A programmed decision is a repetitive decision that can be handled by a routine
approach.
Companies have to pay Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment insurance taxes
for workers classified as independent contractors.
Given other things unchanged, managers with well-trained and experienced employees
can function well with a wider span of control than those with a less talented workforce.
A leadership change can facilitate cultural change.
A retrenchment strategy is a short-run renewal strategy that helps an organization
stabilize operations, revitalize organizational resources and capabilities, and prepare to
compete once again.
At the conventional level of moral development, ethical decisions rely on maintaining
expected standards and living up to the expectations of others.
________ is the degree to which decision making takes place at upper levels of the
organization.
A) Centralization
B) Decentralization
C) Formalization
D) Departmentalization
According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, a person’s needs for growth,
achieving one’s potential, and self-fulfillment, and the drive to become what one is
capable of becoming constitute his or her ________ needs.
A) psychological
B) esteem
C) social
D) self-actualization
The soccer league in England is notorious for the number of team managers fired over
the course of a single season, which stands at no fewer than eight managers on average,
owing to poor team form and consequently, poor results. It is evident from this
information that the league endorses a(n) ________ view of management.
A) symbolic
B) omnipotent
C) impotent
D) omniscient
A(n) ________ organization is highly adaptive, loose, and flexible.
A) organic
B) centralized
C) customer-oriented
D) mechanistic
Which of the following will help in making communities of practice successful?
A) conducting face-to-face meetings, instead of online meetings
B) having clear accountability and managerial oversight
C) encouraging members to nurture competing goals
D) focusing on simple and routine issues, that can be easily tackled
Employee A prefers to work flexible hours and to work from home as often as practical.
According to research, Employee A is likely to be ________.
A) a minority
B) disabled
C) female
D) older
George has prepared a memorandum explaining the objectives of the work team. Some
of the production workers have come to see George and ask for clarification about the
memorandum. This represents the ________ aspect of the communication process.
A) encoding
B) channeling
C) filtering
D) feedback
After nearly 30 years of growth, sales at Ida’s company have begun to decline. None of
the managers have been able to determine the cause. Some say the entire economy is in
recession; others blame a change in suppliers; still others say the work ethic among
employees just isn’t what it used to be. This is an example of ________.
A) a structured problem
B) an unstructured problem
C) a programmed problem
D) a non-programmed problem
All candidates for entry level engineering positions are given the mechanical aptitude
test. Those who scored well and were hired later earned high scores on their
performance evaluations. Those who scored less well and were hired earned lower
scores on performance evaluations. This indicates that the test is ________.
A) valid
B) invalid
C) reliable
D) unreliable
The most outspoken advocate of the classical view of social responsibility is economist
and Nobel laureate ________.
A) George Stigler
B) John McCain
C) Bernard Madoff
D) Milton Friedman
Bill has been working his plan for about three months. He is now discussing his
progress with Jim, his supervisor. If Bill and Jim are using the MBO planning process,
this discussion is called ________.
A) performance feedback
B) redirection of goals
C) advise and adjust
D) the milestone checkpoint