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Kindly note that you will be presented with 50 questions randomized from the NOUN question bank. Make sure to take the quiz multiple times so you can get familiar with the questions and answers, as new questions are randomized in each attempt.
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BUS106
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1. _________ attempts through systematic procedure to establish the relationships between variables and the underlying principles.
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2. _________ goal could be implicit and require explicit formulation before they could be realized.
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3. Taylor's principles of management could be summarized as ___________
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The principle of _________is sometimes violated where functional authority exists.
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_________is the last in Maslowa's hierarchy of needs.
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Effective _________helps managers to spend less time on specific technical activities
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Leadership is an integral part of management and plays a vital role in _______operations.
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The Management Theory Jungle has classified the major schools of management into _________ broad areas.
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9. What managers do in organizations includes _________
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________are the changes that have taken place as a result of economic booms or depressions.
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11. _________ are best seen as fundamental or general truth on which other truths depend.
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________ is that energizing force that induces or compels and maintains behaviour.
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13. ___________ is an imposition of order on chaos.
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_________ conducted extensive studies in this area and developed a scale to identify different types of leaders.
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______ is a personal power acquired by expertise in a field or area.
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16. A __________ is the selection of alternative course of action from available alternatives in order to achieve a given objective.
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Duncan ___________has indicated that econometric models are used in predicting the student enrollment at universities.
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18. The major organizational goals exclude _________
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19. Good goals must possess the following qualities except __________
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20. _________ is known as the father of scientific management.
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_______ is the determination of the job to which an accepted candidate is to be assigned and his assignment to that job.
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22. _________ are abstractions formed from generalizations.
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________ used a mathematical equation to arrive at the conclusion that only a narrow span of management would make for efficient management.
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24. In a general sense, the human being is a complex system made up of sub- systems such as the circulatory system, the auditory system, the locomotive system, and so on.
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_______models are more complex in nature and involve interrelationships of many variables tied together in a quantitative model.
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_______means answering for the use of your formal authority by someone else.
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One of the major problems confronting the Nigerian Civil Service is the lack of clear ________.
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28. A manager will find it difficult to enforce quality or engage in ________________
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______converts company objectives into individual goals and as a result, it contributes to higher levels of job satisfaction.
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______method is ideal for both employee training and management development.
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The __________of leadership has suffered from lack of conclusiveness and over-simplifications.
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Goals can be differentiated between official and ________ goals.
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_______ is to solicit necessary information from the prospective applicants to assess the applicant's suitability to the job.
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34. A successful manager blends experience with ___________ in order to achieve a desired result.
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35. A scholarly grouping of concepts and principles creates a ___________
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36. What determines whether a decision is to be made by an individual or group is the type of decision to be made, and the importance of the decision to the immediate attainment of __________ ?
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________deals with the number of subordinates that an executive can manage effectively.
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_______ is a process of choosing the right candidate from a pool of applicants.
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39. A _________ could be seen as a group of people assembled together to take action on an administrative task.
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________include mental dexterity, analytical ability, intuitive judgement, alertness and ability to concentrate.
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_________ techniques are the means or media by which management contacts prospective employees or provides necessary information.
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One of the major factors that promote decentralization is task ________
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43. Management function is identical in all ___________. whether it is a profit-making organization or a "non-profit-making organization.
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________ promotes delegation and supervision with predictable results.
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_____is based on the assumption that past activities are good indication of future activities.
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_______ seek to evaluate the applicant's ability to apply knowledge judiciously in solving a problem.
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________ is often referred to as the father of Scientific Management.
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48. A good goal makes the organization while helping to exploit the opportunities to minimize the impact of the _________
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49. Gilbreth believed that there was one best way which was believed to be the way that required the ___________
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A decision process is not completed until it is _____________. implemented
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