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According to Mintzberg's managerial roles, the ________ roles are ones that involve
people and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature.
A) informational
B) interpersonal
C) technical
D) decisional
According to the path-goal theory, a manager who consults with subordinates and uses
their suggestions exhibits what type of leadership behavior?
A) directive
B) achievement oriented
C) participative
D) supportive
A corporation drops its organizational structure based on countries and reorganizes into
industry groups. This is an example of the company becoming a(n) ________.
A) ethnocentric company
B) polycentric organization
C) borderless organization
D) global company
Bill, a manager at a consulting firm, has been keenly analyzing the performance of a
new recruit who turns out to be extremely intelligent. He concludes that she will be a
good manager in the future even though her interpersonal skills are not half as
impressive. This conclusion on Bill's part seems to be the result of ________.
A) stereotyping
B) selective perception
C) the halo effect
D) assumed similarity
In ________, a company grows by combining with competitors.
A) concentrated integration
B) horizontal integration
C) vertical integration
D) lateral integration
The citizens of Abolonia believe no top executive should ever earn more than 40 times
the average wage of the company's employees. This is an example of ________.
A) how changes in the demographics limit the discretion managers have
B) how societal attitudes in the economic context create constraints on the decisions
managers make
C) how government regulation affects the salaries executives can earn
D) a trend in the sociocultural environment that limits disposable income in the
economic environment
When Paul manages the employees who produce the product, he is utilizing his
________.
A) conceptual skills
B) disseminator skills
C) technical skills
D) interpersonal skills
Which of the following is a characteristic of an organic organization?
A) high specialization
B) cross-functional teams
C) rigid departmentalization
D) narrow span of controls
A ________ states the minimum qualifications that a person must possess to
successfully perform a given job.
A) job description
B) job preview
C) job analysis
D) job specification
A ________ strategy determines what businesses a company is in or wants to be in, and
what it wants to do with those businesses.
A) competitive
B) functional
C) focus
D) corporate
Which of the following leadership styles describes a leader who provides little direction
or support?
A) telling
B) selling
C) participating
D) delegating
Ben is selecting members for a problem-solving team. Which of the following team
compositions is most likely to result in better team performance?
A) employees with at least ten years of seniority
B) employees from the quality department
C) employees from a variety of ethnic and gender backgrounds
D) an all-male or all-female team
Wendell notices that the company's top executives share a belief that managers are
directly responsible for the organization's success or failure. This belief reflects a(n)
________ view of management.
A) traditional
B) omnipotent
C) reflective
D) symbolic
