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Management should find 'One best way' to perform a task. Which technique of scientific management is defined in this sentence?

  1. Time study

  2. Motion study

  3. Fatigue study

  4. Method study


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Method study is the process of subjecting work to systematic, critical scrutiny to make it more effective and efficient. The objective of method study is to find out one best way of doing job.

Time study is a structured process of directly observing and measuring human work using a timing device to establish the time required for completion of the work by a qualified worker when working at a defined level of performance.
Motion study is a systematic way of determining the best method of doing the work by scrutinizing the motions made by the worker or the machine. 
Fatigue study is study to understand how fatigue affects productivity. Reducing fatigue at workplace has been the key aim of every organisation as it affects productivity adversely.

Managerial Personnel 
Directors take the decision regarding the management of a company collectively in their meetings known as __________.

  1. business meetings

  2. board meetings

  3. transaction meetings

  4. committee meetings


Correct Option: B

Management is an art. Which of the following statement does not support that management is art? 

  1. The process of management involves the use of know how and skills.

  2. The process of management is directed towards the accomplishment of concrete results.

  3. Management is personalized in the sense that every manager has his own approach to problems.

  4. It deals with complex human phenomena about knowledge is still limited.


Correct Option: D

Which of the following statement is false?

  1. Management can be described as a science albeit a variable one when compared with the nature of exact physical sciences.

  2. We can have the same kind of experimental in management as is possible in natural sciences.

  3. Management has now a theoretical base with a number of principles relating to coordination, organization, decision-making and so on.

  4. Management is a vital function concerned with all aspects of the working of an enterprise.


Correct Option: B

Management qualified all the tests of profession except ________.

  1. dominance of service motive.

  2. need for learning and proper organisation.

  3. entry restricted on the basis of examination.

  4. systematic body of knowledge.


Correct Option: C