Relative to the functional structure, the divisional structure:
a. encourages decentralization.
b. has a higher degree of work specialization.
c. has a more pronounced division of labor.
d. has excellent coordination across departments.
e. results in an efficient use of resources.
Which of the following steps would Vaughn not take in making his decision?
a. Sense and recognize the decision requirement
b. Implement the chosen alternative
c. Create a set of alternatives
d. Diagnose and analyze problem causes
e. Evaluation & feedback
A fund providing resources from which individuals and groups draw to develop new
ideas, products, or businesses is referred to as a ______.
a. personal fund
b. development fund
c. new-venture fund
d. change fund
e. mutual fund
Which of these, according to the leadership grid, is a 1,9 management style?
a. Team Management
b. Country Club Management
c. Middle of the Road Management
d. Impoverished Management
e. Authority-Compliance
A process that uses multiple raters, including self-rating, to appraise employee
performance and guide development refers to 180-degree feedback.
a. True
b. False
Divisions are created, in functional structures, as self-contained units with separate
functional departments for each division.
a. True
b. False
Will explains to his boss that his computer has a virus, and needs to be scanned and
cleaned. This is an example of which topic of upward communication?
a. Problems and exceptions
b. Suggestions for management improvement
c. Performance reports
d. Grievances and disputes
e. Financial and accounting information
Swift Move Facilities manufacturers two different bicycle models. The company
produces a high volume of products using standardized production runs. The company
does very little product customization. Swift Move uses what type of technology
structure?
a. Service production
b. Mass production
c. Large-batch production
d. Small-batch production
e. Continuous process production
Core competence is the plan of action that prescribes resource allocation and other
activities for dealing with the environment.
a. True
b. False
The ______ approach refers to the ethical concept that moral decisions are those that
best maintain the rights of those people affected by them.
a. individualism
b. justice
c. utilitarian
d. moral-rights
e. discretionary responsibility
Diet Soda Company has teams with high cohesiveness. Additionally, the teams are
normally focused on their commitment to quality performance. This combination can be
expected to result in high productivity.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following companies place an emphasis on their home countries?
a. Polycentric
b. Geocentric
c. Ethnocentric
d. Global
e. Regiocentric
Explain the differences between principle-based statements and policy-based statement
in an organization’s code of ethics.
_____ means that people in management positions have formal authority to direct and
control immediate subordinates.
People and organizations that provide raw materials the organization uses to produce its
output are called _______.
The______structure means that the firm subcontracts many of its major functions to
separate companies and coordinates their activities from a small headquarters
organization.
The application of behavioral science knowledge to improve an organization’s health
and effectiveness is known as
_______ .