The exact length of span will depend on
Personality of the supervisor
Line and staff
Sound planning
None of the above
Auxiliary agencies have been called by Willoughby as
Institutional or house-keeping services
Auxiliary technical staff services
Auxiliary services
None of the above
Who among the following administrative thinkers rejected the principle of Unity of Command or the military type of Foreman as he called it and substituted for its functional direction and supervision of each individual worker by eight foreman or supervisors?
Graicunas
F.W. Taylor
Urwick
Elton Mayo
The needs of modern defence and economic planning are factors which contribute to
Territorial decentralization
Functional decentralization
Centralization
None of the above
The factor of responsibility acts as a deferrent to
Centralization
Decentralization
Line agencies
Staff agencies
“Delegation means conferring of specified authority by a higher authority. It is devolution of authority by a person to his agent or subordinate, subject to his right of supervision and control, de jure, the delegated authority still belongs to the principal but its de facto exercise is allowed to the subordinate or agent”. This view is attributed to
Max Weber
Chester Barnard
F.W. Taylor
Mooney
Who among the following defined principles of organisation as “acknowledged truths regarded as proven on which to rely”?
Herbert Simon
White
Dimock
Henri Fayol
By span of control we mean
The number of subordinates an officer can effectively supervise
Military administration
Synchronization of efforts
One single boss
When authority flows vertically within functional departments and authority of project managers flow horizontally crossing vertical lines, it is called
Committee structure
Project structure
Matrix structure
Line structure
Writers on organizations have evolved certain maxims from generally accepted ideas, which may be called the principles of organisation. Who, among the following, has claimed that these are proven truths and can be applied in all types of organisations, at all times and at all places.
L.D. White
Simon
Appleby
Henri Fayol, Gulick & Urwick
What kind of structure is used to make decisions or recommendations on problems requiring integration of knowledge, information, abilities and interests?
Project structure
Committee structure
Functional structure
Matrix structure
Who among the following is the author of the book entitled General and Industrial Administration?
Simon
Taylor
Krupp
Fayol
Which of the following books has been authored by Henri Fayol?
Organisation and Management
General and Industrial Management
Policy and Administration
Elements of Public Administration
Who was the first person to focus attention on the numerical limitation of span of control?
Graicunas
Simon
Max Weber
Krupp
What kind of staff function provides support to the manager’s in-charge of production, sales and finance, in the form of expert advice, guidance and service?
Personal staff
Specialized staff
General staff
All of the above