Principles of Management

Question 1

According to ________, there should be an almost equal division of work and responsibility between workers and management.

Answer 1

Fredrick Winslow Taylor
(Cooperation, Not Individualism)

Question 2

Which of the following management principles concentrates on the shop floor level of activity?

Answer 2

Taylor ‘s Principles of Management

Question 3

How are principles of management formed

Answer 3

Adoption to changing technology

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the principle of ‘division of work’?

A) work should be divided to small task
B) labour should be divided
C) resources should be divided among jobs
D) it leads to specialisation

Answer 4

D) It leads to specialisation

Question 5

What does standardization of work mean

Answer 5

To reduce a given line of product to fixed types, sizes and characteristics

Question 6

What does simplification of work mean

Answer 6

Eliminating new varieties for the existing once

Question 7

Unity of command insists on

Answer 7

Order from single superior only

Question 8

A manager should have the right to punish a subordinate for wilfully not obeying a legitimate order but only after sufficient opportunity has been given his/her case. Identify the principle of management highlighted here.

Answer 8

Authority and Responsibility

This is the issue of commands followed by responsibility for their consequences. Authority means the right of a superior to give enhance order to his subordinates; responsibility means obligation for performance.