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Types of Organization Structure
Which of the following is/are merit of line and staff organization?

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  1. Provide a framework for ensuring that unavoidable risks are adequately insured

  2. Develop strategies and plans for lasting risk management strategies

  3. The stability and discipline of the line organization are preserved; only the specialist is added.

  4. All of above

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Correct Option: C

Types of Organization Structure
In line and staff organization the staff refers to officers -

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  1. Who are line managers

  2. Who are detailed to special services

  3. Act as an advisory group adjacent to the line

  4. (B) or (C)

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Correct Option: D

The line organization system can be successfully utilized:

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  1. Where the number of subordinates and operative employees are many

  2. Where the work is largely of changing nature

  3. Where the scale of business is small

  4. Where labour-management problems are not difficult to solve

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following aptly describes the role of line managers and staff advisers, namely HR professionals?

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  1. Staff advisors focus more on developing HR programmes while line managers are more involved, in the implementation of those programmes.

  2. Line managers are concerned more about developing HR programmes whereas staff advisors are more involved in implementing such programmes.

  3. Staff advisors are solely responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating the HR programmes while line managers are not all involved in any matters concerning HR.

  4. Line managers alone are responsible for developing, implementing arid evaluating the HR programmes while staff advisors are not all involved in any matters concerning HR.

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Correct Option: A

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

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  1. Personnel Computer

  2. Support services

  3. Public relations

  4. All of the above

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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 -

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  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.

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Correct Option: B

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

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  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.

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Correct Option: B

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

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  1. Doers

  2. Thinkers

  3. Clerical staff

  4. None of above

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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 -

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  1. line position

  2. staff position

  3. departmentalization

  4. line & staff positions

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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 

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  1. Functional

  2. Line

  3. Sine & staff

  4. Matrix

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Correct Option: B