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The learned behaviors associated with being male or female are referred to as:
a. racial roles.
b. ethnocentrism.
c. plurality.
d. stereotypes.
e. gender roles.
Which of these employee behaviors matches with the postconventional level of
personal moral development?
a. Empowered employees, full participation
b. Task accomplishment
c. Act in own interest
d. Work group collaboration
e. Autocratic
Relative to a flat organizational structure, a tall structure has a _____ span of
management and _____ hierarchical levels.
a. wide; fewer
b. narrow; fewer
c. narrow; wider
d. narrow; more
e. wide; more
Good intuitive decision making is based on an ability to recognize patterns at lightning
speed.
a. True
b. False
All of the following are key steps of setting up feedback control systems EXCEPT:
a. comparing performance to standards.
b. establishing standards.
c. getting employee opinions.
d. measuring performance.
e. making necessary corrections.
Dustin's subordinates are highly trained and all perform similar tasks. Brittany's
subordinates are spread over two locations and she has little available in the way of
support systems. Which of the following statements is most correct?
a. Nichole's span of management can be larger than Kevin's.
b. Nichole will have problems with unity of command.
c. Kevin's span of management can be larger than Nichole's.
d. Kevin has more problems with work specialization.
e. None of these
Only the top managers in organizations need conceptual skills since it involves
planning.
a. True
b. False
The deployment of organizational resources to achieve strategic goals refers to
organizing.
a. True
b. False
Roy is a top executive at a cigarette manufacturing company who believes that
cigarettes are dangerous products and they kill people. This condition can be described
as:
a. job involvement.
b. extroversion.
c. cognitive dissonance.
d. Machiavellianism.
e. job satisfaction.
A ceremony is a planned activity at a special event that is conducted for the benefit of
an audience.
a. True
b. False
The text states: "An organization's technology influences how it is structured." In a
short essay, rewrite the above sentence in your own words and expound on its meaning.
Be certain to include what is meant by "technology" in this context, and explain the
relationship between technology and structure.
The ethical concept that moral behaviors produce the greatest good for the greatest
number is referred to as _____ approach.
The question How do we compete? concerns _____ strategy.
Define discrimination and affirmative action.
A decision to monitor employees' nonwork activities violates the right to _____.
A(n) _____ is assigned the role of challenging the assumptions and assertions made by
the group.
Social media has become a state-of-the-art business leadership tool. Write a short essay
that identifies some popular social media platforms and expounds on how they can help
managers balance production goals with employee needs.
