Organizational Behavior And Design - Study Mode

[#171] The managers criticised the theory of scientific management as they thought that 1. management is an art and there cannot be any scientific principles. 2. the rigid scientific methods will result in loss of their freedom in decision-making. 3. workers were given undue importance.
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(B) 1, 2 and 3

[#172] Assertion (A) The physiological needs are essential for living hut they are determined by social environment. Reason (R) These needs may be motivators in backward countries but in a developed country, these needs are supposed to be satisfied, hence, they may not be considered motivators.
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(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

[#173] The authoritarian leadership style goes with
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(A) Theory X

[#174] Decision makers operate within the confines of . . . . . . . . i.e., they construct simplified models that extract the essential features from problems without capturing all their complexity.
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(C) bounded rationality

[#175] Carzo and Yanaozas identifies three sub systems in an organisation as a systems approach. Which one is not the sub-system?
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(B) Economic sub-system