Tag: principles and techniques of management

Questions Related to principles and techniques of management

Henry Fayol was a _______________.

  1. Social Scientist

  2. Mining Executive

  3. Accountant

  4. Production Engineer


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Henri Fayol (29 July 1841 – 19 November 1925) was a French mining engineer, mining executive, author and director of mines who developed general theory of business administration that is often called Fayolism.

Who first propounded the principle of 'unity of command'?

  1. F.W. Taylor

  2. Elton Mayo

  3. Peter F. Drucker

  4. Henry Fayol


Correct Option: D

"Unity of Objectives" principle states that there should be ____________.

  1. Only one objective

  2. Pre-determined objectives

  3. Coordination among objectives

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

A group of activities with common objectives shall have one head and one plan. This principle is known as _________.

  1. scalar chain

  2. unity of discipline

  3. unity of command

  4. unity of direction


Correct Option: D

According to whom "to manage is to forecast, and to plan, to organize to command, to coordinate and to command"?

  1. Haimann

  2. Koontz and O'Donnell

  3. Hick

  4. Henry Fayol


Correct Option: D

Henry Fayol, the ______ industrialist and popularly known as the 'founder of modern management theory'.

  1. German

  2. French

  3. Greek

  4. American


Correct Option: B

An employee shall receive orders from one senior only. This principle is known as __________.

  1. scalar chain

  2. unity of discipline

  3. unity of command

  4. unity of direction


Correct Option: C

Fayol believed that every department of the organization should be working on the same plan to achieve the organization's objectives. He expressed this in which principle of management?

  1. Centralisation

  2. Unity of direction

  3. Authority

  4. Order


Correct Option: B