Public Administration MCQs 2006

Vertical job loading involves:
A. employee planning and evaluating responsibilities.
B. performance of more tasks.
C. performance of different tasks on different days.
D. employee promotion up the organization hierarchy

Rewarding individual results tends to:
A. increase cohesiveness
B. decrease cohesiveness
C. increase performance norms
D. decrease performance norms

Job enrichment:
A. must be directed towards individuals
B. must be directed towards groups
C. can be directed toward either groups or individuals
D. tends to receive strong labor union support

The process whereby individuals or groups are held responsible for making their own decisions is known as:
A. autonomy
B. empowerment
C. team building
D. multi skilling

Which of the following term is used in leadership research to describe a leader who shows a great degree of emphasis on the welfare of his/her subordinates?
A. employee-centered
B. production-centered
C. compassion-centered
D. work-oriented

The study of individuals and groups in organizations is known as:
A. total quality management
B. Human resource maintenance
C. the manager’s challenge
D. organizational behavior

Charisma is related to which type of leadership?
A. managerial
B. transformational
C. relationship motivated
D. employee-centered

Organizational behavior is:
A. a commitment to continuous improvement
B. a relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of work experiences
C. the attempt by scholars to identify how situations can be understood and managed in ways that respond appropriately to their unique characteristics.
D. the study of individuals and groups in organizations.

What are the two basic type of leadership?
A. ethical and programmed
B. programmed and crafted
C. programmed and certain
D. instrumental and expressive

Total quality management is:
A. a commitment to continuous improvement.
B. a relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of work experiences.
C. the attempt by scholars to identify how situations can be understood and managed in ways that respond appropriately to their unique characteristics.
D. the study of individuals and groups in organizations.