Which of the following is/are not feature(s) of bureaucracy as advocated by Weber?
1. Administrative class is responsible for maintaining coordinative activities in the organisation.
2. Division of labour is based on specialisation.
3. Organisation structure is adhoc and represents unstable relations.
4. Decisions and activities are formally recorded.
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Which of the following is/are not feature(s) of bureaucracy as advocated by Weber?
1. Administrative class is responsible for maintaining coordinative activities in the organisation.
2. Division of labour is based on specialisation.
3. Organisation structure is adhoc and represents unstable relations.
4. Decisions and activities are formally recorded.
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Which of the following statements are correct in relation to the growth of Administrative law in India?
1. In the pre-constitutional period, a system of administrative legislation and adjudication existed.
2. The philosophy of welfare State was made the creed of the Indian Constitution.
3. In the new economic order, State is withdrawing from business, yet its functions as facilitator and regulator are increasing. It will increase the significance of administrative law.
4. All administrative matters are dealt by the Administrative Courts and their decisions are final and not subject to judicial review by the Supreme Court and High Court.
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The Weberian model of bureaucracy has been criticised from a variety of stand points.
Consider the following points in this regard:
1. The Weberian model appears to be a 'machine theory' and a closed system model taking little account of organisational interactions with the environment.
2. The structural features of bureaucracy as laid down by Weber might be suitable for routine and repetitive tasks but these would produce dysfunctional consequences in terms of human behaviour if the jobs would involve innovation and creativity.
3. Weberian model has not been found to respond adequately to the tasks of socioeconomic transformation in the developing countries. These tasks require quick changes whereas the capacity of the Weberian model for adaptation to change is rather slow.
4. Weber's model is confined to the study of formal bureaucratic structure and fails to take notice of the informal structure of bureauracy such as informal relations, informal norms and values, an informal power hierarchy and informal power struggles.
Which of the above points make a valid criticism of the Weberian model? Select the correct answer from below:
An organisation structure defines how job, tasks are formally divided, grouped and coordinated. Managers need to address six key elements when they design their organisation's structure. Match List I with List II given below.
List I Refers to the six key elements encountered by managers in designing their organisation structure. List II Provides possible answer to address the key elements encountered in organisation designing.
Which of the following statement(s) on 'labour welfare' is/are not true?
1. Labour welfare work extended to worker's and their families does not come under the areas of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
2. Labour welfare measures cannot be a substitute for wages.
3. It is only employers who are responsible to extend labour welfare.
4. Self-help and empowerment are not goals of labour welfare.
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Which of the following statements are not true in relation to employment of contract labour in any establishment?
1. Supreme Court can abolish contract labour system in any establishment.
2. High Court can abolish contract labour and prohibit the principal employer from engaging contract labour where the government has not abolished the same.
3. An appropriate government and not the court can prohibit the employment of contract labour as per the provisions of law.
4. Neither the court nor the appropriate government can abolish the contract labour in any establishment.
Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. The International Labour Office is the permanent secretariat of the ILO.
2. Convention 182 regarding worst forms of Child Labour has been ratified by India.
3. International Labour Conference is also known as an international Parliament of labour.
4. International Labour Conference is a forum for discussion of key social and labour questions.
5. Trade Unions are involved in collecting wage data including fringe and personal benefits.
6. Strikes, boycotts and gheraos are militant functions of trade union.
7. Ministrant functions of trade unions involve providing financial support to members during strikes and lockouts.
When labour is plotted on X-axis and capital is plotted on Y-axis and an isoquant is prepared, then which of the following statement(s) is/arefalse?
1. Marginal rate of technical substitution of labour for capital is equal to the slope of the iso-quant.
2. Marginal rate of technical substitution of labour for capital is equal to change in the units of capital divided by the change in the units of labour.
3. Marginal rate of technical substitution of labour for capital is the ratio of marginal productivity of capital to marginal productivity of labour.
Which of the following statements are correct regarding Max Weber's theory of bureaucracy?
1. It is an iron cage of rule-based rational control.
2. It is a key part of the 'rational-legal authority'.
3. Bureaucracy means 'domination through knowledge' in the form of merit.
4. It enjoys popular acceptability in a democracy.
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Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. Organisation structure refers to a system where the work is divided formally.
2. The smaller tasks are gathered and divided formally.
3. Organising helps in looking into the future.
4. Organising promotes order in the organisation.
Arrange the following developments in Labour Welfare Movement in the correct order from earliest to the latest.
1. Voluntary organisations engaged in labour welfare expanded in number and influences.
2. Trade unions fought to bring about an improvement in the working conditions of labour and to raise their status socially and economically.
3. Some enlightened employers took the initiative to improve the living and working conditions of labour.
4. The state tried through legislation to regulate and improve the lot of labour.