MGT CH 6/7 Quiz

Grouping resources and activities to efficiently and effectively accomplish a result is called

Organizing

A benefit of job specialization is that it

is easier to train new employees

A common characteristic of a centralized organization is

Decision making by a few top-level managers

A large computer company provides well-being seminars free to its employees and provides them with a fitness facility to encourage physical and mental health. The company hopes this will create a satisfying work environment. Which managerial function does

Motivating

A manager who has the ability to see the big picture of an organization and to understand how the various parts of the organization can fit together has ____ skills.

Conceptual

A positive problem may be viewed as a(n)

opportunity

A timeline for a strategic plan can be as long as 10 years. However, the timeline for a strategic plan for a company is generally

one to two years

Common job titles associated with ____ management include president, vice president, and chief executive officer.

top

Coordinating people and the other resources of an organization to achieve the goals of the organization is the process of

management

IBM's principal reason for existing is to earn a profit for its shareholders. The means by which IBM does this is through the manufacture of computers. These two statements describe, respectively, IBM's

mission

Implementing a decision requires time, planning, and

preparation of personnel

It is important for a manager to understand the ____ of subordinates in order to encourage effective performance.

motivations

Leadership can best be defined as the ability to

influence others

Managers should avoid satisficing in the ____ stage of the managerial decision-making process.

selecting an alternative

Planning, organizing, leading, motivating, and controlling make up the

four basic functions in the management process

The leadership style advocating that a leader makes all decisions and tells subordinates what to do and how to do it is called

autocratic

The process of evaluating and regulating ongoing activities to ensure that goals are achieved is known as

controlling

The two managerial functions that compose the process of directing an organization are

motivating and leading

What is a disadvantage associated with the participative style of leadership?

the decision-making process is time-consuming

A computer manufacturer is first divided into the following groups: Home Office/Personal Use, Small Business, Large Business, and Educational Institutions. Within each of these divisions, management is organized into finance, operations, marketing, and hu

customer; function

A corporate culture is generally defined as the

inner rites, rituals, heroes, and values of a firm

A manager with few subordinates is said to have a

narrow span of control

An organization chart reveals

the company's organizational structure

When a worker has to learn only a specific, highly specialized task, that individual should be able to learn to do it very efficiently. However, this efficiency could eventually become inhibited by job monotony and boredom. This situation could be allevia

job rotation

Which of the following statements about accountability is false?

managers delegate accountability

When you encounter an organization where employees are quite intense, focused, and determined to win, you have encountered an organization with a(n) ___ culture.

mercenary

Authority and ____ are synonymous terms

power

Which of the following is not one of the four basic forms of organizational structure?

informal (4 forms are: network, line-and-staff, matrix, line)

Which of the following is a disadvantage of departmentalization by function?

this method tends to emphasize the department rather than the organization as a whole

A disadvantage of the matrix structure is that

employees have to report to more than one supervisor which can cause confusion about who is in charge of certain situations