________ actively and enthusiastically support new ideas, build support, overcome
resistance, and ensure that innovations are implemented.
A) Idea champions
B) Idea developers
C) Idea generators
D) Idea screeners
Elaine wants to analyze her company’s ability to meet its current debt obligations.
Which of the following ratios is most helpful to Ruth in analyzing this?
A) inventory turnover ratio
B) return on investment ratio
C) current ratio
D) total asset turnover ratio
Goal-setting theory assumes that an individual is committed to the goal. Commitment is
most likely when ________.
A) goals are assigned and not self-set
B) goals are not made public
C) the individual has an internal locus of control
D) the individual has low self-efficacy
Farrah has called together her management team to review information about customer
satisfaction gathered by an external research company. Farrah is engaging in ________.
A) perfect rationality
B) bounded rationality
C) evidence-based management
D) relationship management
Harriet’s machine has stopped working again. She consulted the operator’s manual
troubleshooting guide to find a solution. Harriet used ________.
A) a programmed decision
B) a non-programmed decision
C) a structured decision
D) a non-structured decision
Tammy’s boss has asked her to take on a project in addition to her regular work. One of
Tammy’s first thoughts, according to expectancy theory, is “________”
A) Do I really have time to take on another project?
B) How much time will this project take?
C) What’s in it for me?
D) What are the odds that if I expend effort on the project my performance will be
satisfactory to the boss?
The ________ stage of the group development process is one in which close
relationships develop and the group becomes cohesive.
A) norming
B) forming
C) storming
D) performing
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a trading alliance of ________.
A) eight Southeast Asian nations and Japan
B) eight Southeast Asian nations
C) ten Southeast Asian nations
D) ten Southeast Asian nations and China
GlaxoSmithKline would become more ________ if it starts allowing its lab scientists to
set the priorities and allocate the resources.
A) profitable
B) mechanistic
C) diversified
D) organic
Utilimotors decided teams would help improve employee morale and increase
profitability so all employees were assigned to one of many different teams. The results
were disappointing. This might be because ________.
A) team performance was improperly measured
B) team goals were clearly conveyed
C) team composition included the relevant mix of skills.
D) team members lacked commitment
Ohm Software prompts representatives from its software development team as well as
its sales and marketing team to review and monitor the performance of its product and
service innovations. This is an example of a ________.
A) task force
B) community of practice
C) joint venture
D) cross-functional team
Your firm’s attorney has ________ power when giving legal advice.
A) legitimate
B) status
C) expert
D) coercive
________ is a document created by the United Nations outlining principles for doing
business globally in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment, and
anticorruption.
A) The Global Reporting Initiative
B) The Global Compact
C) The Global Convention
D) The Global Ethics