Business Studies 1 Marks Question

How does directing bring stability and balance?

Give one criticism of Maslow’s Theory.

Explain in one sentence how direction is a pervasive function of management.

Give two features of directing.

The top management of 'Raheja Ltd' focuses on maintaining an effective two way communcation with their employees. They aim to keep everyone well informed and involve employees in company activities and provide opportunities for them to give their feedback.
What will company achieve with this type of communiation? Give any two points.

State any two qualities of a good leader.

What is Democratic Leadership Style?

Give any two elements of directing.

What are financial incentives?

What is meant by ‘supervision’?

What do you understand by wheel form of communication network?

State Bank of India has its training institute at Hyderabad. This institute has one of the objective to prepare employees to face the complexities of the rapidly changing marketplace and to bring a paradigm shift in the work culture by instilling leadership qualities.
Give any two benefits SBI wants to achieve by building leadership qualities.

To encourage innovation and creativity, Sunshine Enterprises has set up a team called 'incubators'. They are specially selected senior executives of the company whose responsibility is to ensure that the innovative ideas are generated by the employees.
The company rewards and encourages the employees through its recognition and reward.

1. What element of directing is being used by Sunshine Enterprises.
2. Identify two ways in which this element is being implemented.

What is Autocratic Leadership Style?

Motivation produces goal-directed behaviour. Support the statement by giving an example.

What is meant by directing?

How is leadership helpful to an organisation in case of change in environment?

Why is motivation taken as a complex process?

What is meant by Physical Safety?

How does supervisor maintain discipline?

In what two ways the term supervisor can be understood?

Give an example of how a non-financial incentive may also involve monetary aspect.

State any one characteristic of leadership.

Define non-financial incentives.

What are barriers of communication?

Name the element of directing under which.

1. The manager oversees the worker's activities.
2. The manager shares information with subordinates.
3. The manager assures that worker's needs will be taken care of.
4. The manager attemps to influence his subordinates.

What is meant by ‘Feedback’ in communication process?

Raghav works as a banquet manager in a hotel. He feels highly motivated at his job because the work that is assigned to him frequently involves variety of challenges. He is given more autonomy and responsibility and provided with ample opportunities for personal growth and a meaningful work experience. Identify the type of non-financial incentive being offered to Raghav.

Name the function of management that recognizes the importance of every single person employed by an organisation.

Communication boosts morale and provides motivation to the employees. How?

Mohan, a supervisor in a factory, always expects that his subordinates should obey him but he is not interested in taking suggestions and feedback from his subordinates. Do you think that this quality of Mohan will help him to become a good leader?

What are semantic barriers?

Give the name of the barrier mentioned through the following statements:

1. These are concerned with problems and obstructions in the process of encoding and decoding of message into words or impressions.
2. A worried person cannot communicate properly and an angry receiver cannot understand the real meaning of message.
3. Factors relating to organisation structure, authority relationships, rules and regulations may act as barriers.
4. Personal factors of both sender and receiver may exert influence on effective communication.

A liquor manufacturing firm provides liquors to its employees at cheaper rates to motivate them. Which values are deficient in this plan?

Rajshree, the Human Resource Manager is facing a peculiar problem, that employees being trained in the company are Working for 8-9 months and leaving jobs. Many employees are absenting themselves frequently from work.
To analyse the problem, she started doing interviews and found out that the main reasons for such behaviour are.

1. Financial increments as promised are not given.
2. Rewards and recognition are not given to them even after giving good suggestions which are even implemented by the company.
3. What should Rajshree do to turn negative attitudes of employees towards positive attitude?

'Motivation can be positive or negative'. Comment with examples.

How does lack of attention a barrier to communication?

What is meant by ‘Financial Incentives’?

How does communication act as a basis of decision making?

Give two examples of semantic barrier to effective communication.

Give the elements of directing function of management.

Give an example of negative form of motivation.

What is encoding of a message?

Define rumour.

Explain in one sentence, how directing is a pervasive function of management.

Who developed the 'Need Hierarchy' Theory?

Which quality enables the leader to grab opportunities?
OR
A good leader does not wait for opportunities but creates them'. Which quality of a good leader is highlighted by this statement?

Name two types of financial incentives.

Give some examples of perquisites offered to employees.

Define leadership.