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Which of the following might be classified as functions of the 'staff organization' as opposed to functions of the 'line organization'?

  1. Personnel Computer

  2. Support services

  3. Public relations

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Statement I: Line organization is flexible and changeable.
Statement II: Project organization is a separate type of organization like the line, line & staff or functional organization.
Select the correct answer from the options given below -

  1. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

  2. Both Statement I and Statement II are false

  3. Statement I is true but Statement II is false.

  4. Statement I is false but Statement II is true.


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is/ are limitation of line organization structure?

  1. It is economical and effective.

  2. It is likely to encourage nepotism.

  3. It promotes unity of command and conforms to the scalar principle of organization.

  4. It is less expensive due to non-involvement of staff personnel.


Correct Option: B

In line and staff organization, the staff officers are referred as -

  1. Doers

  2. Thinkers

  3. Clerical staff

  4. None of above


Correct Option: B

 A position to which decision-making authority has been delegated within the chain of command from senior managers to front line production or service employees is called -

  1. line position

  2. staff position

  3. departmentalization

  4. line & staff positions


Correct Option: A

In an  Organization  the following weakness were found 
1    It is based on automatic system of  management  
2    Each manager was look after his own department. 
This type of organization has organization structure called 

  1. Functional

  2. Line

  3. Sine & staff

  4. Matrix


Correct Option: B

Due to different positions and types of authority within a line and staff organization, conflict between line and staff personnel is 

  1. Inevitable

  2. Evitable

  3. Does not arise

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is not an analytical method of job evaluation?

  1. Point ranking method

  2. Factor comparison method

  3. Paired comparison

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C

The purpose of the Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scale(BARS) is to.

  1. Evaluate a good or bad performance

  2. Define a job

  3. Improve inter-personal relationship skills

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: D

__________ are designed to identify the critical areas of performance for a job, and to describe the more effective and less effective job behaviour for getting results.

  1. Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS)

  2. Management By Objectives(MBO)

  3. Goal Setting Approach(GSA)

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A