International management is the performance of management activities across national
borders.
Product strategy is an operational plan of action outlining which goods and services an
organization will produce and market.
Quality circle is a process used to determine how many products should be inspected to
calculate a probability that the total number of products will meet organizational quality
standards.
Managers expose themselves to legal prosecution by basing employment decisions on
personality tests that are invalid and unreliable.
Within a matrix structure, workers are responsible for their original activities along with
project activities.
Which of the following actions suggests that an individual is following Kant’s
categorical imperative?
A) Acting in a way you would expect others to act toward you.
B) Taking actions that would be viewed as proper by a disinterested panel of
professional peers.
C) Acting in a way that results in the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
D) Taking actions that abide by the laws of the state.
E) Acting in a way that the action taken under the circumstances could be a universal
law of behavior.
What is the underlying assumption in the second alternative?
A) Competitors are also likely to adopt high-end technology.
B) Consumers’ purchase decisions are directly influenced by the manufacturing process.
C) The availability of better technology translates into higher worker productivity.
D) The costs associated with upgrading will outweigh the benefits.
E) Alternate suppliers can provide raw materials at a lower cost.
Individuals following the ________ act in a way that results in the greatest good for the
greatest number of people.
A) golden rule
B) deontological principle
C) utilitarian principle
D) virtue ethics principle
E) Kantian principle
The changing demographics of a population over an extended period can give managers
insight into future ________.
A) diversity management challenges
B) competition level in the market
C) prices that their product will command
D) changes in the technological environment
E) legislature they will have to deal with
The process of moving workers from one job to another rather than requiring them to
perform only one simple and specialized job over the long run is ________.
A) team management
B) job enlargement
C) job enrichment
D) job rotation
E) cross training
________ is the management function through which managers compare present
performance to preestablished performance standards.
A) Organizing
B) Influencing
C) Controlling
D) Monitoring
E) Planning
The broader the scope of a decision, ________.
A) the higher the level of the manager who should make it
B) the fewer the number of decision makers involved
C) the lesser are the number of decision criteria
D) the faster the decision is made
E) the lesser the influence of extraneous factors
An SBU with a relatively small market share of a low-growth market is a ________.
A) star
B) dog
C) cash cow
D) question mark
E) low-cost leader
The organization structure at Kinetic Machines is horizontally divided into Marketing,
Finance, Production, and R&D departments. Identify the departmentalization mode
being used here.
A) product
B) geographic
C) functional
D) customer
E) matrix
The term ________ emphasizes that managers should focus on building organizations
that are sustainable in economic, environmental, and societal activities.
A) restructured bottom-line
B) safe harbor bottom-line
C) bottom-line synergy
D) triple bottom-line
E) competitive bottom-line
The shared values about organizational functioning held by the majority of organization
members is known as the ________.
A) leading organization subculture
B) organization design
C) organizational hierarchy
D) dominant organization culture
E) organizational effectiveness
Write a short note on the process of recruitment and its importance.
What is the central theme of the path-goal theory of leadership? What kinds of
leadership behavior does it describe? Give an example of a situation in which a
manager uses this model to decide how to act with a particular subordinate.
List the stages of formal group development.
How should organization planners be evaluated?
What are the major forces in the situation that influence a manager’s determination of
how to make decisions? Explain briefly.
What is a system? What guidelines should you follow while conducting system
analysis? Using the general system theory, explain what kind of system you think the
Internet is.
Define diversity training. What are the basic components of diversity training?
Briefly describe the basic needs of human beings, in accordance with Maslow’s
hierarchy of needs.
Describe the term “appropriate human resources.” What is the role of appropriate
human resources in an organization?