PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

1) Management principles aim at influencing behaviour of human beings.' Which feature of principles of management is being highlighted here?

• Mainly behavioural

• Flexible

• Universal application

• Cause and effect relationship

2) 'Both workers and management should honour their commitments without any prejudice towards one another.' Which principle of management is being highlighted?

• Authority and responsibility

• Discipline

• Unity of Command

• Division of work

3) Basic aim of functional foremanship is _______.

• Not to divide the work

• To separate Top level management from CEO

• To separate planning and execution function

• None of these

4) Derivation of Principles of management is a matter of _____ and their application is a matter of ______.

• Discipline, Science

• Art, Discipline

• Science, Art

• Art, Science

5) According to principle of 'Cooperation, Not individualism', competition should be replaced with ______.

• Cooperation

• Harmony

• Coordination

• Management

6) Which principle prevents dual subordination?

• Unity of Direction

• Unity of Command

• Discipline

• Order

7) Scientific Management:

• Adopts trial and error method

• Eliminates rule of thumb approach

• Stress on forecasting

• All of the above

8) Which of the following principle enhances the feeling of job security?

• Scalar chain

• Stability of tenure

• Equity

• Espirit De Corps

9) The principles of management are said to be flexible as:

• They aim at influencing behaviour of human beings

• They are general guidelines to action, but do not provide readymade solutions to management problems

• They can be modified by the manager when the situation so demands

• Their application is dependent upon the prevailing situation at a particular point of time

10) True of false:

According to the principle of Remuneration, overall pay of both males and females should be the same.

• TRUE

• FALSE