The best way to define the term career is as a ________.
A) series of tasks
B) series of jobs or work positions over a period of a few years
C) series of jobs or work positions over a period of a lifetime
D) single lifelong job
A manager has a choice of three investment funds. To assess them, he looks at their past
investment records over the previous five years. The manager is operating under which
condition?
A) certainty
B) probability
C) uncertainty
D) risk
Decision trees show the profit outcomes for the plans for two doughnut stores in two
different locations in a strong and a weak economy for the future. If the investor
interested in building a store is optimistic, in which location should she build?
A) She should build Store 1, because it has a lower minimum profit.
B) She should build Store 2, because it has a greater maximum profit.
C) She should build Store 1, because it has a greater maximum profit.
D) She should build Store 2, because it has a greater minimum profit.
Maslow argued that once a need is substantially satisfied, ________.
A) the next need becomes dominant
B) individuals no longer require that need
C) that need continues to be the primary motivation of an individual
D) it becomes a higher-order need
According to one study, about ________ of men and women were somewhat creative.
A) 1 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 30 percent
D) 60 percent
A manager is worried that if he chooses the wrong investment strategy, his company
could lose out on a great deal of money. Which strategy should he follow?
A) a maximax orientation
B) a minimin orientation
C) a maximin orientation
D) a minimax orientation
The most important pre-twentieth century development in management was the
________.
A) Industrial Revolution
B) personal computer
C) building of Brooklyn Bridge
D) American Revolution
The path-goal theory sees the job of an effective leader as ________.
A) providing clear instructions for followers
B) clearing the path between followers and their goals
C) defining goals for followers
D) helping followers understand their goals
Due to a recent construction of an upscale housing community near a tennis club,
customer use has skyrocketed during the year and the club is operating at all-time high
levels, far beyond the goals set the previous year. The best strategy for the manager is to
________.
A) do nothing
B) run a sale to increase customers
C) advertise
D) change goals for the following year
A Different View (Scenario)
Jana has spent the last year traveling to different operations for her company. She
visited factories in Mexico and Thailand, a finance operation in Singapore, a pearl
company in Japan, and many other venues. She now has collected her thoughts about
the various places she visited.
In Greece Jana visited a pharmaceutical operation. She found that managers there were
charming but not at all shy. If they thought they were right they tended to be aggressive
and confrontational. How would you characterize this trait?
A) high uncertainty avoidance
B) assertive
C) future oriented
D) low uncertainty avoidance
The best evidence that managers must have guided the construction of the Egyptian
pyramids is ________.
A) how long ago they were built
B) the fact that they were built by hand
C) their sheer size
D) their majestic beauty