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Complete Paper Of MGT503

FINALTERM  EXAMINATION
Spring 2009
Question No: 1    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 What is the basic assumption of situational approaches to leadership?
       ► Increasing worker job satisfaction through consideration behavior will get leaders the best results
       ► Initiating structure for employees by telling them what to do and how to do.
       ► The appropriate leadership style varies from one set of circumstances to another
       ► Effective leaders possess certain traits that are situation specific
   
Question No: 2    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following statement is NOT true for productivity?  

       ► Productivity is a major goal in virtually every organization
       ► For individual companies, increased productivity means a more competitive cost structure
       ► Productivity is a composite of people and operations variables
       ► Productivity can be improved by dealing with large number of suppliers
   
Question No: 3    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 All of the following are primary management functions EXCEPT:
       ► Setting goals
       ► Hiring employees
       ► Monitoring activities
       ► Motivating employees
   
Question No: 4    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which one of the following is explaining the Entrepreneur in the best way?
       Goals Setter
       Decision Maker
       Communicator
       Initiator
   
Question No: 5    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 The success of the business can be judged through:
       ► Customer satisfaction
       ► Achieving of Organizational Goals
       ► Cost price reduction
       ► All of the given options
   
Question No: 6    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 LG and Sony electronics agreed to cooperate on developing new technologies. Representatives from each firm meet regularly to coordinate this new venture. Which of the following roles these mangers are playing?

       ► Liaison
       ► Leader
       ► Disseminator
       ► Spokesperson
   
Question No: 7    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Determining the tasks to be accomplished, how the tasks are to be grouped and who is responsible for the various tasks is known as which of the following processes of management?
       ► Planning
       ► Organizing
       ► Leading
       ► Controlling
 
Question No: 8    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which level of management is responsible for making organization wide decisions and establishing the plans and goals that affect the entire organization?
       ► Non managerial staff
       ► Top management
       ► Middle management
       ► First-line management
   
Question No: 9    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Henry Fayol described principles of management in the form of:
       ► 11 points
       ► 12 points
       ► 14 points
       ► 15 points
   
Question No: 10    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 When management provides orderly personnel planning and ensures that replacements are available to fill vacancies, it is called :


       ► Division of work
       ► Discipline
       ► Unity of command
       ► Stability of tenure of personnel
   
Question No: 11    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 The father of industrial psychology is:
       ► Robert Owen
       ► Hugo Munsterberg
       ► Mary parker Follett
       ► Max Weber
   
Question No: 12    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Environment reacts to the output of organization and provides:





       ► Feed forward
       ► Input
       ► Output
       ► Feedback
   
Question No: 13    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following styles of decision making is characterized by individuals who prefer complete information and consider several alternatives?

       ► Analytic
       ► Conceptual
       ► Directive
       ► Behavioral
   
Question No: 14    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 The intent of which of the following is to reduce uncertainty by playing out potential situations under different specific conditions?


       ► Project management
       ► Scheduling
       ► Environmental analysis
       ► Scenario planning 
   
Question No: 15    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Mission Statement of Dow Chemicals is:
“To share the world’s obligation for the protection of the environment.”
This statement shows which of the following attributes of mission statement?

       ► Desired public image
       ► Customers
       ► Location
       ► Self concept
   
Question No: 16    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is an area in the environment that if exploited may generate high performance for organization?
       ► Strength
       ► Weakness
       ► Opportunity
       ► Threat
   
Question No: 17    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is a system in which specific performance objectives are jointly determined by subordinates and their superiors and progress towards objectives is periodically reviewed?


       ► Management by objective
       ► Management by resources
       ► Management by authority
       ► Management by system
   
Question No: 18    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Most managers believe that if an MBO (management by objective) program is to be successful, it must start at:

       ► Non-managerial level
       ► Top Level
       ► Middle level
       ► Lower level

Question No: 19    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 A firm that stops buying supplies from other companies and begins to provide its own supplies, has diversified through:
       ► Forward vertical integration
       ► Backward vertical integration
       ► Forward horizontal integration
       ► Backward horizontal integration
   
Question No: 20    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 In BCG matrix which of the following  businesses have the largest share of a rapidly growing market?
       Cash cow
       Question mark
       Star
       Dogs
   
Question No: 21    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 In BCG matrix which of the following businesses have a large share of a market that are not expected to grow substantially?


       Dogs
       Question mark
       Star
       Cash cow
   
Question No: 22    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 The degree to which tasks in an organization are divided into separate jobs is called:
       Centralization
       Span of control
       Chain of command
       Work specialization

Question No: 23    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 As the number of employees in an organization grows, structure tends to become more:
       Informal
       Centralized
       Decentralized
       Specialized
   
Question No: 24    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 The fact that managers can become experts within their industry is a function of which kind of departmentalization?

       Product
       Functional
       Process
       Geographical
   
Question No: 25    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 The organization structure in which separate business units are grouped under a manager who is responsible for performance, strategy and operations is called:
       Outdated structure
       A divisional structure
       Functional structure
       A simple structure

Question No: 26    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 “CLEAR” shampoo introduced the first ever anti-dandruff shampoo range for men. Through this shampoo Unilever is practicing which of the following strategies?

       Focus Strategy
       Differentiation strategy
       Cost leadership strategy
       Emergent strategy
   
Question No: 27    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 What things the Organizations are doing to facilitate an effective wider span of control for their managers?
       Decentralizing management functions
       Increasing inventory levels
       Increasing budget allowances
       Investing in employee training
   
Question No: 28    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 A complex uncertain environment influences an organization toward which of the following?

       Work specification
       Departmentalization
       Decentralization
       Formalization
   
Question No: 29    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 A company's "chain of command" is a part of which process?

       Span of control
       Organizational design
       Formalization
       Work specialization
   
Question No: 30    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 While addressing the organizational design needs of the small organization which of the following is an important consideration?
       More formalization
       More specialization
       More centralization
       Tall hierarchy of authority
    
Question No: 31    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is an internal state that makes certain outcomes appear attractive?
       Fad
       Desire
       Need
       Fashion
   
Question No: 32    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is the best description of effort?
       The level of willpower towards work
       The measure of intensity or drive
       One's ability to work
       The work required to complete a task
   
Question No: 33    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following factor is more important for men than women?
       Opportunity to learn
       Flexibility
       Autonomy
       Convenient
   
Question No: 34    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 According to Maslow, which hierarchy is in proper order from lowest to highest?     
       Safety, physiological, esteem, self-actualization, social.
       Esteem, physiological, self-actualization, safety, social
       Self-actualization, physiological, social, esteem, safety
       Physiological, safety, social, esteem, self-actualization
  
Question No: 35    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 According to Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory, which of the following is NOT a motivator?
       Recognition
       Responsibility
       Advancement
       Status
   
Question No: 36    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 According to McClelland's three-need theory, people who are striving for personal achievement rather than for the trappings and rewards of success have a high:
       Need for achievement
       Need for affiliation
       Need for power
       Need for sympathy
   
Question No: 37    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 While motivating Professionals which of the following is at the lowest Priority list?

       Challenging Goals
       Money and Promotion
       Appreciation letters
       Job satisfaction
   
Question No: 38    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is NOT an option while motivating low skilled employees?

       Clarity of goals
       Security
       High pay
       Job satisfaction

Question No: 39    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Visionary leaders appear to have all of the following qualities related to effectiveness in their leadership roles EXCEPT:
       ► Ability to explain the vision
       ► Ability to express the vision
       ► Ability to extend the vision
       ► Ability to enforce the vision
   
Question No: 40    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Leaders who guide or motivate their followers toward established goals by clarifying role and task requirements are using which of the following?
       ► Charismatic
       ► Transformational
       ► Transactional
       Democratic-participative
   
Question No: 41    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following group engages in collective work that requires joint effort and generates a positive synergy?
       Work group
       ► Work team
       ► Quality circle
       ► Functional team
   
Question No: 42    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 All of the following are advantages of oral communication EXCEPT:
       ► It is easy to use
       ► It is accurate
       ► It facilitates feedback
       ► It can be done with little preparation
   
Question No: 43    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is the process of monitoring activities and correcting any significant deviations?

       Controlling
       Planning
       Organizing
       Leading
   
Question No: 44    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is NOT a formal group?


       Command groups
       Task forces
       Cross-functional teams
       Business unit alliances 
   
Question No: 45    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Decisions which deal with situations where the factors are fairly structured and occur with some frequency are called:

       Heuristic decision
       Programmed decision
       Satisficing decision
       Non-programmed decision
   
Question No: 46    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which one of the following functions or activities involves in recruiting and placing qualified personnel needed for the organization so that it may achieve its objectives and goals?          
       Planning
       Organizing
       Staffing
       Leading
   
Question No: 47    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 An organized set of behavior that is associated with particular office or position is called:
       Role
       Obligation
       Responsibility
       Function

Question No: 48    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following is the disadvantage of the Process departmentalization?
       Time consuming process
       Cost of Production is high
       Can be used only with certain type of products
       Duplication of functions across the departments
   
Question No: 49    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 Which of the following are groups defined by the organization's structure, that have designated work assignments and specific tasks?
       Formal groups
       Informal groups
       Command groups
       Interest groups
   
Question No: 50    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one
 There are three different approaches to designing control systems. Which of the following is used primarily in team-based or less bureaucratic types of organizations?
       ► Market control
       ► Economic control
       ► Bureaucratic control
       ► Clan control
   
Question No: 51    ( Marks: 5 )
 Is organizing important for all levels of managers? Give your opinion.

   
Question No: 52    ( Marks: 10 )
 ABC Ltd is a small marketing services company. You have been put in charge of a new project team. It is the second week the team has been together, and   http://www.allvupastpapers.blogspot.com/
progress on the task is frustratingly slow. There are lots of creative ideas being put forward, but team members criticize everything and try to put their own ideas over others. Your manager is getting concerned and asks you to report on how the team is working.
Propose different measures for encouraging cohesion in your team.
   
Question No: 53    ( Marks: 10 )
 Suppose that an organization has some distinctive competencies, how long it will retain those competencies?
   
Question No: 54    ( Marks: 10 )
 Discuss the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) matrix and explain its usefulness in segmenting businesses. Discuss the characteristics for each of the four categories based on the BCG matrix..

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