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Management
1. Every successful business is dependent on good ___________.
a) manages
b) management
c) managerial
d) manager
2. It is said that good management has always been the invisible ingredient of __________.
a) successfully
b) succeed
c) successful
d) success
3. Management gurus are people whose role is to ___________ and spread around new and
effective management practices.
a) interpretation
b) interpret
c) interpreted
d) interpreter
4. Peter Drucker is the management guru who ___________ the notion of ‘management by
objectives'.
a) inventor
b) inventive
c) invention
d) invented
5. Successful gurus are adept at ___________ management theory and practice response to a
constantly changing world.
a) reformulation
b) reformulating
c) reformulate
d) reformulates
6. Effective management in a turbulent world is ___________ the major international
challenge for business.
a) increasingly
b) increasing
c) increased
d) increase
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ANSWERS:
1. Every successful business is dependent on good ___________.
a) manages - This is a verb, you need a noun here.
b) management - This is correct.
c) managerial - This is an adjective, but you need a noun.
d) manager - This is a noun that refers to a person / job. You need a general noun.
2. It is said that good management has always been the invisible ingredient of ___________.
a) successfully - This is an adverb, but you need a noun.
b) succeed - This is a verb, but you need a noun.
c) successful - This is an adjective, but you need a noun.
d) success - This is correct.
3. Management gurus are people whose role is to ___________ and spread new and effective
management practices.
a) interpretation - Sorry, this is a noun, but you need a verb
b) interpret - This is correct.
c) interpreted - Sorry, this is a participle, but you need an infinitive
d) interpreter - Sorry, this is a noun, but you need a verb
4. Peter Drucker is the management guru who ___________ the notion of 'management by
objectives'.
a) inventor - This is a noun, but you need a verb
b) inventive - This is an adjective, but you need a verb
c) invention - This is a noun, but you need a verb
d) invented - This is correct.
5. Successful gurus are adept at ___________ management theory and practice response to a
constantly changing world.
a) reformulation - This is a noun, but you need a participle
b) reformulating - This is correct.
c) reformulate - This is a verb, but you need a participle
d) reformulates - This is a verb, but you need a participle
6. Effective management in a turbulent world is ___________ the major international
challenge for business.
a) increasingly - This is correct.
b) increasing - This is a present participle, but you need an adverb
c) increased - This is a past participle, but you need an adverb
d) increase - This is a verb, but you need an adverb
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