Top 50+ Solved Evolution of Management Thoughts MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Under mechanism of scientific management, scientific task setting includes:
a. Time study
b. Motion study
c. Method study
d. All of the above
Q. Fedrick Winslow Taylor’s Mechanism of Scientific Management includes
a. Scientific task setting
b. Planning the task
c. Standardization of tools and equipments
d. All of the above
Q. Frederick Winslow Taylor is best known for the introduction of which approach to job design?
a. Behavioural approach
b. Ergonomics
c. Scientific management
d. Division of labour
Q. Scientific management is comprised of which of the following two elements?
a. Technology assessment and environmental design
b. Method study and work measurement
c. Method study and job design
d. Work measurement and job design
Q. Who was the first to formalise the concept of the division of labour?
a. Edward Demming, 1950
b. Adam Smith, 1776
c. Fredrick Taylor, 1911
d. Jay Forester, 1963
Q. Which of the following statement best described the principle of ‘Division of work’?
a. work should be divided into small tasks
b. labour should be divided
c. resource should be divided among jobs
d. it leads to specialisation
Q. Which of the following is Not a principle of management given by Taylor?
a. Science, not rule of Thumb
b. Functional foremanship
c. Maximum ,not restricted output
d. Harmony not discord
Q. Management should find ' One best way ' to perform a task. Which technique of scientific managementis defined in this sentence?
a. Time study
b. Motion study
c. Fatigue study
d. Method study
Q. Who is known as 'the Father of Modern Theory of Management’?
a. Harold Koontz.
b. Henry Fayol
c. F.W. Taylor
d. Max Weber
Q. The main aim of Taylor was to.................
a. improve labour relations
b. improve productivity
c. To attempt a general theory of management
d. None of these
Q. Method study is ..................
a. preliminary survey of production Process
b. study of the movement of a work
c. study of operational efficiency
d. All of the above
Q. Henry fayol is well known...........
a. As the father of modern management
b. for formulating general principles of management
c. for promoting trade unionism
d. None of these
Q. Unity of command implies
a. A subordinate should receive orders from all the superiors
b. individuals must sacrifice in the larger interest
c. be accountable to one and only one superior
d. None of these
Q. Purpose of time study is ...........
a. to remove wastage of time
b. to give timely assistance
c. to determine fair days work
d. watching time