WORKSHEET 3

CHAPTER 2

Q1. Name the principle which will minimise the need for using penalties.
Q2. “Employee turnover should be minimised to maintain organisational efficiency”
Identify the general principle of management.
Q3. Which principle means taking the first step with self-motivation?
Q4. Henry Fayol / F W Taylor – Who is a practitioner?
Q5. A good company should have an employee suggestion system whereby initiative/
suggestions which result in substantial cost/time reduction should be rewarded. Identify
the general principle of management.
Q6. Management should promote a team spirit of unity and harmony among employees.
Identify the general principle of management.
Q7. Name the book mentioning Henry Fayol’s principle of management.
Q8. It prevents overlapping of activities. Identify the general principle of management.
Q9. In all the situations the interests of the group/company will supersede the interest of
any one individual. Which principle of management is highlighted?
Q10. Fayol applies which principle to all kinds of work – technical as well as managerial?
This principle at work in any organisation like hospital or even a government office.
Q11. Dispersal of authority is called ____________________.
Q12. Henry Fayol / F W Taylor –Who made principles based on Personal Experience?
Q13. if a company is manufacturing motorcycles as well as cars then it should have two
separate divisions for both of them. Each division should have its own incharge, plans
and execution resources. Identify the general principle of management.
Q14. In multinational corporations people of various nationalities work together in a
discrimination free environment. Identify the general principle of management.
Q15. Henry Fayol is also known as____________.
Q16. The two types of authority are _________ which is the authority to command, and
___________ which is the authority of the individual manager.”
Q17. in a company we have separate departments for finance, marketing, production and
human resource development etc. Identify the general principle of management.
Q18. The overall pay and compensation should be fair to both employees and the
organisation. Identify the general principle of management.
Q19. Henry Fayol / F W Taylor – Who is a scientist?
Q20. “Organisations should have a chain of authority and communication that runs from top
to bottom and should be followed by managers and the subordinates.” Identify the general
principle of management.
Q21. Whose principles are universally applicable?
Q22. _________________ is the most efficient way to use human effort.
Q23. Important matters need to be taken by top management and routine decision making to
be done with the involvement of subordinates. Identify the general principle of
management.
Q24. it requires good superiors at all levels, clear and fair agreements and judicious
application of penalties. Identify the general principle of management.
Q25. Henry Fayol / F W Taylor –Who made principles on observation and
experimentation?
Q26. There should be no discrimination against anyone on account of sex, religion,
language, caste, belief or nationality etc. Identify the general principle of management.
Q27. A person should not fall into temptation of misusing her/his powers for individual/
family benefit at the cost of larger general interest of the company. Identify the general
principle of management.
Q28. The interests of an organisation should take priority over the interests of any one
individual. Identify the general principle of management.
Q29. In business work can be performed more efficiently if it is divided into specialised
tasks; each performed by a specialist or trained employee. Identify the general principle
of management.
Q30. All activities of an industrial undertaking could be divided into: Technical;
Commercial; Financial; Security; Accounting and Managerial. Also suggested that
qualities a manager must possess should be — Physical, Moral, Education, Knowledge
and experience. Identify the management thinker who identified above?
Q31. Henry Fayol / F W Taylor – Who focussed on improving overall administration in top
level management?
Q32. Employees should be kept at their post/ position for a minimum fixed tenure. Identify
the general principle of management.
Q33. Employees should be given enough time to become familiar with the jobs
Q34. The principle resembles military organisation. Identify the general principle of
management.
Q35. “The intent of this principle is to produce more and better work for the same effort.
Identify the general principle of management.
Q36. workers and management both honour their commitments without any prejudice
towards one another. Identify the general principle of management.
Q37. panchayats in our country have been given more powers to decide and spend funds
granted to them by the government for the welfare of villages. Identify the general
principle of management.
Q38. The employees should be paid fair wages, which should give them at least a
reasonable standard of living. It should be within the paying capacity of the company.
Identify the general principle of management.
Q39. Good sense and experience are needed to ensure fairness to all employees, who should
be treated as fairly as possible,” Identify the general principle of management.
Q40. The formal lines of authority from highest to lowest ranks are known as___________.
Identify the general principle of management.
Q41. A sales manager has to negotiate a deal with a buyer. She finds that if she can offer
credit period of 60 days she is likely to clinch the deal which is supposed to fetch the
company net margin of say Rs. 50 crores. Now the company gives power to the manager
to offer a credit period of only 40 days. Which principle is violated?
Q42. The concentration of decision-making authority is called____________.
Q43. 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 to a subordinate for
presenting her/his case. Identify the general principle of management.
Q44. “People and materials must be in suitable places at appropriate time for maximum
efficiency.” Identify the general principle of management.
Q45. According to Fayol there should be one and only one boss for every individual
employee. Identify the general principle of management.
Q46. If there is a fixed place for everything and it is present there, then there will be no
hindrance in the activities of business/ factory. Identify the general principle of
management.
Q47. It is the obedience to organisational rules and employment agreement which are
necessary for the working of the organisation. Identify the general principle of
management.
Q48. Dual subordination should be avoided. Identify the general principle of management.
Q49. interests of various stakeholders i.e., owners, shareholders, creditors, debtors,
financers, tax authorities, customers and the society at large cannot be sacrificed for one
individual or a small group of individuals who want to exert pressure on the company.
Identify the general principle of management.
Q50. An organisation should build safeguards against abuse of managerial power. At the
same time a manager should have necessary authority to carry out his responsibility.
Identify the general principle of management.
Q51. Authority is the right to give orders and obtain obedience, and responsibility is the
corollary of authority. Identify the general principle of management.
Q52. `a sales person is asked to clinch a deal with a buyer and is allowed to give 10%
discount by the marketing manager. But finance department tells her/him not to offer
more than 5% discount. Identify the general principle of management.
Q53. Who was the first management thinker to identify four functions of management –
Planning, Organising, Directing and Controlling ?
Q54. the company would want to get maximum output from its employees at a competitive
cost (salary). On the other hand, an employee may want to get maximum salary while
working the least. Identify the general principle of management.
Q55. ‘A place for everything (everyone) and everything (everyone) in its (her/his) place’.
Identify the general principle of management.
Q56. management and labour union have entered into an agreement whereby workers have
agreed to put in extra hours without any additional payment to revive the company out of
loss. In return the management has promised to increase wages of the workers when this
mission is accomplished. Identify the general principle of management.
Q57. If an employee gets orders from two superiors at the same time then which principle is
violated? Identify the general principle of management.
Q58. Remove the feeling of job insecurity. Identify the general principle of management.
Q59. A manager should replace ‘I’ with ‘We’ in all his conversations with workers to foster
team spirit. Identify the general principle of management.
Q60. Name the shorter route that has been provided so that communication is not delayed.
Q61. Each group of activities having the same objective must have one head and one plan.
Identify the general principle of management.
Q62. if this principle is violated “authority is undermined, discipline is in jeopardy, order
disturbed and stability threatened”. Identify the general principle of management.
Q63. Henry Fayol / F W Taylor – Who focussed on improving productivity in the shop floor
level of management?
Q64. All the units of an organisation should be moving towards the same objectives through
coordinated and focussed efforts. Identify the general principle of management.
Q65. _____________was a mining engineer.
Q66. F W Taylor did not feel _____________principle is important because under
functional foremanship a worker received orders from eight specialists.
Q67. Henry Fayol / F W Taylor – Whose principles are applicable only in specialised
situations?