Q. A matrix structure violates which key element of organizational design?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Unity of command
Historical Perspective of Management MCQs and Notes
Q. When an organization assigns specialists to groups according to the projects they are working on, it’s termed as:
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Matrix structure
Q. Quality management is driven by a focus on:
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
continual improvement
Q. Who were two of the pioneers in the area of Total Quality Management?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Deming; Juran
Q. Which of the following types of systems does not interact with its environment?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
closed
Q. A system can best be defined as a(n):
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
set of interrelated and interdependent parts
Q. Which scientist is most closely associated with the Hawthorne Studies?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Mayo
Q. The Hawthorne Studies were initially devised to study:
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
The effect of illumination levels on employee productivity
Q. Without question, the most important contribution to the developing field of organizational behaviour came out of :
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Hawthorne Studies
Q. Which four theorists are associated with the early organizational behaviour approach?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Barnard, Follett, Munsterberg, and Owen