1. What method for determination of accurate costs was introduced in 1987 by 2 Harvard Business School professors, Robert Kaplan and William Bruns?
Activity Based Costing
2. Which organization first practiced the concept of Benchmarking in 1979 and who introduced it to them?
Xerox, Robert Camp
3. Who coined the term core competence in a 1990 article?
C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel
4. What model developed by Michael Porter explains why particular industries become competitive in particular locations?
Diamond Model
5. Which company developed and pioneered the concept of Economic Value Added (EVA), widely held today as the holy grail of corporate performance measure?
Stern Stewart
6. Who developed the principle of Force Field Analysis, which provides a framework for looking at factors that influence a situation?
Kurt Lewin
7. What theory of decision making was postulated by Irving Janis in 1970’s to explain how decisions are taken by groups more interested in maintaining their cohesiveness than evaluating facts realistically?
Groupthink
8. Name the 1954 book in which Abraham Maslow expounded his famous Hierarchy of Needs model?
Motivation and Personality
9. Who introduced the principle of ‘management by objectives’ in the 1954 book, The Practice of Management?
Peter Drucker
10. Name the management consultant who is widely credited with having devised the tool of SWOT Analysis?
Albert Humphrey
Activity Based Costing
2. Which organization first practiced the concept of Benchmarking in 1979 and who introduced it to them?
Xerox, Robert Camp
3. Who coined the term core competence in a 1990 article?
C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel
4. What model developed by Michael Porter explains why particular industries become competitive in particular locations?
Diamond Model
5. Which company developed and pioneered the concept of Economic Value Added (EVA), widely held today as the holy grail of corporate performance measure?
Stern Stewart
6. Who developed the principle of Force Field Analysis, which provides a framework for looking at factors that influence a situation?
Kurt Lewin
7. What theory of decision making was postulated by Irving Janis in 1970’s to explain how decisions are taken by groups more interested in maintaining their cohesiveness than evaluating facts realistically?
Groupthink
8. Name the 1954 book in which Abraham Maslow expounded his famous Hierarchy of Needs model?
Motivation and Personality
9. Who introduced the principle of ‘management by objectives’ in the 1954 book, The Practice of Management?
Peter Drucker
10. Name the management consultant who is widely credited with having devised the tool of SWOT Analysis?
Albert Humphrey
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