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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.

Work motivation theoriesLeadership stylesDelegation of authorityOrganizational structure typesPerformance appraisal aimsGroup dynamics and social loafing

Management and Organizational Behavior Questions

Multiple choice

Which of the following options explains career plateau correctly?

  1. It is a process to assist employees to achieve better matches between their career goals and the opportunities available in the organisation.

  2. Distinct patterns of self perceived talents, motive and values that guide and stabilise a person's career after several years of real world experiences.

  3. A situation in which the probability of moving up the career ladder is low for either organisational or personal reasons.

  4. Following their own careers and actively supporting each others is career development.

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, the Career Plateau is a situation in which for either organisational or personal reasons the probability of moving up the career ladder is low.

Multiple choice

Which of the following sums up the essence of the passage?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage:

In this ever changing environment where companies are competing with each other to gain market space, to come up with innovation and increase their productivity, it becomes imperative that organizations adopt practices that help them to attract and retain competitive talent in the work place. It requires the organization to take the right set of people, create an ecosystem where talent can blossom/develop and at the same time weed out people who do not seem to fit into the roles assigned to them. Most of the organizations today have a performance measurement mechanism which helps them to categorize people, identify their competency gaps/strengths and decide compensation structure based on performance.
Performance management systems (PMS) have also evolved over the years. It has changed form in terms of the way it is administered and delivered as well as to the way in which PMS has been approached. It has evolved from a manual system or the normal annual form filling exercise to a more sophisticated system where even large information can be gathered using automated platforms. PMS has also emerged as part of a broader frame work where the organization’s vision, values and objectives are closely connected with each other. It has redefined its form into something more elaborate like a balance scorecard where the processes, financials, learning and development plans of the people are integrated into one. The beginning of the cold war era also saw the two major superpowers coming up with massive leaps in technology, production and making investments on a large scale in research and developmental functions. Both of these superpowers carried out a number of experiments on human beings to map the complications of human brain functioning and to find out what motivated people do to reach for greater heights in their professional as well as personal lives. Big companies with global footprint evermore felt the need to develop such systems as may stimulate people to excel in their roles. The result of these scientific studies and experiments laid the platform for the development of strength finding mechanisms where emphasis was laid on placing people in roles matching their inherent competencies.

 

  1. Change is the only constant in today's globalized market.

  2. It is necessary to keep evolving to keep pace with change.

  3. Performance measurement mechanism is the need of the hour.

  4. Competition leads to all kinds of experiments and innovations.

  5. With right set of people an organization can be on the accelerated path of development.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Objective of any organization would be to be on the accelerated path of development and that can be achieved only with quality people. Apparently, this is the essence of the paragraph.

Multiple choice

The passage does NOT

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage:

In this ever changing environment where companies are competing with each other to gain market space, to come up with innovation and increase their productivity, it becomes imperative that organizations adopt practices that help them to attract and retain competitive talent in the work place. It requires the organization to take the right set of people, create an ecosystem where talent can blossom/develop and at the same time weed out people who do not seem to fit into the roles assigned to them. Most of the organizations today have a performance measurement mechanism which helps them to categorize people, identify their competency gaps/strengths and decide compensation structure based on performance.
Performance management systems (PMS) have also evolved over the years. It has changed form in terms of the way it is administered and delivered as well as to the way in which PMS has been approached. It has evolved from a manual system or the normal annual form filling exercise to a more sophisticated system where even large information can be gathered using automated platforms. PMS has also emerged as part of a broader frame work where the organization’s vision, values and objectives are closely connected with each other. It has redefined its form into something more elaborate like a balance scorecard where the processes, financials, learning and development plans of the people are integrated into one. The beginning of the cold war era also saw the two major superpowers coming up with massive leaps in technology, production and making investments on a large scale in research and developmental functions. Both of these superpowers carried out a number of experiments on human beings to map the complications of human brain functioning and to find out what motivated people do to reach for greater heights in their professional as well as personal lives. Big companies with global footprint evermore felt the need to develop such systems as may stimulate people to excel in their roles. The result of these scientific studies and experiments laid the platform for the development of strength finding mechanisms where emphasis was laid on placing people in roles matching their inherent competencies.

 

  1. explain how development plans of the people are integrated into one

  2. allude to how performance is managed in an organization

  3. fail to analyse reasons for evolution of performance measurement mechanism

  4. show the importance of creating an ecosystem where talent can blossom or develop

  5. define performance management system and its importance for organizations
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

There is a reference to development plans, but it is not explained how they are integrated into one. This answers the description accurately and is therefore the correct answer.

Multiple choice writing a paragraph writing english

Which option contains the best topic sentence?

  1. To be an effective leader requires certain skills and charactersitics.

  2. A leader is a person who leads a group or team towards a goal.

  3. Natural leaders are few and rare.

  4. Skills and characteristics define a good leader.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The best topic sentence is Option A. A topic sentence depicts the overall idea of the paragraph in brief and here, in Option A, the sentence depicts the main content, i.e., the what makes a good leader, very effectively. Options C and D are incorrect as they provide only partial idea about the content of the paragraph. Option B is incorrect as it only defines a leader but does not mention about the characteristics.

Multiple choice commercial applications verbal and non-verbal communication spoken (oral) and written communication written and oral communication ways of communicating non-verbal communication non-verbal communication and interpersonal skills

Which of the following deals with harmonizing the work relation and efforts at all levels for common purpose?

  1. Motivation

  2. Co-operation

  3. Direction

  4. Co-ordination
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Co-ordination is the unification, integration, synchronization of the efforts of group members so as to provide unity of action in the pursuit of common goals. It is a hidden force which binds all the other functions of management.

Multiple choice business organisation office management office circulars concept of office management introduction to office management record management and office equipment

Delegation or transfer of power is an art that the office manager should master.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Delegation is a fundamental skill for managers to distribute tasks effectively and empower their team. Mastering this art allows for better time management and organizational productivity.

Multiple choice business organisation office management office circulars concept of office management introduction to office management record management and office equipment

Scope of office management extends to which of the following?

  1. Careful designing of the office

  2. Office organisation

  3. Office correspondence

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

Office management is a broad field that encompasses the physical environment, organizational structure, and the handling of correspondence and communication.

Multiple choice business organisation management - process or functions, managerial role and levels levels of management management - process and levels functions and levels of management

Blake and Mouton's managerial Grid has all of the following management styles except:

  1. Impoverished

  2. Democratic

  3. Authority - obedience

  4. Country club
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Blake and Mouton Managerial Grid includes Impoverished, Authority-Obedience, Country Club, Team Management, and Middle-of-the-Road. Democratic is not one of the five styles in this specific model.

Multiple choice commercial applications communication in commercial organisations barriers to communication communication in a commercial organisation communication

Status comes under which of the following type of barriers?

  1. Semantic barrier

  2. Organisational barrier

  3. Non semantic barrier

  4. Psychological barrier
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

It's a barrier in the communication process as in when some message is being conveyed from bottom level management to top level. Like a low level management employee likes to convey a message to someone at top level management, there's a latent fear in him as communication can be wrongly sent resulting in delayed decision making.

Multiple choice commercial applications communication in commercial organisations barriers to communication communication in a commercial organisation communication

Which one of the following refer to the study of individual and group behavior in an organisation?

  1. Organisational behavior

  2. Human resource management

  3. Human relations

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

Organizational behavior is the academic study of how people interact within groups and how those interactions affect an organization's performance.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence bank 2 - accounts maintained by a bank functions and services of banks role of banks in economic development and modes of money transfer accounts and other services

______________ system can be any organized combination of people, hardware, software, communications networks and data resources that collects, transforms and disseminates information in an organization.

  1. Information

  2. Integrated

  3. Horizontal

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

Information system can be any organized combination of people, hardware, software, communications networks and data resources that collects, transforms and disseminates information in an organization. Information system basically helps to deliver the information to the concerned persons to get all the activities done in an efficient manner to run the organization in a proper way.

Multiple choice commerce marketing mix meaning, nature, importance and scope of public relations public relations publicity and public relations

Most organisations, business nowadays, have a separate department to manage public relations.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Most organizations, business nowadays, have a separate department to manage public relations- It is a true statement.Public relations is the management function that establishes and maintains mutually beneficial relationships between an organization and the public on whom its success or failure depends.

Multiple choice sociology social institutions concepts of social institutions study of sociology sociology : what? why?

Social institutions have organised _______________.

  1. Belief

  2. Practices

  3. Activity systems

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

Social institutions fulfil the social needs of human beings.  The social institution is that whole of roles, status, moral values and functions catering to the social needs of human beings. It has organized belief, practices and activity systems.