Madhya Pradesh SET Unit 9: Public Administration
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1. Who developed contingency theory for leadership? (Madhya Pradesh SET 2022)
Austrian psychologist Fred Edward Fiedler developed the contingency theory of leadership in 1964. The theory is based on his research into the personalities and characteristics of leaders.
The theory emphasizes the importance of both the leader's personality and the situation in which they operate. It states that there is no one best style of leadership, and a leader's effectiveness is based on the situation. The theory recognizes that there is no one-size-fits-all leadership style, and what works in one situation may not be effective in another. Fiedler's model continues to be one of the leading contingency leadership theories. Other models that have been developed from Fiedler's research include:
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2. Which of the following is considered structurally most adverse to development administration? (Madhya Pradesh SET 2022)
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3. Which theory of administration was subjected to enquiry by the US Commission on Industrial Relations for being incompatible with trade unionism? (Madhya Pradesh SET 2022)
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4. Who defined development administration as "An action-oriented, goal-oriented administrative system"? (Madhya Pradesh SET 2022)
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5. Which of the following theories of administration believes that solutions of management related problems can be found in social psychology? (Madhya Pradesh SET 2022)
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6. Who said about Bureaucracy, "Its hierarchy is a hierarchy of knowledge"? (Madhya Pradesh SET 2022)
Karl Marx said, “The bureaucracy is a circle from which no one can escape. Its hierarchy is a hierarchy of knowledge”. He said this in 1843.
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