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The study of economics is useful only to top managers.
Today's job seekers identify quality child care as an important job benefit.
When decisions tend to be made at lower levels in an organization, the organization is
said to be centralized.
A community fire department can legally deny employment to a firefighter applicant
who is confined to a wheelchair.
The primary determinant of an individual's pay is the type of job he or she performs.
The political skills of a manager consist mainly of the ability to understand the
workings of government and to present information effectively to others in the form of
political speechmaking.
A group consists of individuals who share specific goals.
Decision making begins with ________.
A) selecting alternatives
B) identifying decision criteria
C) identifying a problem
D) eliminating false alternatives
A manager measuring actual performance is like a teacher ________.
A) composing a test
B) grading a test
C) helping a student study for a test
D) making an assignment
Which of the following is an example of a structured problem?
A) designing a new MP3 player
B) hiring a lawyer
C) deciding shipping options for a vacuum cleaner
D) drafting a quarterback for a pro football team
Value is any aspect of a product that customers ________ in the product.
A) like or admire
B) want to see
C) will pay for
D) notice
________ reflects the degree to which decision making is distributed throughout the
hierarchy rather than concentrated at the top.
A) Centralization
B) Span of control
C) Concentration
D) Decentralization
Managers in Germany and the United States would probably agree that the most
important factor for job performance is ________.
A) agreeableness
B) conscientiousness
C) social skills
D) emotional stability
Which of the following steps in the creativity process may take years before the idea
finally "gels" and the next step occurs?
A) perception
B) incubation
C) inspiration
D) innovation
The cognitive dissonance theory proposes that the factors that can mitigate the
discomfort caused by dissonance are ________.
A) importance, influence, and rewards
B) influence, rewards, and goals
C) importance, goals, and status
D) influence, reinforcement, and rewards
A person with a proactive personality is someone who ________.
A) takes action
B) avoids taking action
C) is entrepreneurial
D) is not entrepreneurial
The judging versus perceiving scale on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® determines
whether a person is oriented ________.
A) outwardly or inwardly
B) toward gathering data or the big picture
C) toward planning or flexibility
D) logically or emotionally
Entrepreneurs should take great care when choosing a form of legal ownership because
once one form is chosen, it is ________ to change it to another form.
A) impossible
B) very difficult
C) easy
D) rather embarrassing
