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Most employees decide their own working hours, set production quotas, improving product and processes, are responsible for their own quality and for approval of leadership appointments. Everyone votes on major corporate decisions and on how to split the profits. 
As confidence in its novel approach has grown, Semco has happily abolished a lot more of the conventions by which businesses are usually run. No secretaries, receptionists or personal assistants. Reserved parking spaces and dining rooms, dress codes and almost all rules have gone, including those for travel and expenses.

Question: 1

From the passage it is clear that the novel approach referred to is

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Democratic workplaces involve employee participation in decision-making and profit-sharing.
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  • aristocratic
  • autocratic
  • democratic
  • bureaucratic
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The Correct Option is C

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Question: 2

The employees referred to are

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Semco is a real-world example of a private company that implemented radical workplace democracy.
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  • employees of a public sector undertaking
  • employees of a private company
  • employees of essential services
  • government employees
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The Correct Option is B

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Question: 3

In the given passage, 'Semco' is the name of

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Semco is a Brazilian company known for its radical management style.
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  • a business establishment
  • a brand of the product
  • a novel approach to things and affairs
  • the leader of secretaries, receptionists and personal assistants
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The Correct Option is A

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Question: 4

The term 'leadership appointments' has been used in this passage to signify

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In workplace democracy, employees often participate in selecting their supervisors and managers.
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  • appointing officers-in-charge of various units/sections
  • selecting political leaders
  • selecting company directors
  • choosing trade union leaders
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The Correct Option is A

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