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A manager would most likely be interested in employees' attitudes about which of the
following?
A) family responsibility
B) personal responsibility
C) job satisfaction
D) past jobs
A disadvantage of a written essay for employee appraisal is that it tends to be biased by
________.
A) the prejudice of the evaluator
B) friendship between the employee and the evaluator
C) the writing skill of the evaluator
D) the writing skill of the employee
A major drawback of using global teams is ________.
A) personality differences
B) knowledge differences
C) cultural differences
D) skill differences
In attribution theory, the behavior of an individual who shows high distinctiveness and
low consistency is likely to be attributed as ________.
A) under his or her control
B) his or her responsibility
C) internally caused
D) externally caused
Managers who fail to plan may ________.
A) take advantage of change
B) stimulate change
C) be positively affected by change
D) be adversely affected by change
According to Mintzberg, which of the following fit into the category of interpersonal
roles?
A) figurehead, leader, and liaison
B) negotiator, liaison, and figurehead
C) monitor, leader, and resource allocator
D) disturbance handler, liaison, and negotiator
Which of the following is an example of an unstructured problem?
A) finding the list price of different copy machines
B) choosing the best wardrobe for an executive
C) comparing gas mileage for different car models
D) measuring pollution levels in a power plant
The Ohio State studies indicated that leaders who were high in initiating structure
received ________.
A) the highest employee ratings
B) the lowest employee ratings
C) the same employee ratings as leaders who were high in consideration
D) below-average employee ratings
When ________ exist(s) in a value chain, partners will be extremely reluctant to share
information.
A) sophisticated technological infrastructure doesn't
B) sophisticated technological infrastructure
C) trust doesn't
D) trust
The decision tree shows the profit outcomes for a coffee shop in a strong and a weak
economy for next year. What is the probability that the economy will be weak in the
coming year?
A) 0.73
B) 27 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 7.3
