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A managerial principle is best described as a:Read the answer and worked solution →One manager promotes by seniority, another by merit. This shows management principles are:Read the answer and worked solution →Because they aim at influencing human beings, management principles are mainly:Read the answer and worked solution →Fair pay depends on the employee's contribution, the employer's capacity and prevailing wage rates. This shows principles are:Read the answer and worked solution →Who is called the Father of Scientific Management?Read the answer and worked solution →Taylor's book The Principles of Scientific Management was published in:Read the answer and worked solution →Managing a factory by personal judgment and trial and error is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Taylor's call for management and workers to change their attitude from competition to cooperation is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Taylor's functional foremanship replaces one foreman with how many specialists?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these works under the planning incharge in functional foremanship?Read the answer and worked solution →Taylor and Frank Gilbreth cut the motions in bricklaying from 18 to:Read the answer and worked solution →A worker takes a standard 20 minutes per cardboard box and works 7 productive hours. Her standard task is:Read the answer and worked solution →Determining the amount and frequency of rest intervals in a task is:Read the answer and worked solution →Under differential piece wage, a worker making 11 units at Rs 50 earns 550, while one making 9 units at Rs 40 earns:Read the answer and worked solution →Henri Fayol was by profession a:Read the answer and worked solution →Fayol's 14 principles were discussed in his 1917 book:Read the answer and worked solution →Fayol's principle that an employee should receive orders from only one superior is:Read the answer and worked solution →A company with separate divisions for motorcycles and cars, each with one head and one plan, follows:Read the answer and worked solution →Panchayats being given powers to decide and spend funds is an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →In an emergency, E contacting O directly instead of going up to A and down again uses the:Read the answer and worked solution →A place for everything and everything in its place is Fayol's principle of:Read the answer and worked solution →A manager who says we instead of I to build team spirit follows:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch Fayol's principlesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop Taylor's techniquesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the management numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the management wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Taylor or FayolRead the answer and worked solution →Sort Taylor rules, techniques and FayolRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Principles of management bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A managerial principle is best described as a:

  1. Broad guideline for decisions
  2. Rigid law of pure science
  3. Fixed technique with steps
  4. Moral value of society
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Correct answer: A. Broad guideline for decisions

1. It guides decision-making and behaviour. 2. It is not as rigid as a law of physics. 3. It is applied creatively to the situation. _Source: syllabus Business Studies Part I, Chapter 2, Principles of Management._

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One manager promotes by seniority, another by merit. This shows management principles are:

  1. Set steps
  2. Flexible
  3. Rigid rules
  4. Fixed laws
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Correct answer: B. Flexible

1. Principles are not rigid prescriptions. 2. Managers modify them as situations demand. 3. They are flexible. _Source: syllabus Business Studies Part I, Chapter 2, Principles of Management._

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Because they aim at influencing human beings, management principles are mainly:

  1. Behavioural
  2. Mechanical
  3. Financial
  4. Statistical
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Correct answer: A. Behavioural

1. They deal with people and material together. 2. So they are mainly behavioural. 3. Factory layout must match the flow of workers too. _Source: syllabus Business Studies Part I, Chapter 2, Principles of Management._

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