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MANAGEMENT THEORY

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This theory states that upper management commands and controls all employees, so when upper management is improved, employees will follow.

a)

Scientific Theory

b)

Administrative Theory

c)

Bureaucratic Theory

d)

Human Relations Theory

2.

This theory states the promotion of social interaction within an organization should be implemented for maximum employee motivation.

a)

Scientific Theory

b)

Administrative Theory

c)

Bureaucratic Theory

d)

Human Relations Theory

3.

This theory states the best way to motivate professionals in the workplace is to simplify tasks, divide work equally and provide monetary incentives.

a)

Scientific Theory

b)

Administrative Theory

c)

Bureaucratic Theory

d)

Human Relations Theory

4.

This theory states the best way to manage employees is to stick with a hierarchical structure which adheres to strict rules.

a)

Scientific Theory

b)

Administrative Theory

c)

Bureaucratic Theory

d)

Human Relations Theory

5.

The Behavioural Science Theory is often called the human relations movement because it addresses the human dimension of work.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Classical approach assumed that people are rationale. Who are the scholars whose well known in this approach?

a)

Frederick Taylor; Henry Fayol; Max Weber

b)

Follet; Mintzberg; Hertzberg

c)

Maslow; Elton Mayo; Mc Gregor

d)

None of the above

7.

Henri Fayol's administrative rules of management are:

a)

Synergy; team work; vision; mission

b)

Team work; Cohesion; Planning; Command

c)

Synergy; Command; Leading; COntrol

d)

Foresight; Organization; Command; Coordination; Control

8.

Practice of employees deliberately working at a pace slower than their capabilities

a)

Soldiering Problem

b)

Lazy

c)

Nepotism

d)

Strike

9.
A major contribution that Taylor made to the study of management was ________.
a)
to measure efficiency on a 4-star scale
b)
to measure inefficiency on a 4-star scale
c)
to identify the one best way to get a job done
d)
to identify the three best ways to get a job done
10.

Which among the following is NOT a function of management given by Henri Fayol?

a)

Planning

b)

Leading

c)

Training

d)

Controlling

11.

Who coined the term Bureaucracy?

a)

Frederick Taylor

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Henri Fayol

d)

Max Weber

12.

Which management theory runs organizations on the basis of knowledge, fairness and logical rules

a)

Scientific Management Theory

b)

Bureaucratic Management Theory

c)

Administrative Management Theory

13.

__________ to management focus on human needs, the work group, and the role of social factors in the workplace.

a)

Classical approaches

b)

Behavioural approaches

c)

Quantitative approaches

d)

Socioeconomic approaches

e)

Modern approaches

14.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four principles of scientific management developed by Frederick Taylor?

a)

Develop a science for every job

b)

Train workers and provide incentives to follow rules

c)

Provide management support for workers

d)

Organize tasks into groups to encourage teamwork

e)

Select workers based on their abilities

15.

The __________ principle, as defined by Henri Fayol, states that there should be a clear and unbroken line of communication from top to bottom in the organization's hierarchy of authority.

a)

Scalar chain

b)

Unity of command

c)

Unity of direction

d)

Communication control

e)

Hawthorne

16.

The __________ principle, as defined by Henri Fayol, states that each person should receive orders from only one boss

a)

Scalar chain

b)

Unity of command

c)

Unity of direction

d)

Management order

e)

Organization