Question 1
In what order do managers typically perform the managerial functions?

a) organising, planning, controlling, leading

b) organising, leading, planning, controlling

c) planning, organising, leading, controlling

d) planning, organising, controlling, leading
Question 2
Who of the following is the industrial philanthropist?

a) Frederick Taylor

b) Seebohm Rowntree

c) Henry Ford

d) Max Weber
Question 3
Which one of the following is not one of Drucker's five guiding principles of management?

a) Making people's strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.

b) Enhancing the ability of people to contribute.

c) To operate the organisation's status system.

d) Integrating people in a common venture by thinking through, setting and exemplifying the organisational objectives, values and goals.
Question 4
What are the three interpersonal roles of managers?

a) Figurehead, leader and liaison

b) Spokesperson, leader, coordinator

c) Director, coordinator, disseminator

d) Communicator, organiser, spokesperson
Question 5
At what level of an organisation does a corporate manager operate?

a) Functional

b) Operational

c) Middle level

d) Top level
Question 6
What is the guiding principle behind New Public Management?

a) Profit maximisation

b) Introducing private sector business principles into the public sector

c) Replacing public management with private sector management

d) Restructuring public organisations
Question 7
Which one is not a recognised key skill of management?

a) Conceptual skills

b) Human skills

c) Technical skills

d) Writing skills
Question 8
Which of these is not part of the recognised challenges for modern managers?

a) Micro-managing the workforce

b) Managing communications

c) Managing change

d) Managing the learning organisation
Question 9
Who of these is the entrepreneur?

a) Barack Obama

b) James Dyson

c) Damien Hirst

d) Mo Farah
Question 10
What is a social enterprise concerned with?

a) Profit maximisation

b) Maximising market share

c) Providing public service

d) Running a business to create social benefits