All India Management Association (AIMA) 2007 M.B.A Marketing Management Introduction to Management – II - Question Paper

(e) Motivation * Valence = Expectancy * Instrumentality.


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42. Which of the subsequent can be cited to be a broad approach to job enrichment?
(a) Value engineering
(b) Social responsiveness
(c) T Group training
(d) Total quality management
(e) Quality of work life.


43. The path-goal theory, proposed by Robert House, suggests a few leadership styles that can be used in
order to affect subordinates’ perceptions of paths and goals. Which of the subsequent is not 1 of the
leadership styles suggested by path-goal theory?
(a) Instrumental leadership
(b) Benevolent-authoritative leadership
(c) Supportive leadership
(d) Participative leadership
(e) Achievement-oriented leadership.


44. Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid is an approach to defining leadership styles based on a manager’s
concern for people and concern for production. According to the Managerial Grid, in which of the
subsequent management styles, is there high concern for production and low concern for people?
(a) Impoverished management
(b) Country club management
(c) Authority-obedience management
(d) Organization man management
(e) Team management.


45. Kurt Lewin, a researcher at the University of Iowa, and his colleagues made a few of the earliest attempts
to scientifically determine effective leader behaviors and proposed a few leadership styles. Which
leadership style did Lewin obtain to be ineffective on every performance criterion?
(a) Democratic
(b) Laissez-faire
(c) Autocratic
(d) Consultative
(e) Participative.


46. Lead Management had provided Saila a very tight deadline and she wanted to get the job done as quickly as
possible. Saila knew the job to be completed well, having once been a member of the team she now
managed. Many of the team members were new to the job and the company. Which of subsequent styles
might work best in this situation?
(a) Employee-centered
(b) Participative
(c) Laizzez-faire
(d) Job-centered
(e) Autocratic.


47. To help managers decide which leadership style to choose, particularly when decisions had to be made,

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