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Management and Organizational Behavior

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Management and organizational behavior explore how individuals and groups interact within an organization. This hub covers motivation theories, leadership styles, and delegation. These topics are essential for commerce students and competitive exam aspirants.

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Management and Organizational Behavior Questions

Multiple choice

In line and staff organisation, the authority is vested on

  1. stafff

  2. line

  3. both (1) and (2)

  4. neither (1) or (2)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In a line and staff organization, the line managers hold the formal authority to make decisions and give orders. Staff members provide support but do not hold the primary command authority.

Multiple choice

In the technique of MBO, (1) overall objectives are set at the top of the Organizational hierarchy (2) individual objectives coincide with the objectives of the organization (3) performance should be evaluated periodically (4) objectives are decided at the subordinate level

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 1, 2, 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. 1, 2, 3, 4
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Management by Objectives (MBO) emphasizes setting overall organizational goals at the top and ensuring periodic performance evaluation. While individual goals should align with organizational ones, MBO is a top-down strategic framework rather than a purely bottom-up decision process.

Multiple choice

Decentralisation causes

  1. increase in the importance of subordinates

  2. decrease in the importance of subordinates

  3. both (1) and (2)

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Decentralization involves pushing decision-making authority down to lower levels of the organization. This empowers subordinates and increases their importance by allowing them to make meaningful contributions.

Multiple choice

Leadership function includes all of the following but excludes

  1. leader

  2. situation

  3. product/service

  4. working group
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Leadership involves the interaction between a leader, the followers (working group), and the situation. The product or service is the output of the work, not a component of the leadership function itself.

Multiple choice

The decentralisation of an organisation has which of the following advantages?

  1. Reduced burden on top executives, executive development and can solve the problems of co-ordination

  2. Option 1 and improvement of morale.

  3. No such advantage

  4. Can't say
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Decentralization reduces the burden on top management, fosters the development of lower-level managers, and can improve coordination by allowing decisions to be made closer to the point of action.

Multiple choice

In case of functional organisation,

  1. the organisation is divided into functions of specialists having authority

  2. there are specialist advisers but they have no authority

  3. both (1) and (2)

  4. can't say
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In a functional organization, the structure is divided based on specialized functions (e.g., marketing, finance). Specialists in these areas have authority over their respective functions across the organization.

Multiple choice

According to Scalar principle of organisation,

  1. only one superior is possible for each subordinate.

  2. a manager can supervise only a limited number of subordinates.

  3. complex problems are to be referred to the higher level of management.

  4. all the above.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Multiple choice

Can feelings be managed in business?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question:

What's a manager have to do about feelings in business? 

Why, manage them of course.
Not to mock your question in the slightest: We are dead serious. If there’s one thing that doesn't get enough attention for undermining productivity, creativity and the general smooth functioning of the business, it's the mismanagement of the emotion in the workplace. Too many managers would rather let people act, well, unmanaged.

Now, we're not even slightly qualified to opine on human nature; well, maybe we are as qualified as the next guy; but you don’t have to watch reality TV to know that, left unattended, people can fall into some pretty dysfunctional behaviours. Maybe it’s because gossip, ganging up, paranoia and the like were hardwired into the human brain to ensure the survival of the species, as some scientists have hypothesized.

But the underlying reasons why groups of people can get so terribly caught up in the negative feelings don’t really matter. All that does-from a manager’s point of view-is that unhealthy emotions usually beget more unhealthy emotions.

That’s why you have to manage them-which, fortunately, takes neither a degree in psychology nor more time than you already have. It takes only an active commitment to remove uncertainty from your organization and to instill a purposeful approach to inspiration.

  1. No

  2. Yes

  3. Sometimes yes

  4. Not all the times
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Feelings can be managed' is implied in the last paragraph in the statement. 'It takes only an active commitment to remove uncertainty from his/her organization and to instill a purposeful approach to inspiration'.

Multiple choice

Can productivity be affected by unmanaged feelings in the company?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question:

What's a manager have to do about feelings in business? 

Why, manage them of course.
Not to mock your question in the slightest: We are dead serious. If there’s one thing that doesn't get enough attention for undermining productivity, creativity and the general smooth functioning of the business, it's the mismanagement of the emotion in the workplace. Too many managers would rather let people act, well, unmanaged.

Now, we're not even slightly qualified to opine on human nature; well, maybe we are as qualified as the next guy; but you don’t have to watch reality TV to know that, left unattended, people can fall into some pretty dysfunctional behaviours. Maybe it’s because gossip, ganging up, paranoia and the like were hardwired into the human brain to ensure the survival of the species, as some scientists have hypothesized.

But the underlying reasons why groups of people can get so terribly caught up in the negative feelings don’t really matter. All that does-from a manager’s point of view-is that unhealthy emotions usually beget more unhealthy emotions.

That’s why you have to manage them-which, fortunately, takes neither a degree in psychology nor more time than you already have. It takes only an active commitment to remove uncertainty from your organization and to instill a purposeful approach to inspiration.

  1. Yes

  2. No

  3. Sometimes yes

  4. At all times
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

As per the passage 'If there's one thing that doesn't get enough attention for undermining productivity, creativity and the general smooth functioning of the business, it's the mismanagement of the emotion in the workplace', this implies that unmanaged emotions effect the productivity of the workplace.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options is/are dysfunctional behaviours?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question:

What's a manager have to do about feelings in business? 

Why, manage them of course.
Not to mock your question in the slightest: We are dead serious. If there’s one thing that doesn't get enough attention for undermining productivity, creativity and the general smooth functioning of the business, it's the mismanagement of the emotion in the workplace. Too many managers would rather let people act, well, unmanaged.

Now, we're not even slightly qualified to opine on human nature; well, maybe we are as qualified as the next guy; but you don’t have to watch reality TV to know that, left unattended, people can fall into some pretty dysfunctional behaviours. Maybe it’s because gossip, ganging up, paranoia and the like were hardwired into the human brain to ensure the survival of the species, as some scientists have hypothesized.

But the underlying reasons why groups of people can get so terribly caught up in the negative feelings don’t really matter. All that does-from a manager’s point of view-is that unhealthy emotions usually beget more unhealthy emotions.

That’s why you have to manage them-which, fortunately, takes neither a degree in psychology nor more time than you already have. It takes only an active commitment to remove uncertainty from your organization and to instill a purposeful approach to inspiration.

  1. Bossing

  2. Ganging up

  3. Paranoia

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

 All the above options are techniques followed by the human brain to ensure its survival.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is true?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question:

What's a manager have to do about feelings in business? 

Why, manage them of course.
Not to mock your question in the slightest: We are dead serious. If there’s one thing that doesn't get enough attention for undermining productivity, creativity and the general smooth functioning of the business, it's the mismanagement of the emotion in the workplace. Too many managers would rather let people act, well, unmanaged.

Now, we're not even slightly qualified to opine on human nature; well, maybe we are as qualified as the next guy; but you don’t have to watch reality TV to know that, left unattended, people can fall into some pretty dysfunctional behaviours. Maybe it’s because gossip, ganging up, paranoia and the like were hardwired into the human brain to ensure the survival of the species, as some scientists have hypothesized.

But the underlying reasons why groups of people can get so terribly caught up in the negative feelings don’t really matter. All that does-from a manager’s point of view-is that unhealthy emotions usually beget more unhealthy emotions.

That’s why you have to manage them-which, fortunately, takes neither a degree in psychology nor more time than you already have. It takes only an active commitment to remove uncertainty from your organization and to instill a purposeful approach to inspiration.

  1. Most managers manage feelings.

  2. Most managers don't manage employees feelings.

  3. All managers manage feelings.

  4. All managers don't manage employee feelings.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

 The sentence in the passage 'Too many managers would rather let people act, well, unmanaged' implies that most of the managers do not manage employees feelings.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is true with respect to the passage?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question:

What's a manager have to do about feelings in business? 

Why, manage them of course.
Not to mock your question in the slightest: We are dead serious. If there’s one thing that doesn't get enough attention for undermining productivity, creativity and the general smooth functioning of the business, it's the mismanagement of the emotion in the workplace. Too many managers would rather let people act, well, unmanaged.

Now, we're not even slightly qualified to opine on human nature; well, maybe we are as qualified as the next guy; but you don’t have to watch reality TV to know that, left unattended, people can fall into some pretty dysfunctional behaviours. Maybe it’s because gossip, ganging up, paranoia and the like were hardwired into the human brain to ensure the survival of the species, as some scientists have hypothesized.

But the underlying reasons why groups of people can get so terribly caught up in the negative feelings don’t really matter. All that does-from a manager’s point of view-is that unhealthy emotions usually beget more unhealthy emotions.

That’s why you have to manage them-which, fortunately, takes neither a degree in psychology nor more time than you already have. It takes only an active commitment to remove uncertainty from your organization and to instill a purposeful approach to inspiration.

  1. Managing feelings requires a great deal of expertise.

  2. Managing feelings is a matter of gumption.

  3. Managing feeling requires degree.

  4. Managing feelings requires time.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

As per the passage: 'That's why you have to manage them-which, fortunately, takes neither a degree in psychology nor more time than you already have'. It is implied in the passage that managing feelings is a matter of courage and initiative taken by the manager.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is true according to the author?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the following question:

What's a manager have to do about feelings in business? 

Why, manage them of course.
Not to mock your question in the slightest: We are dead serious. If there’s one thing that doesn't get enough attention for undermining productivity, creativity and the general smooth functioning of the business, it's the mismanagement of the emotion in the workplace. Too many managers would rather let people act, well, unmanaged.

Now, we're not even slightly qualified to opine on human nature; well, maybe we are as qualified as the next guy; but you don’t have to watch reality TV to know that, left unattended, people can fall into some pretty dysfunctional behaviours. Maybe it’s because gossip, ganging up, paranoia and the like were hardwired into the human brain to ensure the survival of the species, as some scientists have hypothesized.

But the underlying reasons why groups of people can get so terribly caught up in the negative feelings don’t really matter. All that does-from a manager’s point of view-is that unhealthy emotions usually beget more unhealthy emotions.

That’s why you have to manage them-which, fortunately, takes neither a degree in psychology nor more time than you already have. It takes only an active commitment to remove uncertainty from your organization and to instill a purposeful approach to inspiration.

  1. Dysfunctional behaviour is picked up through company.

  2. Dysfunctional behaviour is hard wired in the human brain.

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

It is mentioned in the passage that certain dysfunctional activities are hardwired in the human brain and these unhealthy activities beget more of the same.

Multiple choice

The process of dividing a work is called

  1. allocation

  2. sharing

  3. delegation

  4. division
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In management and organizational theory, the process of assigning tasks or dividing work among individuals is typically referred to as allocation.