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_____ watch the company and its managers closely to ensure that management is
working diligently to increase the company's profitability.
A. Entrepreneurs
B. Suppliers
C. Stockholders
D. Angel investors
E. Distributors
Creating new options for joint gain occurs by focusing on a(n) _____ scenario.
A. win-win
B. win-lose
C. confrontational
D. lose-lose
E. avoidance
The amount of time that managers spend planning and organizing resources decreases
as they ascend the hierarchy within the organization.
A. True
B. False
The process by which managers monitor and regulate the efficiency and effectiveness
of the workers in an organization is called _____.
A. planning
B. organizing
C. leading
D. controlling
E. coordinating
Managers need to empower self-managed teams, provide sufficient autonomy to
them,and ensure that its members are motivated in the _____ stage of group
development.
A. forming
B. adjourning
C. performing
D. storming
E. norming
A specific action plan created to complete various aspects of a program is called a
project.
A. True
B. False
A functional structure becomes more efficient when an organization's task environment
is rapidly changing.
A. True
B. False.
Jim has been employed at Fortis Services for nearly 15 years. Which of the following
statements, if true, would imply that Jim is low on openness to experience?
A. Jim is known for being unconventional and daring in his business plans.
B. Jim is never conservative in his decision-making approaches.
C. Jim often comes up with and implements radical ideas.
D. Jim is not open to a wide range of stimuli.
E. Jim does not have narrow, conservative interests.
According to Hofstede, the gap between the rich and poor in low-power-distance
societies is very wide.
A. True
B. False
The goal-setting theory:
A. states that to stimulate high motivation and performance, goals must be generic.
B. suggests that underpayment inequity motivates employees to achieve organizational
goals.
C. considers how managers can align the input of employees with organizational goals.
D. examines the different types of rewards and punishments that can be used to
reinforce goal-oriented behavior.
E. suggests that people are most motivated to achieve organizational goals when they
have low levels of job satisfaction.
_____ refers to the tendency of a closed system to lose its ability to control itself, and
thus disintegrate.
A. Synergy
B. Entropy
C. Esprit de corps
D. Order
E. Equity
Verbal communication involves encoding messages by means of_____.
A. spoken language
B. body language
C. dressing styles
D. facial expressions
E. body postures
