Which of the following is not a step in the organizational planning process?
a. Monitor and learn
b. Plan operations
c. Translate the plan
d. Develop the plan
e. Plan marketing tactics
Which of the following means extending the search for and commercializing new ideas
beyond the boundaries of the organization and even beyond the boundaries of the
industry?
a. An idea champion
b. Open innovation
c. A new-venture team
d. An idea incubator
e. An inventor
Jacob was recently looking at his company’s organization chart in an attempt to
discover who reports to whom.
Jacob is studying his organization’s:
a. degree of formalization.
b. amount of differentiation.
c. degree of centralization.
d. chain of command.
e. division of labor.
Which of the following behaviors is consistent with the socioemotional role?
a. Reduce tension
b. Give opinions
c. Seek information
d. Summarize
e. Energize
Scientific management focuses on employee competence, whereas administrative
principles focus on the total organization.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is(are) an advantage of team structure?
a. Increased barriers among departments
b. Unplanned decentralization
c. Time and resources spent on meetings
d. Less response time, quicker decisions
e. All of these
Equity financing is when funds are invested in exchange for ownership in the company.
a. True
b. False
Personal power, innovation, and nurturing are consistently viewed as manager qualities
rather than leader qualities.
a. True
b. False
Recent research by the GLOBE project has extendedresearch and offered new insights
for managers.
a. Hofstede’s
b. Walton’s
c. Weber’s
d. Fayol’s
e. Gilbreth’s
Which of the following is NOT a method used in external recruiting?
a. Private employment agencies
b. Employee referrals
c. Newspaper advertising
d. Employee resource chart
e. State employment services
Briefly explain the difference between high power distance and low power distance.
A(n) ______ is a change in the organization’s product or service outputs.
_________ means that people have a tendency to regard their own culture as superior to
other cultures.
_______ is the management of business operations conducted in more than one country.
The______ stage involves the use of managerial, administrative, and persuasive
abilities to ensure that the chosen alternative is carried out.
______ is the removal of an unpleasant consequence following a desired behavior.
_______ is the formal and legitimate right of a manager to make decisions, issue orders,
and allocate resources to achieve organizationally desired outcomes.
In the next decade,_____ and_____ businesses could end up being the emerging growth
companies.