_____ provide more challenging assignments, prescribe new responsibilities, and help
employees grow by expanding and developing their abilities.
a. Promotions
b. Appraisals
c. Evaluations
d. Endorsements
e. Coaching
Which of these is used for solving intradepartmental problems, interdepartmental
coordination, and change initiatives and improvements?
a. Downward communication
b. Horizontal communication
c. Upward communication
d. Vertical communication
e. Informal communication
Research has shown that strategic thinking and planning positively affect a firm’s
performance and financial success.
a. True
b. False
The decision-maker mustonce the problem has been recognized and analyzed.
a. evaluate and provide feedback
b. choose among alternatives
c. generate alternatives
d. prioritize the alternatives
e. reanalyze the problem
Age, race, and gender are included in the traditional dimension of diversity.
a. True
b. False
Today’s managers rely on ‘œmanagement by keeping tabs’ and play the role of a
controller instead of an enabler.
a. True
b. False
We might expect managers in nonprofit organizations to place more emphasis on the
roles of spokesperson, leader, and resource allocator.
a. True
b. False
Global companies often use a_______ structure to achieve simultaneous coordination
of products across countries.
a. functional
b. divisional
c. matrix
d. product-based
e. process-based
The disturbance handler role involves the initiation of change, thinking about the future
and how to get there.
a. True
b. False
Contingency theory suggests that managers are more successful if they learn the best
way to manage and motivate their employees, and then apply this knowledge in a
universally consistent way.
a. True
b. False
Which type of plan helps managers implement the overall strategic plan?
a. Operational
b. Contingency
c. Tactical
d. Crisis
e. Corporate-level
By definition, an organization is consideredbecause it is made up of two or more
people.
a. efficient
b. a social entity
c. effective
d. goal-directed
e. deliberately structured
Which of the following refers to funding activities with borrowed money?
a. ROA
b. Leverage
c. Liquidity
d. Profitability
e. Activity
The task-oriented leader, according to Fiedler, excels in the favorable situation whereas
relationship-oriented leaders are most effective in situations of moderate favorability.
a. True
b. False
refers to a value characterized by people’s intolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity and
resulting support for beliefs that promise certainty and conformity.
a. Power distance
b. Uncertainty avoidance
c. Certainty avoidance
d. Conformity seekers
e. None of these
The______ provides shared office space, management support services, and
management advice to entrepreneurs.
______firms are groups of companies or individuals that invest money in exchange for
a stake in the company.
A role in which the individual devotes personal time and energy to helping the team
accomplish its task is called a(n) ____role.
_______ is the code of moral principles and values that govern the behaviors of a
person or group with respect to what is right or wrong.
List the three distinct steps for achieving behavioral and attitudinal change.
List the four major activities that must occur in order for MBO to succeed.
The degree to which organizational tasks are subdivided into individual jobs is
called_______.
_______ is the degree to which a person is able to get along with others by being
good-natured, cooperative, forgiving, understanding, and trusting.
A(n)_______leader is distinguished by a special ability to bring about innovation and
change.