Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system of working known as
Line organisation
Line and staff organisation
Functional organisation
Effective organisation
Correct Answer :
C. Functional organisation
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PERT stands for
Programme Estimation and Reporting Technique
Process Estimation and Review Technique
Programme Evaluation and Review Technique
Planning Estimation and Resulting Technique
The procedure of modifying work content to give more meaning and enjoyment to the job by involving employees in planning, organisation and control of their work, is termed as
Job enlargement
Job enrichment
Job rotation
Job evaluation
The type of organisation preferred for a steel industry, is
Line organisation
Functional organisation
Line and staff organisation
Line, staff and functional organisation
Pick up the correct statement. Dummy activity on a PERT/CPM chart means, it
Consumes time, but no resources
Consumes resources but no time
Consumes neither time nor resources
Is a dangling event
A company spends considerable amount on publicity to promote sales. This expenditure in break even chart is shown below the
Fixed cost line
Variable cost line
Total cost line
Sales revenue line
In value engineering, important consideration is given to
Customer satisfaction
Function concept
Profit maximisation
Cost reduction
PERT is applied for
Marketing programmes and advertising programmes
Installation of machinery
Research and development of products
All of these
In a functional organisation
Quality of work is better
Wastage of material is minimum
Specialised knowledge and guidance to individual worker is provided
All of the above
The standard time for a job is
Total work content
Base time + relaxation time
Total work content + basic time
Total work content + delay contingency allowance
Basic motion time study gives times for basic motions in ten thousandths of
Second
Minute
Hour
Day
Standard time is equal to
(Normal time) - (allowances)
(Normal time) + (allowances)
Representative time multiplied by rating factor
Normal time taken by an operation
If (R) is the base rate guaranteed per hour, (S) is the standard time for the job and (T) is the actual time, then according to Halsey 50-50 plan, wages for the job will be
TR
TR + [(S - T)/2] × R
TR + (S - T) × R
TR + [(S - T)/S] × R
In the Halsey 50-50 plan, the following are rewarded more
Past good workers
Past poor workers
Past average workers
All of the above
Dispatching
Prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed
Determines the programme for the operations
Is concerned with the starting of processes
Regulates the progress of job through various processes
The factors which are to be considered while developing a good wage incentive plan will include
Adequate incentive
Ease of administration
Guaranteed basic pay
All of these
In which of the following layouts, the lines need to the balanced
Process layout
Product layout
Fixed position layout
Plant layout
Works cost implies
Primary cost
Factory cost
Factory expenses
Primary cost + factory expenses
Scheduling
Prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed
Determines the programme for the operations
Is concerned with starting of processes
Regulates the progress of job through various processes
Break-even analysis consists of
Fixed expenses
Variable cost
Sales revenue
All of these
The most suitable incentive plan for the maintenance section of an industry will be
Piece rate system
Group incentive plan
Profit sharing plans
Simplification
Activity slack or float of any event on a PERT/CPM chart is represented by
Latest start time of succeeding event earliest finish time of preceding event activity time
Latest start time of the event earliest start time of the event
Latest finish time of event earliest finish time of the event
Anyone of the above
A systematic job improvement sequence will consist of
Motion study
Time study
Job enrichment
All of these
In Lincoln plan (one type of group incentive plan), the amount of the profit which an employee receives in addition to the guaranteed basic pay/wages, is based on:
A standard rating system
A merit rating system
A job evaluation system
His individual performance
Abbreviated work factor data is applied for
Material handling operation
Maintenance operation
Packing and shipping operation
All of these
The disadvantage of product layout is
High initial investment for the specialized facilities
Skilled labour to operate machines
Production time is longer, requiring more goods in inventory
High cost of inspection
Job enrichment technique is applied to
Reduce labour monotony
Overcome boring and de-motivating work
Make people happy
All of the above
Pick up the correct statement from the following
Critical path method is an improvement upon bar chart method
Critical path method provides a realistic approach to the daily problems
Critical path method avoids delays which are very common in bar chart
All of the above
In the Emerson efficiency plan, a worker receives only his daily wage and no bonus is paid till his efficiency reaches
50 %
66.67 %
75 %
80 %
Both Rowan plan and 50-50 Halsey plan will provide the same earning when the actual time is _________ the standard time.
One-fourth
One-half
Equal to
Twice
Probabilistic time for completion of any activity can be found out from
Optimistic time
Pessimistic time
Most likely time
All of these