term/short-term orientation



Question # 4 of 15 ( Start time: 09:20:51 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is the set of practices aimed at discovering and harnessing an organization's intellectual resources?
Select correct option:

  • Knowledge management
  • Globalization
  • The Internet
  • Speed and quality


Question # 5 of 15 ( Start time: 09:21:35 PM ) Total Marks: 1
A manager transmits the information outside the organization. He is performing which of the following role?
Select correct option:

  • Spokesperson
  • Representative
  • Disseminator
  • Agent

Question # 6 of 15 ( Start time: 09:22:31 PM ) Total Marks: 1
A business school’s statement that it “strives for productive relationships with local organizations” is an example of which of the following?
Select correct option:

  • Rule
  • Policy
  • Procedure
  • Commitment

Question # 7 of 15 ( Start time: 09:23:51 PM ) Total Marks: 1
TCS represents what factor to the Pakistan Postal Service in its specific environment?
Select correct option:

  • Competitor
  • Supplier
  • Customer
  • Government agency

Question # 8 of 15 ( Start time: 09:24:20 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Executive vice president, president, managing director, chief operating officer, chief executive officer, or chairman of the board are positions associated with which of the following levels of management?
Select correct option:

  • Team leaders
  • Middle managers
  • First-line managers
  • Top managers



Question # 9 of 15 ( Start time: 09:24:52 PM ) Total Marks: 1
When managers avoid the rational decision-making model and find ways to satisfice themselves , they are following which of the following concept?
Select correct option:

  • Jurisprudence
  • Bounded rationality
  • Least-squared exemptions
  • Self-motivated decisions


Question # 10 of 15 ( Start time: 09:26:23 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Straightforward, familiar and easily defined problems are called:
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  • Unstructured problems
  • Structured problems
  • Unique problems
  • Non-programmed problems



Quiz Start Time: 09:17 PM Time Left 87
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Question # 11 of 15 ( Start time: 09:27:03 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which one of the following items best reflects the dimension of different cultures that exemplifies the extent to which individuals expect a hierarchical structure?
Select correct option:

  • Uncertainty avoidance
  • Power distance
  • Masculinity/femininity
  • Long-term/short-term orientation


Quiz Start Time: 09:17 PM Time Left 87
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Question # 11 of 15 ( Start time: 09:27:03 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which one of the following items best reflects the dimension of different cultures that exemplifies the extent to which individuals expect a hierarchical structure?
Select correct option:

  • Uncertainty avoidance
  • Power distance
  • Masculinity/femininity
  • Long-term/short-term orientation



Quiz Start Time: 09:17 PM Time Left 85
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Question # 12 of 15 ( Start time: 09:28:08 PM ) Total Marks: 1
A manager explaining a company policy to a new employee would be acting in which of the following role?
Select correct option:

  • Decisional
  • Interpersonal
  • Organizational
  • Informational


Quiz Start Time: 09:17 PM Time Left 86
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Question # 13 of 15 ( Start time: 09:28:40 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is called output of a system?
Select correct option:

  • Services
  • Material
  • Human
  • Information resource


Question # 14 of 15 ( Start time: 09:29:01 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which level of management makes decisions about the activities such as acquiring other companies, investing in research and development and building new plants?
Select correct option:

  • Top managers
  • Middle managers
  • First-line managers
  • Non-managerial employees

Quiz Start Time: 09:17 PM Time Left 87
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Question # 15 of 15 ( Start time: 09:29:41 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is one of Fayol's principles of management?
Select correct option:

  • Authority
  • Discipline
  • Unity of command
  • All of the given options


Quiz Start Time: 09:36 PM
Time Left 88
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Question # 1 of 15 ( Start time: 09:36:08 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which one of the following establishes goals, overall strategies and operating policies of an organization?
Select correct option:
  • Top manager
  • Middle manager
  • First-line manager
  • Non-managerial employee


Quiz Start Time: 09:36 PM
Time Left 88
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Question # 2 of 15 ( Start time: 09:36:38 PM ) Total Marks: 1
An organization is called:
Select correct option:
  • The physical location where people work
  • A collection of individuals working for the same company
  • A deliberate arrangement of people to accomplish some specific purpose
  • A group of individuals focused on profit-making for their shareholders


Attempting to understand the signs of some problem comes under:
Select correct option:
  • Scanning stage
  • Categorization stage
  • Diagnosis stage
  • Implementation stage


Quiz Start Time: 09:36 PM
Time Left 86
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Question # 4 of 15 ( Start time: 09:37:56 PM ) Total Marks: 1
The classical view of social responsibility holds that management’s only social responsibility is to:
Select correct option:
  • Maximize organizational profits for stockholders
  • Maximize adherence to the laws for stockholders
  • Maximize organizational profits for stakeholders
  • Minimize adherence to the laws for stockholders




Quiz Start Time: 09:36 PM
Time Left 89
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Question # 5 of 15 ( Start time: 09:38:42 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Who presented the Concept of Quality?
Select correct option:
  • Henri Fayol
  • Prof.Henry Mintzberg
  • Frank & Lillian Gilbreth
  • Prof.Edward Deming


Question # 6 of 15 ( Start time: 09:39:31 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Labor unions, employees, suppliers, customers, clients, and public interest groups are all examples of:
Select correct option:
  • Management constituencies
  • Stockholders
  • Stakeholders
  • Business owners

Question # 7 of 15 ( Start time: 09:40:08 PM ) Total Marks: 1
A leading supporter of the classical view argues that anytime managers decide on their own to spend their organization’s resources for the “social good,” are:
Select correct option:
  • Contributing social benefits in the name of goodwill
  • Just doing what the government says they have to do
  • Helping make society a better place for everyone to live
  • Adding to the costs of doing business



Question # 8 of 15 ( Start time: 09:40:45 PM ) Total Marks: 1
According to Adam Smith, the division of labor results in:
Select correct option:
  • Increased worker motivation
  • Decreased worker specialization
  • Increased worker productivity
  • Decreased worker motivation


Question # 9 of 15 ( Start time: 09:41:12 PM ) Total Marks: 1
The belief that businesses should be responsible because such actions are right for their own sake is known as which argument for social responsibility?
Select correct option:
  • Public expectation
  • Ethical obligation
  • Public image
  • Discouragement of government regulation

Question # 10 of 15 ( Start time: 09:42:05 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Communication should be:
Select correct option:
  • From Top to Bottom level
  • From Bottom to top
  • 2 way
  • None of the given option

Question # 11 of 15 ( Start time: 09:42:28 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which one of the following individuals is most closely associated with scientific management?
Select correct option:
  • Frederick Taylor
  • Mary Parker Follett
  • Harold Koontz
  • Max Weber

Question # 12 of 15 ( Start time: 09:42:55 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is NOT a valid assumption about rationality?
Select correct option:
  • The problem is clear and unambiguous
  • A single well-defined goal is to be achieved
  • Preferences are clear
  • Preferences are constantly changing

Question # 13 of 15 ( Start time: 09:43:37 PM ) Total Marks: 1
The Hawthorne studies were initially devised to study:
Select correct option:
  • Productivity levels of groups versus individuals
  • The effect of noise on employee productivity
  • The effect of illumination levels on employee productivity
  • The effect of competitive organizational environments on productivity


Question # 14 of 15 ( Start time: 09:44:12 PM ) Total Marks: 1
How managers should make decisions in their organizations is known as:
Select correct option:
  • Descriptive decision making
  • Normative decision making
  • Bounded decision making
  • Rational decision making

A business school’s statement that it “strives for productive relationships with local organizations” is an example of which of the following?
Select correct option:
  • Rule
  • Policy
  • Procedure
  • Commitment




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