MGT503 Final Term Papers

Question No: 1    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 All of following are true regarding teams EXCEPT:

       ► Teams are more flexible than traditional departments

       ► Teams are less responsive to a changing environment

       ► Teams can serve as a source of job satisfaction

       ► Teams better utilize employee talents

   

Question No: 2    ( Marks: 1 )   - Please choose one

If you get more output from a given input, you have:

       ► Decreased effectiveness

       ► Increased effectiveness

       ► Decreased efficiency

       ► Increased efficiency

   

Question No: 3    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Constituencies in an organization’s external environment that are affected by the organization’s decisions and actions are called:

       ► Stakeholders

       ► Advisories

       ► Beneficiaries

       ► Environmentalists

   

Question No: 4    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 European Union was established in:

       ► February 1992

       ► January 1994

       ► July 1992

       ► November 1993

   

Question No: 5    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Mission Statement of Johnson & Johnson is:

“We believe our first responsibility is to the doctors, nurses, and patients, to mothers and all others who use our products”

This statement shows which of the following attributes of mission statement?

       ► Location

       ► Customers

       ► Self concept

       ► Desired public image

   

Question No: 6    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Operational plans are normally associated with which of the following organizational level?

       ► Global level

       ► Corporate level

       ► Business level

       ► Functional level

   

Question No: 7    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following is the set of strategic alternatives that an organization chooses from, as it conducts business in a particular industry or market?

       ► Business-level strategy

       ► Corporate-level strategy

       ► Functional-level strategy

       ► Market-level strategy

   

Question No: 8    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 In BCG matrix which of the following businesses have a very small share of a market and are not expected to grow?

       ► Star

       ► Dogs

       ► Cash cow

       ► Question mark

   

Question No: 9    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 When managers delegate authority, they must allocate equal:

       ► Responsibility

       ► Power

       ► Money

       ► Influence

   

Question No: 10    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following organization is responsible for the development of small business in Pakistan?

       ► SMEDA

       ► BISE

       ► ICMA

       ► PCSIR

   

Question No: 11    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following creates the “Dual Chain of Command?”

       ► Team based and Project Structure

       ► Functional and Simple structure

       ► Project and matrix Structure

       ► Simple and matrix Structure

   

Question No: 12    ( 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: 13    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The statement that people will exercise self direction and self control if they are committed to the objectives, is true about which of the following?

       ► Equity Theory

       ► ERG Theory

       ► Theory X

       ► Theory Y

   

Question No: 14    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 According to Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory, which of the following is NOT a hygiene factor?

       ► Working Conditions

       ► Salary

       ► Relationship with supervisor

       ► Work itself

   

Question No: 15    ( 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: 16    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 A team whose members are at different locations, who work together and solve problems through computer-assisted exchange rather than personal, face-to-face meetings are operating as which of the following?

       ► Virtual team

       ► Quality circle

       ► Self-directed team

       ► Cross-functional team

   

Question No: 17    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Amir has found out that his department operates on the most popular type of control that many other companies use. Which type of control all companies have in common?

       ► Feedforward

       ► Concurrent

       ► Feedback

       ► Indirect

Question No: 18    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following can be defined as the art and science of formulating, implementing and evaluating cross-functional decisions that enable an organization to achieve its objectives?

       ► Strategy formulation

       ► Strategy evaluation

       ► Strategy implementation

       ► Strategic management

   

Question No: 19    ( 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: 20    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 "Employees dislike work, they are lazy, dislike responsibilities and must be coerced to perform". Which of the following best describes this statement?

       ► Hygiene Factor Theory

       ► Resistance Theory

       ► Theory X

       ► Two factors Theory

   

Question No: 21    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Management of ABC Company has decided to adopt a systematic way of setting goals for its work units and for employees so that all their activities are directly linked to achieve the organizational goals. Management of ABC Company is following which of the following concept?

       ► Management by objective

       ► Management by resources

       ► Management by authority

       ► Management by system

   

Question No: 22    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Mr. Ali is working in XYZ Company for the last three years and since then he is performing the same tasks. Now he wants to put his efforts in the more challenging tasks that could increase the amount of his control and responsibilities.

What possible job practices should be added to Ali’s job?

       ► Job enlargement

       ► Job enrichment

       ► Job rotation

       ► Feedback

   

Question No: 23    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Honda has decided to shift towards the higher efficiency rather than sales growth. For achieving such goal, some authorities were delegated to middle managers, which were previously held by top management. Honda has applied which of the following concept?

       ► Highly centralized

       ► Departmentalization

       ► Decentralization

       ► Centralization

   

Question No: 24    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 “How long effort is maintained” relates to which of the following approach of performing a task?

       ► Intensity

       ► Direction

       ► Persistence

       ► Motivation

   

Question No: 25    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 All of the following are the behavioral theories EXCEPT:

       ► Path Goal studies

       ► OhioState Studies

       ► Michigan Studies

       ► Iowa Studies

Question No: 26    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following can be used as a medium of communication in the organizations?

       ► Manuals

       ► Meetings

       ► Face to face discussions

       ► All of the given options

   

Question No: 27    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 During a meeting Mr. A, from the quality control department was not agreeing with the marketing manager on the issue like "how to improve the product quality ". He simply leaves the meeting and by doing so he wants to communicate his disagreement with the marketing manager. This is an example of:

       ► Non-verbal

       ► Verbal

       ► Written

       ► Oral

   

Question No: 28    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The force that results in greater combined gains/benefits through group interaction is called:

       ► Positive synergy

       ► Negative synergy

       ► Individualism

       ► Cohesiveness

   

Question No: 29    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the given option represents the relationship between ‘Management Science’ & ‘Operation Management’?

       ► Both are used interchangeably

       ► Operation management is an applied form of management science

       ► Management science is an applied form of operation management

       ► No relationship exists between the two

   

Question No: 30    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Job activities performed by workers of an organization are served as:

       ► Input in a system

       ► Transformation process

       ► Output offered by organization

       ► Feedback from the environment

   

Question No: 31    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 In order to respond to irrational situations, which of the following style is preferred?

       ► Crisis decision making style

       ► Programmed decision making style

       ► Opportunity decision making style

       ► Non-programmed decision making style

   

Question No: 32    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Amir is representing his company at the local Chamber of Commerce Annual Business Recognition luncheon. He is performing which of the following managerial role?

       ► Liaison

       ► Negotiator

       ► Monitor

       ► Figurehead

   

Question No: 33    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Selection of students in the admission process of university is an illustration of:

       ► Structured decisions

       ► Ill-structured decisions

       ► Programmed decisions

       ► Non-programmed decisions

   

Question No: 34    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following reasoning gave emergence to the concept of non-rational models of decision making?

       ► All the necessary information is not always available

       ► Strict rules and regulations are defined in the organizations

       ► Highly needed by the bureaucratic & public sector organizations

       ► All of the given options

   

Question No: 35    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Behavioral viewpoint emphasizes the need of understanding the various factors affecting the_______ in an organization.

       ► Undesired behavior

       ► Moral behavior

       ► Ethical behavior

       ► Human behavior

   

Question No: 36    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following is called an input to an organizational system?

       ► Employees

       ► Products

       ► Services

       ► Customers

   

Question No: 37    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Disney World buys soft drinks from coca-cola, food from Sara Lee and paper products from Mead. Coca-cola, Sara Lee and Mead are Disney’s:

       ► Competitors

       ► Suppliers

       ► Owners

       ► Customers

   

Question No: 38    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The common currency used by European Union is called:

       ► Franc

       ► Franc-mark

       ► Pound

       ► Euro

   

Question No: 39    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 In order to achieve efficiency organizations segregate tasks in terms of similarity of its activities, the process is labeled as:

       ► Job specification

       ► Job specialization

       ► Job design

       ► Job description

   

Question No: 40    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the given power is attained through formal hierarchy?

       ► Expert power

       ► Information power

       ► Charismatic power

       ► Referent power

   

Question No: 41    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Goal-setting theory states that “more difficult goals lead to more efforts”. Therefore goals should be:

       ► Beyond the individuals capacity

       ► Challenging but not unattainable

       ► Timeless to continue the efforts in long run

       ► All of the given options

   

Question No: 42    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Employee’s personal inclination towards goal attainment is referred as:

       ► Goal commitment

       ► Goal difficulty

       ► Goal acceptance

       ► Goal specificity

   

Question No: 43    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Mr. A, Mr. B, Mr. C and Mr. D are working on a project in a team. Mr. A wants to dominate others, as he wants to become a leader and controling authority. Mr. A meets which of the following needs?

       ► Need for power

       ► Need for achievement

       ► Need for success

       ► Need for affiliation

   

Question No: 44    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 It is essential for a team to be a:

       ► Formal group

       ► Large group

       ► Informal group

       ► Small group

   

Question No: 45    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following is selected by the sender and may be formal for job-related messages or informal for personal or social messages?

       ► Message

       ► Channel

       ► Feedback

       ► Noise

   

Question No: 46    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following leader's behavior was identified by Researchers at Ohio State Universities?

       ► Consideration and initiating structure

       ► Consideration and autocratic

       ► Autocratic style

       ► Charismatic skills

   

Question No: 47    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 In Pakistan China imported goods are relatively cheap. These companies are practicing which of the following strategies?

       ► Focus Strategy

       ► Differentiation strategy

       ► Cost leadership strategy

       ► Emergent strategy

   

Question No: 48    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following is the set of strengths, characteristics and qualities including skills, technologies or resources that distinguish a firm from its competitors?

       ► Scope of business

       ► Distinctive competency

       ► Resource deployment

       ► Effective strategy

   

Question No: 49    ( Marks: 3 )

 Explain the physiological needs from Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Answer:

Physiological needs are basic and include needs for food, water, and shelter. Maslow took theposition that until these needs are satisfied to the degree necessary to maintain life, other needswill not motivate people.

   

Question No: 50    ( Marks: 3 )

 Describe group think and social loafing in your own words.

   

Question No: 51    ( Marks: 5 )

 What are boundryless organizations?Explain with examples.

   

Question No: 52    ( Marks: 5 )

 Describe the four leadership styles that are exhibited in path-goal theory.

   

Question No: 53    ( Marks: 5 )

 For what reasons organizations are inclined towards developing & implementing a strong control system?