In situations of______, according to Fiedler, relationship-oriented leaders are more
effective.
a. high favorability
b. moderate favorability
c. high unfavorability
d. no favorability
e. none of these
places an emphasis on a worldwide perspective.
a. Polycentric companies
b. Geocentric companies
c. Ethnocentric companies
d. Regiocentric companies
e. Domestic companies
Which of the following types of power is vested in the manager’s ability to punish
employees?
a. Coercive
b. Reward
c. Expert
d. Referent
e. Personal
The late famed management theorist Peter Drucker is often credited with creating the
modern study of management.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following refers to the process of determining the skills, abilities, and
other attributes a person needs to perform a particular job?
a. Recruiting
b. Training
c. Selection
d. Development
e. Orientation
The Preconventional level of Personal Moral Development lives up to expectations of
others, upholds laws, and fulfills duties and obligations of the social system.
a. True
b. False
Hersey and Blanchard’s situational theory focuses a great deal of attention on the
characteristics of employees in determining appropriate leadership behavior.
a. True
b. False
Process theories emphasize the needs that motivate people.
a. True
b. False
The five stages of team development are forming, storming, reforming, performing, and
adjourning.
a. True
b. False
Scenario-MalcolmBagget Malcolm Bagget has been working as a production
employee for the last three years. His firm is currently undergoing a change in structure
with a new management group and the production department is being restructured.
Each production employee will be assigned to a small six-member production team.
Malcolm is looking forward to the extensive cross training that has been promised and
is looking forward to enjoying more power and discretion than he has had in the past. In
addition to skill training, Malcolm is receiving management training in team
building.One of Malcolm’s co-workers, Danny Newcomber, is great at reducing tension
by telling jokes and in other ways drawing off emotions when the group atmosphere is
tense. Additionally, Danny can be counted on to energize by stimulating the team into
action when the interest drops. Danny is demonstrating which of these?
a. The task specialist role
b. The task and socioemotional role
c. The socioemotional role
d. The participator role
e. None of these
The_______ is an organization structure that divides the major functions of the
organization into separate companies and coordinates their activities from a small
headquarters organization.
a. diversification approach
b. team approach
c. virtual network approach
d. BCG approach
e. functional approach
The______ style is often the style adopted by managers having a deep concern for
others as individuals.
_______refers to the system of governing an organization so that the interests of
corporate owners are protected.
MNCs that are oriented toward the markets of individual foreign host countries are
considered _________.
Name one of the two dimensions that organizations with high-performance cultures
emphasize.
The act of determining the organization’s goals and the means for achieving them is
referred to as_______.
List the four criteria for ethical decision-making described in the book.
List the five characteristics of effective goals.