Dr.S.Uma's Principles of Management Quiz

What are the major branches of the classical management perspective? (Select all that apply)

• Scientific Management

• Behavioral Management

• Administrative Management

• Quantitative Management

• Contingency Management

Motivating members of the organization to work in the best interests of the organization is defined as:

• Organizing

• Planning and Decision Making

• Controlling

• Leading

The quantitative management perspective:

• Proposes that workers respond primarily to the social context of the workplace.

• Focuses on managing the organization as a whole.

• Is everything outside an organization's boundaries that might affect it.

• Focuses on decision making, cost effectiveness, mathematical models, and the use of computers.

• Emphasizes individual attitudes and behaviors and group processes.

Setting the organization's goals and deciding how best to achieve those goals is defined as:

• Organizing

• Planning and Decision Making

• Controlling

• Leading

skills depend on the manager's ability to think in the abstract.

• Technical

• Interpersonal

• Conceptual

• Decision Making

• Time Management

skills refer to the manager's ability to prioritize work, to work efficiently, and to delegate appropriately.

• Technical

• Interpersonal

• Conceptual

• Decision Making

• Time Management

skills are necessary to accomplish or understand the specific kind of work done in an organization.

• Technical

• Interpersonal

• Conceptual

• Decision Making

• Time Management

Determining how best to group activities and resources is defined as:

• Organizing

• Planning and Decision Making

• Controlling

• Leading

The behavioral management perspective:

• Proposes that workers respond primarily to the social context of the workplace.

• Is concerned with improving the performance of individual workers.

• Focuses on managing the organization as a whole.

• Is a framework for organizing knowledge and providing a blue print for action.

• Emphasizes individual attitudes and behaviors and group processes.

Scientific management was concerned with improving efficiency and work methods for individual workers.

• True

• False