The established pattern of organization itself is, undergoing a change and the familiar concept of superior-subordinate hierarchical relationship is under challenge. This is because the growing number of
Workers
Specialists
Clerks
Bureaucrats
Who said that “The concept of unity of command requires that every member of an organization should report to one and only one leader”?
H. Fayol
L. Urwick
L. Gulick
Pfiffner and Presthus
Unity of command has been seriously affected by the increasing and growing number of
Line agency
Staff agency
Auxiliary agency
Both staff and auxiliary agency
Who stated that “an employee should receive orders from one superior only”?
C. Barnard
H. Fayol
H. Simon
None of the above
India offers a good example of ______ administrative system.
Integrated
Disintegrated
Centralized
None of the above
U.S.A. offers a good example of _____ administrative system.
Integrated
Disintegrated
Centralized
None of the above
Who wrote that “The progress of transfer of administrative authority from a lower to a higher level of government is called centralization; the converse, decentralization”?
Pfiffner
H. Fayol
L.D. White
L. Gulick
The ceding of certain areas of decision making to technical or professional bodies or expert is known as
Political decentralization
Functional decentralization
Democratic decentralization
None of the above
The creation of autonomous States within a country or the Panchayati Raj institutions are the good examples of
Political decentralization
Functional decentralization
Administrative decentralization
None of the above
Faster action, avoiding delays and shortening the red-tape are the characteristics of
Centralization
Integration
Decentralization
Disintegration
The person who is vested with all executive powers and exercises these powers independently is known as
Real executive
Titular executive
Collegiate executive
None of the above
The Swiss Chief Executive is a plural body of _______ members of equal status.
Five
Six
Seven
Ten
The Swiss Executive is of
The collegiate type
Single executive
Titular executive
None of the above
The duties of chief executive include
Formulating administrative policy
Issuing directives, orders etc
Ordering investigations and enquiries
All of the above
In actual practice, the president of USA submits budgetary proposals to the legislature through
The Budget Commission
The Estimate Commission
The Finance Ministry
The Bureau of the Budget