Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

321. According to agency theory, organizations achieve high levels of performance by aligning ______________

1. behavioral and output measures.
2. strategies, goals and actions.
3. culture with social structure.
4. the interests of managers with those of owners (shareholders).

322. Assembly-line technology is changing dramatically as organizations ______________

1. develop new products for the market.
2. replace human labor with robots.
3. replace old manually controlled machines with newer machines.
4. find new markets for their products.

323. Control system should be flexible so that it remains workable in the case of changed plans, unforeseen circumstances or failures.

1. Flexible.
2. Economical.
3. Motivating.
4. None of these.

324. The feminist perspective contributed which of the following dimensions of power that has ly not been considered by organization theorists?

1. Domination/submission.
2. Autonomy/dependence.
3. Oppressors/oppressed.
4. Masculine/feminine.

325. Managers develop each new budget by justifying the projected allocation against its contribution to departmental or organizational goals.

1. Flexible budgeting.
2. Top-down budgeting.
3. Zero-based budgeting.
4. None of these.

326. Cybernetic control systems help organizations realize their strategies by aligning:

1. behavioral and output measures.
2. strategies, goals and actions.
3. culture with social structure.
4. the interests of managers with those of owners (shareholders).

327. A job shop is an example of a(n)

1. repetitive process.
2. continuous process.
3. line process.
4. intermittent process.

328. Which of the following is not an internal force of change?

1. technology.
2. strategy.
3. workforce.
4. employee attitudes.

329. Which of the following is a conflict resolution skill?

1. Passive listening.
2. Accommodating.
3. Active listening.
4. Avoiding.

330. Which is not a structural factor of organizational conflict?

1. Goal differences.
2. Specialization.
3. Status differences.
4. Skills and abilities.