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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. ___________ is an imposition of order on chaos.
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2. Management function is identical in all ___________. whether it is a profit-making organization or a "non-profit-making organization.
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3. _________ are best seen as fundamental or general truth on which other truths depend.
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4. A __________ is the selection of alternative course of action from available alternatives in order to achieve a given objective.
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5. What managers do in organizations includes _________
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6. _________ is known as the father of scientific management.
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A decision process is not completed until it is _____________. implemented
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8. A _________ could be seen as a group of people assembled together to take action on an administrative task.
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9. _________ goal could be implicit and require explicit formulation before they could be realized.
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The __________of leadership has suffered from lack of conclusiveness and over-simplifications.
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11. A scholarly grouping of concepts and principles creates a ___________
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12. A successful manager blends experience with ___________ in order to achieve a desired result.
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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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14. The major organizational goals exclude _________
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One of the major factors that promote decentralization is task ________
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________deals with the number of subordinates that an executive can manage effectively.
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Leadership is an integral part of management and plays a vital role in _______operations.
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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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_____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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Duncan ___________has indicated that econometric models are used in predicting the student enrollment at universities.
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________include mental dexterity, analytical ability, intuitive judgement, alertness and ability to concentrate.
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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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24. Taylor's principles of management could be summarized as ___________
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_______means answering for the use of your formal authority by someone else.
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26. Good goals must possess the following qualities except __________
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_________ techniques are the means or media by which management contacts prospective employees or provides necessary information.
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The principle of _________is sometimes violated where functional authority exists.
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______ is a personal power acquired by expertise in a field or area.
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30. 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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Goals can be differentiated between official and ________ goals.
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32. 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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The Management Theory Jungle has classified the major schools of management into _________ broad areas.
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_________ conducted extensive studies in this area and developed a scale to identify different types of leaders.
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________ promotes delegation and supervision with predictable results.
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________ leadership occurs when a person is appointed or elected as an authority figure.
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______method is ideal for both employee training and management development.
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38. A manager will find it difficult to enforce quality or engage in ________________
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________ is often referred to as the father of Scientific Management.
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40. A good goal makes the organization while helping to exploit the opportunities to minimize the impact of the _________
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41. _________ are abstractions formed from generalizations.
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________are the changes that have taken place as a result of economic booms or depressions.
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_______ is a process of choosing the right candidate from a pool of applicants.
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________ is that energizing force that induces or compels and maintains behaviour.
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_________is the last in Maslowa's hierarchy of needs.
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46. _________ attempts through systematic procedure to establish the relationships between variables and the underlying principles.
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Effective _________helps managers to spend less time on specific technical activities
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48. Fayol, after more than _________ of practical business experience drew up his principles of management.
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One of the major problems confronting the Nigerian Civil Service is the lack of clear ________.
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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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