Management Introduction
Questions 201 to 210
201.
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Susan is
the General Manager at “Divine Corporation” and she is in charge of making
sure that the IT department stays in close
contact with the marketing department during the implementation of a
new e-commerce effort with David as its Project Manager. Which managerial
role described by Henry Mintzberg is Susan playing?
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202.
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Which of
the following is not upward
communication?
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203.
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There
are various appraisal techniques used in an organization. A performance
appraisal technique that makes use of feedback from supervisors, subordinates
and co-workers, is known as
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204.
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The BCG
matrix was devised in the 1970’s by the Boston Consulting Group, a leading
management consulting firm. It is a widely used method of portfolio management
and helps businesses evaluate their profitability. According to the BCG
matrix, a strategic business unit comprising speculative products that entail
high risks, would be referred to as
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205.
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During
the early 1900’s, the mission of business firms was set exclusively in
economic terms. After the 1960’s, social activists began to question the
singular objective of business enterprises. Managers’ today continually
encounter decisions that have a social dimension. Which of the following is
defined as a business firm’s obligation, beyond that required by law and
economics, to pursue long-term goals that are good for society?
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206.
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Which of
the following best describes line-staff conflict?
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207.
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The
Gantt Chart was invented by Henry L. Gantt. It is still used today in the
production planning area of many organizations. It was the first simple
visual device to maintain production control. The chart visually shows when
tasks are supposed to be done and compares that with the
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208.
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A
production manager of a manufacturing organization is trying to determine how
to revise the production department, so that it can produce more units per
day and achieve the targets in a specified time. Identify the managerial
function.
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209.
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Which
of the following control systems is/are used by all levels of management?
I. Financial control system.
II. Budgetary control system.
III. Quality control system.
IV. Inventory control system.
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210.
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Raj,
Ramesh and Rajesh are all making decisions about how to approach the team
project. They have only one week to write a 75-page analysis of the
government's suit against Microsoft. In addition, they all work full-time.
Which decision-making model will they probably rely on?
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Answers
201.
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Answer : (b)
Reason : Susan is playing a liaison role which is
serving as a link in a horizontal chain of communication. In a figurehead role, the manager performs
ceremonial and social duties as the organizations representative. A project manager is responsible for the
success of the overall project. In
operational tasking the manager is
directly responsible for a specific job task. A multi-tasking is the practice
of assigning two or more comparably sized tasks to one.
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202.
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Answer : (d)
Reason : Except corporate policy statements, all the
options given are examples of upward communication.
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203.
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Answer : (b)
Reason : A performance appraisal technique that makes
use of feedback from supervisors, subordinates and co-workers, is known as
360-degree appraisal. Hence, option (b) is correct.
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204.
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Answer : (a)
Reason : A question mark is a business unit that has a
small relative market share in a rapidly growing market. The future
performance of such a business unit is uncertain. Hence, option (a) is
correct.
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205.
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Answer : (d)
Reason : Social responsibility is defined as a
business firm’s obligation, beyond that required by law and economics, to
pursue long-term goals that are good for society. Hence, option (d) is
correct.
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206.
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Answer : (c)
Reason : Line-staff conflict is intergroup conflict
arising from perceived differences between those directly involved in
producing or selling products and those that support functions such as
information systems and human resources.
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207.
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Answer : (d)
Reason : The Gantt chart visually shows when tasks are
supposed to be done and compares that with the actual progress on each.
Hence, option (d) is correct.
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208.
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Answer : (c)
Reason : When a planning exercise is implemented in
production cycle, it is controlling and guiding the work schedules helps in
reaching the desired goals. Hence, option (c) is the correct answer.
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209.
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Answer
: (b)
Reason : Quality control system is used by all levels
of management.
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210.
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Answer : (d)
Reason : Raj, Ramesh and Rajesh are all making
decisions about how to approach the team project and they will probably rely
on Bounded rationality, which is defined as a concept that suggests that the
ability of managers to be perfectly rational in making decisions is limited
by such factors as cognitive capacity and time constraints. (a) In rational decision-making,
managers possess and understand all the information that is relevant to their
decisions at the time they make them. (b) Break-even analysis is a measure by
which the level of sales, which is necessary to cover all fixed costs, can be
determined. (c) Intuition is "direct perception of truth, fact, etc.,
independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension." (e)
Garbage-can model is a non-rational model of managerial decision-making
stating that managers behave in virtually a random pattern in making
nonprogrammed decisions.
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thanks a ton , very usefull !!
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