Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

251. In a highly formalized organization, job behaviors are relatively:

1. programmed.
2. non-existent.
3. nonprogramed.
4. discretionary.

252. How did Woodward come to suggest a normative theory about production organization?

1. Because different groups of firms had different organizational characteristics.
2. Because those with leaner, shorter hierarchies performed best.
3. Because the best-performing firms in each technological group had organizational characteristics that were similar to each other.
4. Because it became clear that firms should adapt their organization to match process technology.

253. The degree to which jobs within an organization are standardized is referred to as:

1. centralization.
2. job variation.
3. job classification.
4. formalization.

254. Which key skill was not mentioned by Kanter as needed by managers of innovative organizations?

1. Communicating.
2. Team leading.
3. Political.
4. Coping.

255. If there is low formalization, a comprehensive information network and high participation in decision-making, one would expect:

1. a typical government organization.
2. an organic structure.
3. a stable structure.
4. a bureaucracy.

256. Which of the following is not true of span of control?

1. The technical content of jobs has little effect on the required span of control of supervisors.
2. High spans of control were found in supervision of line production.
3. It is the number of subordinates who report directly to a supervisor.
4. The average span of control affects the number of managers.

257. When jobs are grouped together based on a particular type of customer, this is known as:

1. centralization.
2. departmentalization.
3. work specialization.
4. job structuring.

258. According to Burns and Stalker, which of the following is a feature of organic organizations?

1. A specific hierarchical structure.
2. Prestige drawn from personal contribution.
3. Emphasis on vertical communication channels.
4. Knowledge requirement based on job.

259. Which three of the following terms best describe the three levels in a hierarchical structure?

1. Missionary level.
2. Co-ordination level, Objective level.
3. Technical level, Community level.
4. Managerial level, Community level, Technical level.

260. Employee discretion is inversely related to:

1. complexity.
2. standardization.
3. technology.
4. centralization.