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Principles of Management Question Bank

Q   Which principle of management suggests that a subordinate should receive orders from and be accountable to one superior?

Q   Who gave the concept of scientific management? What was his profession?

Q Which principle of scientific management suggest the introduction of scientific investigation and analysis of management practice?

Q   Which principle of management is violated if an employee is asked to receive orders from two superiors?

Q ''Workers should be encouraged to develop and carry out their plans for improvements”. Identify the principle of management formulated by Fayol.

Q Which principle of management is violated when a manager grants one month medical leave to a superior with pay and only one week medical leave to an accountant?

Q Madan a manager, expects his colleagues to get work out of subordinates without giving them any powers. Which principle of management is being overlooked?

Q Which principle of management aims at securing the loyalty and devotion of the employees by giving them fair and just treatment?

Q   Which principle of management envisages that each group of activities having the same objective must have one head and one plan?

Q   If an organization does not provide the right place for physical and human recourses in the organization, which principle is violated?

Q   The production manager of an automobile company asked the foreman to achieve a target production of 200 units (Scooters) per day. But he did not give him the authority to requisition tools and materials from the store department. Can the production managers blame the foreman if he is not able to achieve the desire target? Explain briefly the principle relating to the situation.

Q   Ankit & Harman are clerks in a company having same educational qualification. Ankit is getting ₹4000 per month and Harman ₹5000 per month as salary for the same work and same time. Which principle of management is violated in this case?

Principles of Management - Questions

Write the values (positive or negative) involved the following cases. (Not in CBSE pattern now).

Q   In an organization Akshat and Sheetal are working at the same posts but being male employee Akshat has more rights than Sheetal.

Q   A firm has taken the decision to employ more male employees than female employees because they can work overtime in case of excess work.

Q   An organization proposes the use of CFL’s and LED’s which consumes less electricity than normal bulbs for its lighting arrangements.

Q   An organization has done plantation around its factory premises and only after purifying the wastes, it throws it into the drains.

Q   An entrepreneur wants to start his business in backward area because govt. gives many incentives & rebates in taxes. Which results in low cost and he will be able to see the product at low prices. There he will be able to get large area by deforestation.

Q   Akash and Badal are working in XYZ Ltd. They have same qualification and work experience. Akash is paid₹ 10,000 as salary and Badal is paid ₹ 8,000 for same work, time and efforts.