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CII- InquizziteThe business quiz with a HR perspective

ByAshwin Murali

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• Basic Business• tHRive• HR books

1. The full-service airline by the Tata Group and Singapore International Airlines (SIA) is likely to be launched by October. What has it been branded as?

2. For the first time in its history, Tata Consultancy Services is shutting down its unit and exiting a country as it could not get enough outsourcing volumes. Which country?

3. This well-known effect in organizational behaviour is named after a popular English play in which a flower girl learns how to behave like a princess. Name this effect.

4. A “communication policy” which encourage openness and transparency with

the employees of that company. Identify

5. Which company is set to launch what it claims as the world’s cheapest smartphone in India with a price tag of about Rs 2,000?

6. Author?

7. What’s missing?

8. Who introduced the modern concept of 360 Degree Appraisal?

9. Expand MBGO and who proposed it?

10. Which brand has topped the latest edition of The Economic Times and Interbrand Best Indian Brands study?

11. What is being talked about? Behind the Shock Machine: The Untold Story of the Notorious ------- Psychology Experiments. This ----- was published in Journal of Abnormal Psychology and in the below book.

12. This company, headquartered at Cincinnati, Ohio, USA was one of the first to offer this radical incentive to retain employees. It has 26 major brads and over 50 minor brands under its wing. A.G.Lafley is its present CEO. Identify the company and the incentive they offered.

13. X is a collection of instruments and exercises which helps in diagnosing an individual development needs. The instruments and exercises may include work exercises, interview, written test, individual and group exercises. Organizational leadership uses X for developing and selecting managers. Example for an organization which uses X is the police department. Identify X.

14. Fill in the blank. In Expectancy theory, Force = ________ x Expectancy

15. Where did Elton Mayo and F.J.Roethlisberger conduct their famous studies which dealt the influence of work groups on performance?

16. Which MNC is setting up the world’s largest scooter plant in Gujarat?

17. Who is known as 'The father of Social Systems Approach' to organization and management?

18. Identify the model.

19. _____________was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee. It was passed with the intention of safeguarding the health of workers. It extended the age limits for the medical examination of persons entering factory employment, while also including male workers in the regulations for providing seats and issuing extensive new building regulations.

20. This term is derived from the typographer's word for a painting plate made from the previously composed type. Walter Lippman applied this word to perception in 1922. Since then it has became a term frequently used for perceptual errors. What is it?

21. This book outlines the deepest insights of human behavior and the relevance of it to the organization environment. It helps one steer through team dynamics, stakeholder management, building strong interpersonal relationship at work and understanding oneself through the lenses of others’ expectation at work place and beyond. This book is often referred to as a must-read book for HR managers. Which book?

22. Actors Dhanush and Adah Sharma will soon be seen in a new television commercial for which confectionary brand?

23. In Organizational Behaviour, who proposed Theory X and Theory Y?

24. The theory describes how the uncontrollable factors affect the manner of behaviour and manner of taking decisions for oneself and group. Name the theory.

25. X is a test that helps to improve understanding and trust between the employees which requires employee to determine one’s qualities and others determining his qualities. This brings up the hidden qualities of the employee recognized by others. Identify X.

Answers

1. The full-service airline by the Tata Group and Singapore International Airlines (SIA) is likely to be launched by October. What has it been branded as?

2. For the first time in its history, Tata Consultancy Services is shutting down its unit and exiting a country as it could not get enough outsourcing volumes. Which country?

Morocco

3. This well-known effect in organizational behaviour is named after a popular English play in which a flower girl learns how to behave like a princess. Name this effect.

Pygmalion Effect

4. A “communication policy” which encourage openness and transparency with

the employees of that company. Identify

Open Door Policy

5. Which company is set to launch what it claims as the world’s cheapest smartphone in India with a price tag of about Rs 2,000?

Intex

6. Author?

Dave Ulrich

7. What’s missing?

5P Model of Strategic HRM HR Programs, HR Processes

8. Who introduced the modern concept of 360 Degree Appraisal?

9. Expand MBGO and who proposed it?

Management By Group Objectives by Likert & Fisher

10. Which brand has topped the latest edition of The Economic Times and Interbrand Best Indian Brands study?

11. What is being talked about? Behind the Shock Machine: The Untold Story of the Notorious ------- Psychology Experiments. This ----- was published in Journal of Abnormal Psychology and in the below book.

Stanley Milligram Experiment

12. This company, headquartered at Cincinnati, Ohio, USA was one of the first to offer this radical incentive to retain employees. It has 26 major brads and over 50 minor brands under its wing. A.G.Lafley is its present CEO. Identify the company and the incentive they offered.

P & GESOPs

13. X is a collection of instruments and exercises which helps in diagnosing an individual development needs. The instruments and exercises may include work exercises, interview, written test, individual and group exercises. Organizational leadership uses X for developing and selecting managers. Example for an organization which uses X is the police department. Identify X.

Assessment Centre

14. Fill in the blank. In Expectancy theory, Force = ________ x Expectancy

Valence

15. Where did Elton Mayo and F.J.Roethlisberger conduct their famous studies which dealt the influence of work groups on performance?

Hawthorne Plant at Western Electric Company

16. Which MNC is setting up the world’s largest scooter plant in Gujarat?

Honda

17. Who is known as 'The father of Social Systems Approach' to organization and management?

Vilfredo Pareto

18. Identify the model.

Hackman & Oldham's Job Characteristics Model

19. _____________was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee. It was passed with the intention of safeguarding the health of workers. It extended the age limits for the medical examination of persons entering factory employment, while also including male workers in the regulations for providing seats and issuing extensive new building regulations.

Factories Act 1948

20. This term is derived from the typographer's word for a painting plate made from the previously composed type. Walter Lippman applied this word to perception in 1922. Since then it has became a term frequently used for perceptual errors. What is it?

Stereotype

21. This book outlines the deepest insights of human behavior and the relevance of it to the organization environment. It helps one steer through team dynamics, stakeholder management, building strong interpersonal relationship at work and understanding oneself through the lenses of others’ expectation at work place and beyond. This book is often referred to as a must-read book for HR managers. Which book?

22. Actors Dhanush and Adah Sharma will soon be seen in a new television commercial for which confectionary brand?

Center Fresh

23. In Organizational Behaviour, who proposed Theory X and Theory Y?

Douglas McGregor

24. The theory describes how the uncontrollable factors affect the manner of behaviour and manner of taking decisions for oneself and group. Name the theory.

Contingency Theory of Leadership

25. X is a test that helps to improve understanding and trust between the employees which requires employee to determine one’s qualities and others determining his qualities. This brings up the hidden qualities of the employee recognized by others. Identify X.

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