All India Management Association (AIMA) 2006 M.B.A Marketing Management Organizational Behavior – II - Question Paper
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(a) Span of control
(b) Centralization
(c) Formalization
(d) Departmentalization
(e) Delegation.
49. Which of the subsequent is/are the objective(s) of quality circles?
I. Teaching additional skills to employees and bringing out their latent potential.
II. Developing a team spirit in the organization and reducing conflict ranging from departments.
III. Involving people at various levels in finding a solution to a issue.
IV. Improving the motivational level of employees.
(a) Only (I) above
(b) Both (I) and (II) above
(c) (I), (II) and (III) above
(d) (II), (III) and (IV) above
(e) All (I), (II), (III) and (IV) above.
50. Veena is a product manager and uses political influence or power in the organization, so that she can implement
a few of her product development ideas and innovations. Therefore, she has been using the support of others as
an argument to her boss to agree with her ideas. This is an example of
(a) Coercive power
(b) Coalition
(c) Compliance
(d) Conformity
(e) Referent power.
51. If Kamal wants to obtain out about what needs to be changed in collaboration with all the members to understand
the issues and opportunities facing the organization, what approach might he take?
(a) Action research
(b) Sensitivity training
(c) Survey feedback
(d) Force field analysis
(e) Role analysis technique.
52. In all manufacturing companies, the production department is dependent on the purchase department for its
inputs. If the purchase department fails to procure a particular raw material, the production department may have
to halt its operations. But the failure in the operations of the production department does not have any impact on
the functioning of the purchasing department. This is known as
(a) Distributive interdependence
(b) Pooled interdependence
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