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Which of the following is an example of a rule?
A. A general mandatory guideline asking all employees to leave their work machines in
good order
B. A statement issued by the company specifying the sales projection for the next fiscal
year
C. An informal code of conduct recommending that employees help each other if time
permits
D. A recommendation by the HR department that employees wear formal clothes during
the week
E. A suggestion by the technical department to save all work-related files on D drive
Because of the hostile external environment, AKY Consulting treats its multiyear
corporate-level plan as a _____ plan in order to maintain flexibility without losing sight
of the need to plan for the long term.
A. fixed
B. general
C. standing
D. rolling
E. business
The tasks, duties, and responsibilities that make up a job are known as the _____.
A. job description
B. job evaluation
C. statement of goals
D. job specification
E. performance feedback
As regional manager of KIM Corp., Dwight is given an operating budget of $1 million
for that financialyear and is evaluated on the basis of the amount of goods produced
based on that budget. Dwight's performance is evaluated on a(n):
A. revenue budget approach.
B. cash flow budget approach.
C. expense budget approach.
D. profit budget approach.
E. capital budget approach.
Nations forming political unions that allow free exchange of resources and capital is an
example of the political and legal forces in the environment.
A. True
B. False
The management of St. Richard's, a school in Texas, receives Martin's application for a
teacher's job. A background check reveals that Martin is gay. Martin's application is
rejected on this account. The management at St. Richard's is influenced by:
A. the social-status effect.
B. stereotypes.
C. diversity.
D. the similar-to-me effect.
E. the salience effect.
People have more personal autonomy in tall, centralized organizations.
A. True
B. False.
According to Lewin's force-field theory, what must an organization do to change?
A. Increase the forces for change and resistance to change
B. Decrease the forces for change and resistance to change
C. Increase the forces for change and reduce resistance to change
D. Increase resistance to change
E. Decrease the forces for change
Members of a _____ are linked to an organization's centralized database by computers,
faxes, computer-aided design systems, and video teleconferencing and who rarely, if
ever, see one another face-to-face.
A. boundaryless organization
B. B2B marketplace
C. strategic alliance
D. local area network
E. virtual organization
Impersonal written communication is highest in information richness.
A. True
B. False
Which of the following cases would most likely result in a team memberengaging in
social loafing?
A. When the group is excessively large
B. When individual contributions to a group are identifiable
C. When valuable contributions of individual members are emphasized
D. When rewards are linked to individual performance
E. When the group size is at an appropriate level
A group of managers analyze both the internal strengths and weaknesses of their
organization as well as the opportunities and threats of the external environment. What
type of analysis is this?
A. Mission analysis
B. SWOT analysis
C. Functional analysis
D. Diversification analysis
E. Competition analysis
