Theories and Pioneering Ideas in the Management

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• Operations Management

• Management Information System

• Management Science

• Stratefic Management

Behavioral Science Approach is an extension of the ______.

• Strategic Management

• Scientific Management

• Organization Development

• Human Relations Approach

Which of the following is not an assumption of Theory X?

• Employees dislike responsibility.

• Employees are creative.

• Employees are lazy.

• Employees dislike work.

Which of the following is not an assumption of Theory Y?

• Most people like work.

• People are intelligent.

• Primary motivators are fear and money.

• Under most circumstances, most people seek additional responsibility

Maslow suggests that human needs are arranged in a series of levels, a hierarchy of importance. Which of the following statements are relevant to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory?

• A satisfied need is no longer a motivator.

• A need is not necessarily fully satisfied before a subsequent need arises.

• The hierarchy is not necessarily in a fixed order.

• All of the given answers are correct.

Which of the following is not a feature of a bureaucracy?

• Generalism

• Specialization

• Hierarchy of Authority

• Impersonality

Which of the following are sub-groupings of the classical approach?

• Environment and individual

• Scientific management and bureaucracy

• Individual and bureaucracy

• Scientific management and gender management

Chester Irving Barnard believed organizations need to be both effective and efficient.

• True

• False

Fayol's functions of management include:

• Punishing, commanding, organizing, coordinating, controlling.

• Planning, commanding, organizing, coordinating, controlling.

• Planning, designating, completing, and cooperating.

• Preparing, commanding, operating, consulting, controlling.

Which of the following is not an example of bureaucratic functioning in organizations?

• Policies, rules and procedures

• Advertising and marketing brochures

• Paperwork and record-keeping

• Hierarchical organizational structure