WorksheetsDIRECTING, CLASS-XII COMMERCE
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Directing is concerned with:
Guiding, supervising, and motivating employees
Planning and organizing resources
Only monitoring employee performance
Setting company objectives
Which of the following is not an element of directing?
Motivation
Communication
Planning
Leadership
The function of directing is performed:
Only at the top level of management
Only by the employees
At all levels of management
Only by the CEO
Directing connects the functions of planning and:
Staffing
Organizing
Controlling
Budgeting
The process of inducing people to act in order to accomplish objectives is called:
Planning
Organizing
Motivation
Controlling
Maslow's hierarchy of needs does not include which of the following?
Physiological needs
Social needs
Political needs
Self-actualization
Which of these is an example of an intrinsic motivation?
Salary increase
Promotion
Job satisfaction
Bonus
Motivation aims to achieve:
Increased employee turnover
Increased absenteeism
Higher productivity
Decreased satisfaction
The style of leadership where the leader makes all decisions unilaterally is called:
Democratic
Autocratic
Laissez-faire
Transformational
Which leadership style promotes team input in decision-making?
Autocratic
Democratic
Laissez-faire
Transformational
In laissez-faire leadership, the leader:
Exercises complete control
Allows complete freedom to employees
Encourages teamwork but supervises closely
Makes all decisions alone
The ability to influence others to accomplish objectives is called:
Authority
Supervision
Leadership
Communication
A leader who inspires employees with a vision is demonstrating:
Autocratic leadership
Transformational leadership
Transactional leadership
Laissez-faire leadership
Which of the following is an essential component of the communication process?
Sender
Message
Receiver
All of the above
A major barrier to effective communication is:
Clear instructions
Feedback
Language differences
Well-organized content
Upward communication flows from:
Manager to employee
Employee to manager
Between managers
Between different departments
In the communication process, 'decoding' refers to:
Interpreting the message
Sending the message
Receiving the message
Organizing feedback
Which of the following is NOT a type of communication?
Verbal
Non-verbal
Graphical
Written
The primary role of supervision is to:
Monitor employees’ performance
Develop company strategy
Improve product quality
Control resources
A person responsible for overseeing the work of subordinates is called a:
Manager
Supervisor
Director
Leader
Supervision primarily involves:
Planning strategies
Evaluating employee satisfaction
Directing and controlling work performance
Negotiating with suppliers
The immediate contact between workers and management occurs through:
Directors
Supervisors
Managers
Stakeholders
Effective supervision ensures:
Reduced discipline
High absenteeism
Efficient use of resources
Low productivity
Directing is mainly concerned with:
Establishing budgets
Leading, motivating, and supervising
Creating organizational structure
All of the above
An incentive plan is used primarily to:
Decrease employee morale
Motivate employees
Increase job dissatisfaction
Promote conflicts
Feedback in communication helps to:
Distort the message
Clarify the message
Prevent communication
Ignore the receiver
The term 'grapevine' in communication refers to:
Formal communication
Informal communication
Written communication
Verbal communication
One of the following is NOT an advantage of good communication:
Building trust
Increased misunderstandings
Reducing conflicts
Better decision-making
Management concept that involves redesigning jobs to give employees more responsibility, variety, and autonomy in their roles
Job Satisfaction
Job Security
Job Enrichment
EE development program
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between motivation and leadership in the process of directing?
Motivation and leadership are independent functions in directing and do not influence each other.
Motivation is external to the process of directing, while leadership involves only internal organizational matters.
Leadership focuses solely on decision-making, while motivation is about implementing the decisions.
Motivation is a sub-function of leadership, and leadership is ineffective without motivation.
