The organ which reduces pressure upon the chief executive’s time and energies by sifting, analyzing, and, in less important matters even deciding things, is
Line agency
Staff agency
General staff
None of the above
The organ which acts as ‘a filter and a funnel’ of the administration is called
General staff
Line agency
Staff agency
Auxiliary agency
Direct accomplishment of programme objectives is the work of
Line agency
Staff agency
Auxiliary agency
None of the above
The organ in the administration which provides specialized advice but does not command is
Line
Staff
Auxiliary
All of the above
Common service to the administration is provided by
Line
Staff
Auxiliary
None of the above
Who called the second class of administrative agencies as ‘institutional’ or ‘house-keeping services’?
Gaus
Willoughby
White
Gulick
Who observed that “in general … the distinction between Line and Staff follows that between direct and indirect labour, the direct being Line and the indirect being Staff?
L. D. White
W. F. Willoughby
Pfiffner and Presthus
L. Gulick
The Railways department in the Government of India is an example of
Line
Staff
Auxiliary
General
The central Public Works Department in the Government of India is an
Line agency
Staff agency
Auxiliary agency
None of the above
Which agency is known as the more eyes, more ears, and more hands to aid the personality of the administrator informing and carrying out his plans?
Line
Staff
Auxiliary
None of the above
According to whom “The right adjustment between Line and Staff constitutes one of the most difficult areas of management”?
Pfiffner and Presthus
Dimock and Koeing
L. Gulick
L. D. White
The planning commission of the Government of India which is an advisory body to the top executive is an example of
Line organization
Staff organization
Auxiliary organization
None of the above
Purpose, process, person, and place- the four P’s as the base of organization is the idea developed by
L. Gulick
L. D. White
H. Simon
W. F. Willoughby
The system in which the administrative responsibility is vested in a single individual is called
Board or commission system
Bureau system
Administrative system
None of the above
The system in which the administrative responsibility is vested in a plural body is called
Board or commission system
Bureau system
Administrative system
None of the above