An organisation is a collection of people...

Working together to achieve a common purpose

In what order do managers typically perform the managerial functions?

planning, organising, leading, controlling

According to Frederick Taylor, the principal object of management should be:

Securing maximum prosperity for employer and employee

The use of mathematical techniques to analyse and solve management problems is known as:

Management science or operations research

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1101IBA Week 2 PASS

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Group Quiz on Topics 1 (Contemporary Workforce) and 2 (Historical Foundations of Management)

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1
Which of these is not part of the recognised challenges for modern managers?
Managing change
Managing communications
Managing the learning organisation
Micro-managing the workforce
2
Ensuring that everything is carried out according to plan is part of the process of
Organising
Controlling
Co-ordinating
Planning
3
The Hawthorn Studies are most associated with which writer?
Mary Parker Follett
Lillian Gilbreth
Elton Mayo
Frederick Taylor
4
An organisation is a collection of people...
Working together to achieve a common purpose
Accountable to a single manager
Working competitively
Working in different departments
5
In what order do managers typically perform the managerial functions?
planning, organising, leading, controlling
organising, leading, planning, controlling
organising, planning, controlling, leading
planning, organising, controlling, leading
6
Bureaucracy theory was proposed by
Taylor
Fayol
Weber
Woodward
7
As what are key factors that reflect the situation of an organisation referred to?
Contingencies
Processes
Activities
Administrations
8
Which one is not a recognised key skill of management?
Conceptual Skills
Human skills
Writing skills
Technical skills
9
According to Frederick Taylor, the principal object of management should be:
Securing maximum prosperity for employer and employee
Profitability
Achieving the greatest good for the greatest number
The good of the community
10
What is the guiding principle of scientific management?
Experimentation
Fluid working relationships
One best way to do a job
Freedom of association
11
Who defined human motivation as "the study of ultimate human goals"
Taylor
Fayol
Weber
Maslow
12
The use of mathematical techniques to analyse and solve management problems is known as:
Research Science
Management science or operations research
Management science
Mathematical Analysis
13
The behavioural approaches to management are also known as:
Maslow's theory of human needs
McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y
Human resource approaches
The Hawthorne Studies
14
At what level of an organisation does a corporate manager operate?
Operational
Middle level
Functional
Top level
15
Someone whose knowledge is an asset to employers is an example of:
Intellectual Capital
Corporate Memory
A Knowledge Worker
Globalisation

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