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1. Management by Objectives is a concept which was originated and explained by __________________
A. Henry Fayol
B. Fredrick Taylor
C. Peter F. Drucker
D. Henry Mintzberg
2. The environment that managers have a significant control over all the activities of the organization is called_____________ .
A. Macro Environment
B. Management Environment
C. Market Environment
D. Micro Environment
3. _______________ are standing plans of detailed guidelines for handling organizational actions that occur frequently or regularly.
A. Policies
B. Procedures
C. Programmes
D. Rules
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4. According to Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the most lowered basic type of need is
A. Esteem needs
B. Self Actualisation need
C. Safety and Social need
D. Physiological need
5. The principles of conduct governing an individual or a group are _____________.
A. Morality
B. Utilitarianism
C. Ethics
D. Normative judgement
6. ____________ refers to channeling resources towards improving one or more segments of society other than the firm’s owners or stockholders.
A. Culture
B. Ethical corporation
C. Social responsibility
D. Managerial capitalism
7. Which of the following are some of Max Webber’s fourteen management principles?
A. Planning, Order and Discipline
B. Discipline, Leadership and equity
C. Order, Discipline and Equity
D. Order, Equity and Leadership
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8. Inventory management in an organization should be handled by which unit?
A. Administration
B. Public Relations
C. Supplies
D. Purchasing
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9. When an employee is appointed to a certain managerial post, he/she will have been given ________power.
A. Legitimate
B. Coercive
C. Referent
D. Expert
10. The following are types of publics except _____________.
A. financial
B. Government
C. media
D. ethnic groups
1. C. Peter F. Drucker
2. D. Micro Environment
3. B. Procedures
4. D. Physiological need
5. C. Ethics
6. C. Social responsibility
7. C. Order, Discipline and Equity
8. D. Purchasing
9. A. Legitimate
10. D. ethnic groups