Management Quiz

Which of the following three factors affects an employee's motivation?

• Attitude, interests and needs

• Attitude, interests and salary

• Attitude, interests and working conditions

• Attitude, needs and salary

The process or activity of optimally utilizing human resources to achieve predetermined goals and objectives in the most efficient and effective way possible is:

• Directing

• Controlling

• Planning

• Organizing

As a manager, you cannot evaluate:

• The performance of the employee

• The behavior of the employee

• The risk taking characteristics of the employee

• The attitude of the employee

Which of the following will help motivate employees?

• Compromise on poor performance

• Ask for performance and set standards

• Use positive reinforcement, and generalize it

• Use the same methods of reinforcement for everyone

Which style of leadership asks for subordinates input, using them to reinforce their position on how the task should be done, and the methods to be used?

• Autocratic

• Delegating

• Relationship

• Task

Which style of management would be most effective in an emergency situation?

• Autocratic

• Consultative

• Delegating

• Participating

The freedom to act, make decisions and challenge one's self to be more creative fits which of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

• Social needs

• Security needs

• Basic needs

• Self-fulfillment needs

Reaching toward an objective or striving to meet a mission statement would fall into what part of management?

• Planning

• Directing

• Controlling

• Staffing

The theory of Unity of Command is:

• Where each working unit has one person in charge with authority to make decisions up to a certain level

• Where each working unit has multiple people in charge and a vote is taken when decisions must be made

• Where each working unit has many departments, and no one person is in charge

• None of the above

The upper limit of employees or subordinates a supervisor can effectively manage is called:

• Span of control

• Span of manpower

• Span of organization

• Span of functions