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