Mocktest 3

1. Which is one of the following characteristics do all organisations have in common?

• Pursuing profit

• Pursuing individual goals

• Pursuing a social arrangement

• Pursuing complete integration with the environment

• Pursuing controlled performance

Whether an organisation is classified as a business or not is dependent on its:

• Vision

• Mission

• C Primary objective

• Secondary objective

Ronald Jefferson is a senior manager with Vivra plc. He works in the finance function of the company, but has no formal qualifications in finance. He is highly influential within the finance function with both subordinates and also with managers who are more senior to himself. This is because of his ability to motivate and persuade those around him with his personality and general intellectual abilities.

Ronald Jefferson exhibits which type of power within Vivra plc?

• Referent power

• Expert power

• Legitimate power

• Coercive power

Gregorian plc is employed by the government as the sole operator of the licensing system for vehicle testing procedures in the UK. The company has set procedures for applications from businesses seeking licences, for inspections of the operations of applicants and existing licensees and for dealing with breaches of the rules. All staff within Gregorian plc are fully trained in these various procedures and are judged primarily by their ability to put them into practice on every assignment.

From this we can conclude that Gregorian plc has:

• An internal process culture.

• A rational goal culture.

• An open systems culture.

• A human relations culture.

Peterburn plc organises one of its production departments using the principles of Taylor's "scientific management" model of management.

Which TWO of the following, therefore, are likely to characterise the operations of this production department?

• Job rotation

• Identification of the single best way of performing a task

• Effective training in the performance of tasks

• Management delegation of responsibility to frontline workers

• Identification of a range of suitable ways of performing a task

Which THREE of the following are included in the 14 classical principles of organisational structure according to Henri Fayol?

• Decentralisation

• Initiative

• Order

• Fair remuneration

• Ideology

In terms of its organisational structure, Daventry plc is a flat business.

This characteristic gives which advantage to the managers of the company?

• Participative decision-making

• Facilitation of management training

• Greater opportunity to delegate

• Narrow spans of control

Princeton Ltd is a large, multi-site business. There is a small head office function based just outside London, with authority for day-to-day decision-making delegated to local site managers based at numerous locations throughout the UK.

The company is, therefore, likely to experience which THREE of the following advantages?

• Greater development of skill levels in junior management.

• Greater levels of functional co-ordination.

• Greater customer orientation.

• Greater potential for cost savings.

• Greater levels of responsiveness.

The chief executive of Darley plc is considering a number of strategic options facing the company. The Johnson and Scholes criteria against which these would usually be judged are:

• Economy, effectiveness and efficiency

• Economy, expectation and efficiency

• Acceptability, congruence and feasibility

• Acceptability, suitability and feasibility

The head of corporate strategy for Mismus plc is assessing the scale of a particular risk faced by the company.

This will depend on which THREE of the following concepts?

• Probability

• Uncertainty

• Impact

• Volatility

• Appetite