Simon proposed that the factual and ethical elements should be separated as far as possible and allocated between
People and administrators
People and politicians
Politicians and administrators
None of the above
According to Simon, in so far as decisions led to the selection of final (organizational) goals, they were
Value judgements
Factual judgements
Effective judgements
None of the above
What does PPBS stands for?
Planning-programming-business scheme
Planning-programming-budgeting system
Planned-promoting-budgetary system
None of the above
According to Simon, fact and value could not be separated institutionally and individuals could not separate completely factual and value components in a/an
Organization
Motivation
Decision
Coordination
Who observed that “the overwhelming significance of the problems of leadership has mounted with the revolutionary growth of such factors of size, complexity, specialization, organizational entities, technical developments and social demands”?
H. Simon
C. I. Barnard
Sackler- Hudson
L. A. Allen
Who observed that “a person is born with the talent for personal leadership; he must learn management leadership”?
Simon
Allen
S. Hudson
Barnard
Koontz and O’ Donnell refer to three approaches to leadership which include
Traitist
Situationist
Elementalist
All of the above
Who among the following is the prominent advocate of traitist approach?
Tead
Barnard
Schell
All of the above
Which approach is adopted in certain western countries like Germany and the U.S.A. for the selection of army and police officers on an experimental basis?
Traitist approach
Situationist approach
Elementalist approach
None of the above
In which of the following books, Barnard has mentioned the main functions performed by a leader?
The Functions of the Executive
Organization and Management
Management and Organization
None of the above
The qualities of leadership as mentioned by Barnard include
Vitality and endurance
Decisiveness
Persuasiveness and responsibility
All of the above
A leader must know what he wants and what he does not want, is the concept which refers to
Clarity of vision
Far sight
Good public relation
Participative management
Who draws a distinction between knowledge and skill in the context of leadership and regards the latter as more important?
Seckler-Hudson
L. A. Allen
C. Barnard
Koontz and O’ Donnell
To lay the foundation of modern theory of decision making, Herbert Simon was the first to blend
The philosophical with the economic thought
The philosophical with the sociological thought
The economic with the sociological thought
None of the above
In the book Administrative Behaviour Simon observed that every decision consists of a logical combination of
Definite and clear propositions
Social and political propositions
Fact and value propositions
None of the above