BSTCH 1 XII
BSTCH 1 XII
BSTCH 1 XII
CHAPTER 1
Nature and significance of management
Multiple choice questions
Q1. "Management has to see that tasks are completed and goals are
achieved with the least amount of resources at a minimum cost."
Identify the two related concepts of management. efficiency
(a) Coordination and (c) Planning and effectiveness
(b) Efficiency and effectiveness
(d) Management and administration
Q2.Successful organisations do not achieve their goals by chance but
by following a deliberate process called:
(a) effectiveness
(b) efficiency
(c) coordination
(d) management
Q3. Management always works by keeping an end result or aim of
the organisation. All activities of managers are directing towards the
end result. It is related to which feature of management:
(a) Management is multidimensional. (b) Management is continuous.
(c) Management is intangible. (d) Management is a goal oriented
process.
Q4. Ankita has started a new business of providing organic
vegetables and fruits, although she is not having many competitors,
but still she is trying to offer goods at minimum price so that she is
able to survive in market and make sure people with limited income
can also afford her vegetables and fruits.
State the two objectives she is trying to achieve:
(a) organisational and personal (c) social and personal
(b) organisational and social (d) all of the above
Q5. On introduction of any changes in the organisations, all
employees hesitate to accept changes, Managers convince the
employees and guide them to adopt the changes! willingly.
This is related to which importance of management?
(a) Management helps in achieving group goal.
(b) Management increases efficiency.
(c) Management creates a dynamic organisation.
(d) Management helps in achieving personal objectives.
Q6. State the common feature of Science, Art and Profession which is
present in management also:
(a) Systematic body of knowledge
(b) Based on practice and creativity
(c) Use of Ethical codes
(d) Universal validity
Q7. As middle level of management makes sure that department has
the necessary personnels or employees, which level of management
makes sure right number of workers are there and they are having
good working conditions?
(a) top leve
(b) middle level
(c) supervisory level
(d) none of the above
Q8. "A manager in a conscious manner has to ensure that even
where members of a department willingly cooperate, coordination
gives direction to the willing spirit." The characteristic of
coordination being highlighted above is:
(a) Coordination is the responsibility of all managers
(b) Coordination is a deliberate function
(c) Coordination integrates group efforts
(d) Coordination is a continuous process
Q9. Identify the dimension of the characteristic of management. "it is
multidimensional", which specifies that the task of management is to
make the strengths of human resources effective and their
weaknesses irrelevant towards achieving the organisation's
objectives.
(a) Management of work
(c) Management of operations
(b) Management of people
(d) Management of goals
Q10. Unlike professions such as medicine or law which require a
practising doctor or lawyer to possess valid degrees, nowhere in the
world is it mandatory for a manager to possess any such professional
degree. Identify the characteristic of the profession being discussed
above which is not being strictly met by management.
(a) Well defined body of knowledge (c) Professional Association
Case-based Question
A business organisation attains top position only because of the
quality of management. Successful organisations do not achieve their
goals by chance but by following deliberate process called
management. On the other hand, lack of proper management results
in wastage of time, money and efforts. Most of businesses fail due to
poor management. Management is a life-giving element in every
business. Without it, the resources of production will remain
resources and shall never become production.