What is the first step in the feedback control system?
a. Establishing strategic objectives
b. Establishing standards of performance
c. Taking corrective action
d. Comparing performance to standard
e. Measuring previous performance
Being interested in computers, Jose Cohata came up with an idea of personalizing the
screen saver programs with family pictures. After trying a couple of programs, Jose
started marketing this service to neighbors and area businesses. Jose’s activities can be
described as a(n) _____.
a. entrepreneurship
b. intrapreneurship
c. useless idea
d. large business
e. partnership
With a philosophy of _____, managers weave environmental and social concerns into
every strategic decision, revise policies and procedures to support these efforts and
goals.
a. sustainability
b. conservation
c. ethics
d. preservation
e. human concerns
The countries experiencing political stability face the greatest threat of violence.
a. True
b. False
People making decisions based on an internal set of beliefs that has more meaning to
them than the expectations of others:
a. are in the preconventional level of moral development.
b. are in the conventional level of moral development.
c. are in the principled level of moral development.
d. do not care what people think of them.
e. none of these.
General Products Inc. is a small clothing designer and manufacturer located in the
United States. A vast majority of the company’s revenues comes from U.S. sales,
although about ten percent of the company’s revenue come from sales to Canada.
General Products Inc. can best be described as using which global corporate strategy?
a. Globalization strategy
b. Multidomestic strategy
c. Export strategy
d. Transnational strategy
e. Domestic strategy
In a joint venture between large and small businesses, large businesses can provide all
of the following except:
a. sales staff.
b. research staff.
c. financial resources.
d. distribution channels.
e. top level management.
The official goals of the organization are best represented by the _____.
a. strategic goals
b. tactical goals
c. operational goals
d. competitive goals
e. none of these
Roadtec Tire Company has a corporate culture that emphasizes an internal focus on the
involvement and participation of employees, placing high value on meeting the needs of
employees. The company is known for its caring, family-like atmosphere. Which type
of corporate culture does Roadtec possess?
a. Adaptability culture
b. Achievement culture
c. Consistency culture
d. Involvement culture
e. Matrix culture
Despite the apparent advantages of specialization, many organizations are moving away
from this principle.
a. True
b. False
Any group within or outside the organization that has a stake in the organization’s
performance is called:
a. a supplier.
b. an international customer.
c. a stakeholder.
d. OPEC.
e. a trade association.
Managers, in today’s work environment, rely less on _____ and more on _____
leadership.
a. coordination and communication; control and command
b. autocratic; empowering
c. empowerment and innovation; productivity and efficiency
d. effectiveness and efficiency; quality and profit
e. ethics and social responsibility; profit and cost-savings
An ethical dilemma arises in a situation when each alternative choice or behavior is
undesirable because of potentially harmful ethical consequences.
a. True
b. False
Individuals with a conceptual decision-making style are more socially oriented than
those with an analytical style.
a. True
b. False
_____ is an approach that brings together participants from all parts of the organization
to discuss problems or opportunities and plan for major change.
a. Virtual-group intervention
b. Traditional organization development
c. Multi-unit intervention
d. Strategic planning committee
e. Large-group intervention
Discuss the different levels of culture.
Describe the skills necessary for performing a manager’s job. Provide examples of each.
Most managers operate at the _____ level.
The individual performer is a(n) _____; whereas, the manager has to be a(n) _____.
Discuss the determinants of team cohesiveness and its consequences.
Describe the three situational elements under Fiedler’s Contingency Theory that can be
described as either favorable or unfavorable.
Though companies with senior-level women generally outperform those without,
women still occupy only 14 percent of executive positions and, as a group, make lower
wages and get promoted at a slower rate than men. Write a short essay in which you
summarize those factors that seem to inhibit women’s career advancement
opportunities. Then state your opinion regarding why these factors are still so powerful,
and what will need to happen in order for women to experience greater success in the
corporate world.
The _____ approach assets that human beings have fundamental rights and liberties that
cannot be taken away by an individual’s decision.