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978-1259545474 Chapter 7 Part 4
75. In which mechanism do senior managers provide members of a cross-functional team with relevant information from other teams and divisions? A. Liaison roles B. Task forces C. Functional forces D. Integrating roles and departments In integrating roles and departments, […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 7 Part 3
54. The organizational design in which employees are correctly referred to as two-boss employees is a ________ structure. A. product B. matrix C. geographic D. functional In a matrix structure, each person in a product team reports to two managers: […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 7 Part 2
Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 07-02 Explain how managers group tasks into jobs that are […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 7 Part 1
7-1 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Chapter 07 Designing Organizational Structure Answer Key True / False Questions 1. Organizational design reflects the organization’s mission statement […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 6 Part 5
90. Distinguish between a policy, a rule, and a standard operating procedure of an organization and give one example of each of these types of standing plans that would be used in a business. Standing plans are used in situations […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 6 Part 4
73. Why is planning considered an important process for managers? A. It gives a sense of direction and purpose. B. It ensures only top-level managers make decisions. C. It creates a time horizon for different planning levels. D. It identifies […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 6 Part 3
51. The corporate-level strategy that becomes appropriate when managers see the need to reduce the size of their organizations to increase performance is ________. A. vertical integration B. international expansion C. market development D. concentration on a single industry Concentration […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 6 Part 2
28. The strategy that explains the methods that a division or an organization will use to compete against its rivals in the industry is a _______-level strategy. A. functional B. departmental C. corporate D. business At the business level, the […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 6 Part 1
6-1 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Chapter 06 Planning, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage Answer Key True / False Questions 1. A good plan specifies not […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 5 Part 5
87. What is intuition? Give an example to support your definition. Should managers use intuition in decision making? Why or why not? Intuition is the set of feelings, beliefs, and hunches that come readily to mind, require little effort and […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 5 Part 4
72. The main reason for the loss of productivity in brainstorming is ________. A. complex mental models B. groupthink C. production blocking D. bounded rationality Brainstorming is very useful in some problem-solving situations, but sometimes individuals working alone can generate […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 5 Part 3
50. Kathleen, a manager, is attempting to determine whether she has both the capability and the resources to produce one of several possible new products. In the context of decision making, on which of the following criteria of alternative courses […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 5 Part 2
29. An organization that has been focusing on a target market located in the eastern part of the United States is attempting to decide whether to expand its sales to the West Coast of the United States. Which of the […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 5 Part 1
5-1 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Chapter 05 Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship Answer Key True / False Questions 1. The classical decision-making model […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 4 Part 5
88. Explain briefly the role of a distributor. If distributors become powerful, what will be the impact on an organization? Distribution of products is essential for organizations to get their products to their customers in a timely fashion. Distributors are […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 4 Part 4
76. The degree to which people in a society accept the idea that inequalities in the well-being of its citizens are due to differences in people’s intellectual capabilities is known as ________. A. referent power B. absolute power C. free-market […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 4 Part 3
Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. 52. Social structure is the traditional system of relationships established between ________ in a society. A. people and values B. […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 4 Part 2
Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 04-03 Identify the main forces in the global task and general environments, and describe the challenges that each force presents to managers. Topic: Competitive Environment 29. When a company contracts with suppliers in other countries […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 4 Part 1
4-1 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Chapter 04 Managing in the Global Environment Answer Key True / False Questions 1. Today global exchanges are becoming […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 3 Part 5
Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. 88. Why are managers a vital stakeholder group? Managers are a vital stakeholder group because they are responsible for using […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 3 Part 4
74. Terry is an HR manager who works with his suppliers and labor unions to support and encourage the effective management of diversity. What role is Terry performing? A. Leader B. Disturbance handler C. Negotiator D. Liaison A manager in […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 3 Part 3
51. Which of the following emanate from laws, customs, and practices, and from unwritten attitudes, values, and norms that influence how people interact with each other? A. Professional ethics B. Chain ethics C. Business ethics D. Societal ethics Societal ethics […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 3 Part 2
Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. 28. The utilitarian rule states that an ethical decision ________. A. best protects the rights of people affected B. produces […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 3 Part 1
3-1 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Chapter 03 Managing Ethics and Diversity Answer Key True / False Questions 1. An ethical dilemma does not arise […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 2 Part 5
84. With regard to the managerial function of controlling in an organization that has a conservative culture, managers ________. A. recognize that there are multiple potential paths to success and that failure must be accepted for creativity to thrive B. […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 2 Part 4
2-61 69. Words Inc., Co. is a printing company that approaches customers directly to know their requirements in detail, deliver the products before the scheduled time, and receive feedback from the customers. Which of the following cultures does it exemplify? […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 2 Part 3
47. A(n) ________ value is a personal conviction about lifelong goals or objectives. A. terminal B. instrumental C. moral D. means E. competence-related The two kinds of personal values are terminal and instrumental. A terminal value is a personal conviction […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 2 Part 2
Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. 27. ________ is the tendency to be careful, scrupulous, and persevering. A. Conscientiousness B. Openness to experience C. Need for […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 2 Part 1
2-1 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Chapter 02 Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: The Manager as a Person Answer Key True / False Questions 1. […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 1 Part 4
72. Which of the following management techniques involves giving employees more authority and responsibility over how they perform their work activities? A. Innovation B. Total quality management C. Empowerment D. Outsourcing Empowerment is a management technique that involves giving employees […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 1 Part 3
54. Which of the following is a responsibility of leadership? A. Evaluating how well they themselves are performing in leading the organization B. Encouraging employees to perform at a high level to help the organization achieve its goals C. Evaluating […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 1 Part 2
1-21 30. Which of the following describes organizational performance that results in a high-quality product that customers do not want? A. Low efficiency and low effectiveness B. High efficiency and low effectiveness C. Low efficiency and high effectiveness D. High […]
978-1259545474 Chapter 1 Part 1
Chapter 01 The Management Process Today Answer Key True / False Questions 1. Organizations are efficient when managers maximize the amount of input resources. FALSE Efficiency is a measure of how productively resources are used to achieve a goal. Organizations […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 39
chapter 39 The Twenty-First Century MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. YouTube and Twitter played an important role in immediately disseminating real-time images and testimony about the events of the a. first U.S.–Iraq Gulf War. b. Arab Spring. c. terrorist attack on the […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 38
chapter 38 The Late Twentieth Century MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Tan Dun and Paul McCartney share an interest in and have appropriated techniques and ideas from a. Arnold Schoenberg. d. Steve Reich. b. Nirvana. e. Arvo Pärt. c. John Cage. 2. […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 37
chapter 37 Postwar Heirs to the Classical Tradition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In the mid-twentieth century, composers of art music in the Western tradition, no matter their country of origin or individual musical style, shared all the following priorities and goals […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 36
chapter 36 Postwar Crosscurrents MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Avant-garde techniques of electronic music composition were first enabled by the invention of a. LPs. d. radio transistors. b. tape recorders. e. DVDs. c. electronically amplified instruments. 2. Virtuosity was a self-consciously cultivated […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 35
chapter 35 Between the World Wars: The Classical Tradition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The idea that music is an autonomous art refers to the a. freedom of composers from political constraints on their work. b. need for modernist composers to market […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 34
chapter 34 Between the World Wars: Jazz and Popular Music MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Between the two World Wars, the spread of technologies and products such as radio, film, and phonographs contributed to a. the disappearance of avant-garde musical movements. b. […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 33
chapter 33 Radical Modernists MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. To what aspect of Brahms’s music did Schoenberg feel a particular debt with respect to the development of his own compositional technique? a. Brahms’s method of continuously developing musical motives b. Brahms’s techniques […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 32
chapter 32 The Early Twentieth Century: The Classical Tradition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following most accurately describes early twentieth-century modernist music? a. It broke entirely with past musical traditions. b. It maintained historical musical styles while rejecting the […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 31
chapter 31 The Early Twentieth Century: Vernacular Music MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The expression “long nineteenth century” denotes historians’ view of the nineteenth century as a. more violent and tumultuous than previous centuries. b. beginning with the French Revolution and extending […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 30
chapter 30 Diverging Traditions in the Later Nineteenth Century MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. One of the principal goals of France’s Société Nationale de Musique was to a. rehabilitate the reputation of German orchestral music in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War. […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 29
chapter 29 Late Romanticism in German Musical Culture MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The most popularized, divisive aesthetic conflict among musicians and composers in the second half of the nineteenth century was that between adherents of a. Beethoven and Brahms. d. Bach […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 28
chapter 28 Opera and Musical Theater in the Later Nineteenth Century MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. World fairs during the 1880s and 1890s immediately influenced European musical culture by showcasing the music of a. Latin America. d. the American Pacific Northwest. b. […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 27
chapter 27 Romantic Opera and Musical Theater to Midcentury MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Consider the quote: “the composer [has not] made the least concession to passing fashion or to the even more imperious demands of singers and their vanity. He was […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 26
chapter 26 Romanticism in Classic Forms: Choral, Chamber, and Orchestral Music MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The first repertoire of the eighteenth century to be absorbed into a permanent canon of admired works in the nineteenth century was the a. chamber music […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 25
chapter 25 The Romantic Generation: Song and Piano Music MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Romantic composers’ emphases on the expression of individuality in their works is most closely related to the a. social mobility engendered by the French Revolution. b. technological advancements […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 24
chapter 24 Revolution and Change MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The Paris Conservatory was an important institution because it was a. a step toward the democratization of music education. b. the last cultural institution established by Louis XVI. c. the first private […]
978-0393668179 Chapter 23
chapter 23 Classical Music in the Late Eighteenth Century MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Today Joseph Haydn is best remembered for his a. operas and oratorios. d. string quartets and piano concertos. b. piano sonatas and concertos. e. string quartets and symphonies. […]