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

(c) Bringing about order and consistency
(d) The ability to inspire people
(e) Drawing up formal plans.


52. John Denver is a manager who constantly indicates concerns for the needs of his employees and is friendly
and approachable. As per House’s path-goal theory, which kind of leadership style is John Denver
demonstrating?
(a) Instrumental
(b) Achievement-oriented
(c) Participative
(d) Supportive
(e) Democratic.


53. Which of the subsequent do Hersey and Blanchard describe as the extent to which followers have the ability
and the willingness to accomplish a specific task?
(a) Training
(b) Readiness
(c) Instrumentality
(d) Motivation
(e) Valence.


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54. As per the managerial grid proposed by Blake and Mouton, ‘organization-man management’ is also
referred to as
(a) Middle-of-the-road management
(b) Team management
(c) Authority-compliance management
(d) Impoverished management
(e) Country club management.


55. Andrew Carnegie said, “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do”.
He was suggesting the importance of
(a) Face-to-face verbal communication
(b) Non-verbal communication
(c) Crosswise communication
(d) Upward communication
(e) Downward communication.


56. In an organization, communication flows in various directions. When instructions are sent from the Head
Office to branches, the communication is
(a) Downward
(b) Upward
(c) Informal
(d) Horizontal
(e) Diagonal.


57. When a junior employee responds to his manager after interpreting the message received from the manager
and simultaneously ensures that he understands the message correctly, which element of the
communication process is in play?
(a) Encoding
(b) Feedback
(c) Decoding
(d) Noise
(e) Transmission.


58. Communication is the means through which organizational participants are linked. Communication can be

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