A career is a sequence of work-related positions occupied by a person over the course
of a lifetime.
Activities based on Theory Y assumptions are more apt to motivate organization
members than are activities based on Theory X assumptions.
An assessment center is a place in which participants engage in a number of individual
and group exercises constructed to simulate important activities at the organizational
levels to which they aspire.
An organization’s vision outlines what the organization exists to do, given a particular
group of customers and customer needs.
Strategic management is the process of ensuring an organization possesses and benefits
from the use of an appropriate organizational strategy.
The OSU studies concluded that leaders exhibit two main types of behavior, structure
behavior and consideration behavior.
Henri Fayol recommends that businesses avoid red tape, regulations, and paperwork
when organizing resources.
The establishment and growth of culture within an organization can be influenced by
specific actions taken by management.
Scheduling is an integral part of every organizational plan.
Opportunity evaluation is the first stage of the entrepreneurial process.
The two primary factors that influence how a stimulus is perceived are the destination’s
education level and the destination’s amount of experience.
A manager’s behavior with upper management is one way to determine the degree of
responsibility a manager possesses.
Which of the following statements is true about prejudice?
A) It is a preconceived belief that one’s own group is superior to that of others.
B) It is a preconceived judgment, opinion, or assumption about an issue, behavior, or
group of people.
C) It is the stress of coping with membership in two cultures simultaneously.
D) It is a statistical representation of the characteristics of a given population.
E) It refers to a situation where people have too many expectations to comfortably
fulfill.
In which of the following stages do product sales continue to climb because of the fact
that the product has been in the marketplace for some time and has become more
accepted by the people?
A) decline stage
B) introduction stage
C) growth stage
D) maturity stage
E) saturation stage
The difference between needs-goal theory and Vroom’s expectancy theory is that
Vroom’s theory ________.
A) addresses the issue of motivation strength
B) considers issues of equity
C) separates motivators into intrinsic and extrinsic rewards
D) establishes a hierarchy of needs
E) deals with how need are “acquired”
HR Village, a staffing company has invited applications for the position of director of
recruitment
and compensation. This position is accountable for planning, organizing, and managing
recruitment and compensation services for the company. This list of specific activities is
an example of a ________.
A) job evaluation
B) work sample
C) job description
D) work plan
E) job specification
XYZ Company offers its employees the opportunity to buy shares of company stock as
a way to motivate them to boost production. This kind of a program is called ________.
A) job enrichment
B) self-actualization
C) ESOP
D) an individual retirement account (IRA)
E) a non-monetary incentive
Porter’s model emphasizes ________.
A) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
B) stars, dogs, cash cows, and question marks
C) competitive forces in an industry
D) business strength and industry attractiveness
E) environmental analysis
The major weakness of the Gantt chart is that it does not ________.
A) help in identifying the resources that are contributing to or hindering the
productivity
B) contain any information about the interrelationship of tasks to be performed
C) establish realistic worker output standards
D) help coordinate organizational resources
E) list all the tasks to be performed
A formal group is a group that ________.
A) is formed by management to perform organizational tasks
B) is normally defined but unstructured
C) is formed by the common interests of group members
D) is formed by the affiliation of the group members
E) is normally unstructured and undefined
George is the human resources manager of a small scale manufacturing company.
Which of the following is the best example of nonverbal communication?
A) He sends an angry e-mail to one of the employees.
B) He uses a loud tone when speaking with a group of employees.
C) He uses words with implicit meanings when he talks to subordinates.
D) He prepares a performance appraisal report for one of the employees.
E) He uses harsh words during a meeting with one of his co-workers.
________ is usually applied to SBUs that are dogs or question marks that have failed to
increase market share but still require significant amounts of cash.
A) Focus
B) Divestiture
C) Growth
D) Stability
E) Retrenchment