Management Definitions Quiz
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What is the role of management in a business concern?

  • Executing all tasks personally
  • Ignoring the productive resources
  • Disregarding managerial leadership
  • Providing leadership (correct)
  • What does management do for the economic life of man?

  • Leaves the economic life without any impact
  • Ignores economic activities
  • Organizes group activity (correct)
  • Provides administrative ability
  • How are the resources of production influenced by managerial leadership?

  • They are used for personal gain
  • They remain merely resources (correct)
  • They become production without any guidance
  • They are disregarded by managers
  • What does management aim to do with material resources in business operations?

    <p>Mobilize and plan their utilization for reaching defined goals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the technique of management according to the text?

    <p>Extracting work from others in an integrated and co-ordinated manner</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is a central directing and controlling agency indispensable for a business concern?

    <p>To entrust productive resources to managerial leadership</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the managerial functions mentioned in the given definitions of management?

    <p>Forecasting</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the definitions, what is management's role in an enterprise?

    <p>Creating and maintaining an efficient work environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of management according to the given definitions?

    <p>Achieving pre-determined objectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the authors mentioned, what does management accomplish through others?

    <p>Getting things done</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main activity of a manager according to William Spriegel's definition?

    <p>Directing and controlling various activities to attain business objectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of Wheeler's definition, what does management primarily focus on?

    <p>Integrating men, material, and money into an effective operating unit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to J.N. Schulze, what is the force behind management?

    <p>Leadership and guidance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Ordway Tead define as the process and agency that directs and guides the operations of an organization?

    <p>Management</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the key activity mentioned by Stanley Vance in his definition of management?

    <p>Decision-making and control over the actions of human beings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is management's role in the economic life of man?

    <p>Management provides leadership to a business enterprise.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does management influence the welfare of the people and the destiny of the country?

    <p>The welfare of the people and the destiny of the country are very much influenced by management.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the technique of management according to the text?

    <p>Management is a technique of extracting work from others in an integrated and co-ordinated manner for realizing specific objectives through productive use of material resources.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is a central directing and controlling agency indispensable for a business concern?

    <p>A central directing and controlling agency is indispensable for a business concern because the productive resources are entrusted to the organizing skill, administrative ability, and enterprising initiative of the management.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does management aim to do with material resources in business operations?

    <p>Management aims to plan the utilization of material resources for business operations in such a manner as to reach the defined goals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the definitions provided, what is the primary focus of management?

    <p>The primary focus of management is to mobilize the physical, human, and financial resources and plan their utilization for business operations in such a manner as to reach the defined goals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to George R Terry, what are the distinct processes of management?

    <p>Planning, organising, actuating, controlling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Peter F Drucker's view of management as an organ?

    <p>A multipurpose organ that manages a business, managers, workers, and work</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Koontz and O'Donnel, what is the definition of management?

    <p>The creation and maintenance of an internal environment for efficient group performance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the words of J.N. Schulze, what is management's role in an organization?

    <p>The force which leads, guides, and directs an organization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Ordway Tead define as the process and agency in management?

    <p>Directing and guiding the operations of an organization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to William Spriegel, what is the function of management?

    <p>Direction and control of various activities to attain business objectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did S. George state management consists of?

    <p>Getting things done through others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Keith and Gubellini, what is the force of management?

    <p>Integrating men and physical plant into an effective operating unit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the job of management according to Newman, Summer, and Warren?

    <p>Make cooperative endeavor function properly by working with people and resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can management be defined based on the various authorities' views?

    <p>A distinct ongoing process of allocating inputs of an organization by typical managerial functions for achieving stated objectives</p> Signup and view all the answers

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