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Year 11 Preliminary HSC: Business Management

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are four skills of Managers?

a)

Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Planning, Directing

b)

Communication, Problem Solving, Administration, Managing

c)

Problem Solving, Vision, Creating Rosters, Training

d)

Problem Solving, Vision, Communication, Interpersonal Skills

2.

What term is used when a manager achieves the maximum output with the minimum inputs?

a)

Productivity

b)

Innovation

c)

Efficiency

d)

Transformation process

3.

What is a stakeholder?

a)

All the people who work at the business

b)

An individual or group who has an interest in, or is affected by, the business

c)

All of the suppliers and customers of the business

d)

All of the suppliers, customers and staff of the business

4.

Which kind of leadership is a manager who dominates and controls the decision making process using?

a)

Autocratic

b)

Democratic

c)

Classical/Scientific

d)

Particpative

5.

A flatter structure and participative organisation indicates what kind of management approach?

a)

Hierarchical

b)

Classical/Scientific

c)

Behavioural

d)

Contingency

6.

Which of the following is a profit maximisation goal?

a)

Expansion into overseas markets

b)

Increasing the share price

c)

Better quality of outputs

d)

Increasing sales

7.

What are Classical, Behavioural and Contingency theories of?

a)

Management

b)

Efficiency

c)

Production techniques

d)

Leadership

8.

What is Frederick Taylor best known for?

a)

Bureaucracy

b)

Working to music

c)

Chain of Command

d)

Time and Motion studies

9.

Which management style is represented by a hierarchical structure and a clear chain of command?

a)

Bureaucratic

b)

Behavioural

c)

Classical

d)

Contingency

10.

Elton Mayo founded Industrial Psychology & encouraged management to pay more attention to what?

a)

Specialisation of tasks

b)

Improving working conditions

c)

Motivating through high pay

d)

A strong chain of command

11.

Who developed a theory about satisfying human need?

a)

Hawthorne

b)

Chris Agyris

c)

Douglas McGregor

d)

Abraham Maslow

12.

What is a regular meeting of a group of employees to discuss issues in the workplace called?

a)

Improvement teams

b)

Gossip sessions

c)

Quality circles

d)

Quality teams

13.

What is the acronymn used to ensure you develop good goals?

a)

S.M.A.R.T. goals

b)

C.L.E.V.E.R. goals

c)

G.R.O.W.T.H. goals

d)

B.R.A.I.N.Y. goals

14.

In a Classical-Scientific model leadership is characterised by an emphasis on ...

a)

Planning, Organising, Controlling

b)

Leading, Motivating, Communicating

15.

In a Behavioural Management Approach leadership is focused on...

a)

Planning, Organising, Controlling

b)

Leading, Motivating, Communication