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Management MCQs with Answers and Explanations
Management MCQs with answers and detailed explanations for MBA, BBA, NTS, PPSC and job tests. Covers planning, organising, leading and controlling. Take a scored quiz instead →
The sequence of dependent project activities that exhibits zero total float (slack) and dictates the earliest possible project completion date is the:
ACritical Path
BSub-critical Path
CFast-track Path
DDummy Path
Total Quality Management (TQM) centers heavily upon continuous operational improvement. What Japanese term is widely used to denote this continuous improvement philosophy?
AKanban
BKaizen
CPoka-Yoke
DMuda
Who introduced and popularized Management by Objectives (MBO) in his 1954 classic work ‘The Practice of Management’?
APeter Drucker
BPhilip Kotler
CMichael Porter
DChester Barnard
According to Igor Ansoff’s Product-Market Expansion Grid, introducing an existing product into a completely new geographic market is termed:
AMarket Penetration
BMarket Development
CProduct Development
DDiversification
The Balanced Scorecard, created by Robert Kaplan and David Norton, measures organizational performance across four perspectives. Which of the following is NOT one of these perspectives?
AFinancial Perspective
BCustomer Perspective
CInternal Business Processes Perspective
DCompetitor Reaction Perspective
The administrative process of granting authority to a subordinate to carry out specific tasks while the manager retains overall accountability is termed:
ACentralization
BDelegation
CDepartmentalization
DSpecialization
J. Stacy Adams’ Equity Theory posits that individuals evaluate workplace motivation by comparing their ratio of outcomes/inputs to that of:
ATheir direct manager
BA referent other
CIndustry average standards
DTheir historical performance
Goal-Setting Theory, formulated by Edwin Locke, demonstrates that employee performance is maximized when assigned goals are:
AVague and achievable
BSpecific and challenging
CGeneral and easy
DUnmeasured and self-set
In Michael Porter’s Generic Competitive Strategies, a company that focuses on producing unique products valued by broad customer segments follows a:
ACost Leadership Strategy
BDifferentiation Strategy
CCost Focus Strategy
DDifferentiation Focus Strategy
What detailed Human Resource document specifies the minimum acceptable qualifications, education, skills, and experience needed to perform a job?
AJob Description
BJob Specification
CJob Evaluation
DJob Design