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

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  1. Inevitable

  2. Evitable

  3. Does not arise

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A

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

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  1. Point ranking method

  2. Factor comparison method

  3. Paired comparison

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C

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

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  1. Evaluate a good or bad performance

  2. Define a job

  3. Improve inter-personal relationship skills

  4. None of the above

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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.

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  1. Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS)

  2. Management By Objectives(MBO)

  3. Goal Setting Approach(GSA)

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following is/ are usually identified as the more important factor(s) responsible for people's resistance to change?

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  1. When people in course of doing or learning a new system experience failure.

  2. Since change almost invariably brings with it a redistribution of power and influence, it tends to be opposed by those individuals and groups who are negatively affected by it.

  3. People with traditional temperament know that change will expose their inadequacy and inefficiency, and, as such, they must oppose change.

  4. All of above

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Correct Option: D

Resistance to change may be -
1.   Logical
2.   Psychological
3.   Sociological
Select the correct answer from the options given below -

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  1. 1 only

  2. 1 & 2

  3. 2 & 3

  4. 1, 2 & 3

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Correct Option: D

Advantages of budgeting is/are..........................

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  1. It helps in the attainment of organizational objectives.

  2. It helps in the optimum utilization of resources by allocating them according to the requirements of different departments.

  3. It is also used for achieving coordination among different departments of an organization

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

In line organization authority flows directly from _________ echelons of management hierarchy.

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  1. One department to another department horizontally.

  2. One department to another department diagonally.

  3. The down of the organization to the top

  4. The top of the organization down to the lower

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Correct Option: D

The line organization system can by successfully utilized:

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  1. In industries where work is diversified nature

  2. Where the machinery is nearly automatic and does not call for the intelligence of the foreman

  3. Where labour-management problems are difficult to solve.

  4. All of above

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Correct Option: B

The line organization system can be successfully utilized:

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  1. Where the scale of business is small

  2. Where the number of subordinated and operative employees are many

  3. Where the work is largely of changing nature.

  4. All of above

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Correct Option: A