BSHM 1A -Prelim Quiz

Je, a sales manager has to negotiate a deal with a buyer. He finds that if he can offer credit period of 60 days he is likely to argue the deal which is supposed to fetch a company a net margin. Now the company gives power to the manager to offer a credit period of 40 days due to which he could not get the deal. Identify the principle of management violated above.

• Division of Work

• Authority and Responsibility

• Discipline

• Unity of Command

Aaron, a commerce student visited a hospital. He observed that in hospital, to treat different type of disease there is a separate department and each department is lead by dean who is expert in that particular field having knowledge, training and experience of that particular area only. He could relate it to one principle of management. Identify.

• Division of Work

• Authority and Responsibility

• Unity of Command

• Unity of Direction

Mar is working as an Engineering Instructor in a State College. But he is given a salary of a clerk as his compensation. Which act as a demotivator for Mar and he does not feel like working whole heartedly for the school. Identify the principle of management violated by the school.

• Renumeration of Employees

• Scalar Chain

• Unity of Command

• Subordination of Individual Interest

Jayr and Denmark are working as an encoder in Agusto Law Office. But Jayr is paid monthly of 8,000 php and Denmark is paid of 9,000 php. After knowing this Jayr got discouraged and started thinking of shifting job. Which principle of Fayol is violated in above case?

• Unity of Command

• Initiative

• Stability

• Equity

Sheena joined ABC Ltd. as training manager. After joining she observed that employees are lacking feeling of belongingness with the organization. To encourage the feeling of belongingness and self motivation he decided to apply one principle of Fayol and started employee suggesstion system whereby employees are encourage to give suggestion and whereby suggestions which result in substantial cost/time reductions will be rewarded. Identify the principle.

• Stability

• Initiative

• Equity

• Order

In ABC Company, there is conflict among all the employees due which objectives are not realized and there are no coordination among employees, there is no mutual trust, as well as belongingness. So managers have to apply penalties on employees which further increases the efficiency. What do you think is wrong in the organization. Give your answer in respect to Principle of Fayol.

• Esprit de Corps

• Initiative

• Equity

• Stablity

Which of the following is incorrect?

• planning is the part of the management process that attempts to define the organization's future

• the approach to planning can differ greatly from manager to manager

• planning is a one time event

• planning is thinking out in advance the sequence of actions to accomplish a proposed course of action

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of planning?

• coordination of effort

• preparation for change

• development of standards

• none (all are benefits)

The first step in the planning process is to:

• determine goals and objectives

• allocate resources

• establish an action plan

• assess current conditions

Which of the following objectives would be most difficult to measure?

• social responsibility

• profitability objectives

• financial objectives

• quality objectives