A command-and-control leadership style works best with an entrepreneurial
organization that is organized in teams.
Professionals are best motivated by extra pay and promotion within the organization.
Unity of command prevents an employee from trying to follow two conflicting
commands at once.
Problems in the U.S. economy have affected economic systems around the world.
An effective team must have a whole and identifiable task.
The Egyptian pyramids are an example of a project that was completed without the aid
of managers.
An example of revising a standard is a teacher who changes a grading scale because
students do poorly on an exam.
The quarterback of a football team assumes a largely symbolic role for his team because
his performance largely determines the outcome of the game.
With choice S1, a manager sees gains of $10 million and $6 million. With choice S2, a
manager sees gains of $12 million and $8 million. Only a pessimistic manager would
choose S1.
Type A personality people find it easy to relax.
All learning organizations share a distinct structure.
Persistence is the amount of drive and intensity a person applies to a task.
Using a fixed-point reordering system, a business might order new inventory when it is
down to about one-third of its maximum stock.
Beginning in the 1950s, U.S. firms began to focus on manufacturing rather than finance
and marketing.
The greater the ratio of TFC to (P – VC) is means that the business needs to sell fewer
units to make a profit.
Business Expansion Plan (Scenario)
As a business expansion director, Shana’s goal is to scout potential locations for her
company’s planned expansion to other countries. There are many options, some of
which include maintaining the business’s head office in the United States. Other options
send company representatives to foreign operations when necessary, or establishing
separate operation facilities abroad and hiring locals as managers.
Shana is considering forming a partnership with a Dutch corporation that will create an
entirely new company called Half Moon. What kind of enterprise will Half Moon be?
A) a multidomestic corporation
B) a foreign subsidiary
C) a joint venture
D) a domestic subsidiary
Which of the following is usually found in the final stage of an organization’s global
evolution?
A) exporting products to other countries
B) outsourcing jobs to foreign countries
C) establishing strategic alliances with partners
D) licensing products in foreign countries
Which of the following did a poll find to be the most important variable in employee
productivity?
A) pay level
B) quality of the employee-supervisor relationship
C) quality of the workplace environment
D) the benefits that employees enjoyed
How agreeable or disagreeable team members are affects team performance, especially
when ________.
A) the team is diverse
B) the team is large
C) the team has only one disagreeable member
D) the team has more than one disagreeable member
Which of the following should a team try to completely eliminate, if possible?
A) conflict
B) disagreement
C) social loafing
D) individual accountability
Along the grapevine, ________.
A) good news travels fastest
B) bad news travels slowly
C) good news travels slowest
D) bad news travels fastest
Perhaps the best predictor of whether or not a person will become an entrepreneur is
how ________ she is.
A) proactive
B) talented
C) likeable
D) desperate
Which of the following is NOT recognized as a way to motivate contingent workers?
A) promise of permanent employment in the future
B) opportunity for training
C) opportunity to develop marketable skills
D) opportunity to work alongside permanent employees
As the number of employees in an organization grows, structure tends to become more
________.
A) bureaucratic
B) informal
C) decentralized
D) relaxed
People who doubt that there is a relationship between company performance and social
involvement think that this could account for any positive performance effect seen in
companies that practice social involvement.
A) The only companies that practice social involvement are highly unsuccessful
companies that try to use social involvement to improve their image in the marketplace.
B) The only companies that practice social involvement are highly ambitious
companies that use social involvement as a way to network and gain access to wealthy
clients.
C) The only companies that practice social involvement are highly successful
companies that can afford to waste time and energy on social involvement as a “luxury.”
D) The only companies that practice social involvement are highly ambitious
companies that use social involvement as a learning tool for their training programs.
Which choice constitutes the typical first step for an organization that is “going global”?
A) outsourcing
B) franchising
C) licensing
D) strategic alliance
Which of the following would cause a well-run company to become highly leveraged?
A) when the money that the company can earn investing the money that it borrows is
equal to the cost of borrowing
B) when the money that the company can earn investing the money that it borrows is
significantly less than the cost of borrowing
C) when the money that the company can earn investing the money that it borrows is
significantly greater than the cost of borrowing
D) when the money that the company can earn investing the money that it borrows is
equal to more than half of the cost of borrowing
Studies in a variety of fields show that super-high achievers ________ than others.
A) have higher IQ scores
B) work fewer hours
C) work harder
D) are more insecure
Deming was a strong believer in keeping accurate statistics and advocated ________
goals.
A) strictly nonnumerical
B) strictly numerical
C) both numerical and nonnumerical
D) both numerical and statistical
During the storming stage of group development, high levels of conflict ________.
A) are necessary for group cohesiveness
B) increase group cohesiveness
C) can contribute to group effectiveness
D) are never a factor in group effectiveness
Leaders who are looking for exceptionally high performance from subordinates might
try this approach.
A) supportive
B) directive
C) achievement oriented
D) participative
In a short essay, describe the characteristics of a problem-solving team.
In a short essay, explain the difference between immediate corrective action and basic
corrective action.
In a short essay, explain how language can serve as a barrier to effective
communication.
In a short essay, define value and explain how it is obtained.
In a short essay, list and discuss three shortcuts frequently used in judging others.