GB 370 Test 1

Rest stops in New Jersey have burger king restaurants. The NJ transit authority and burger king use a(n) ____________ strategy.

Strategic Alliance

For a company such as Walt Disney world in Florida, a bank would be an example of what kind of factor in a specific environment

Supplier

Which of the following skills are more important at lower levels of management as these managers are dealing directly with employees doing the organizations work

Technical

Maslow Hierarchy has been criticized by current research because

-Individuals do not need to complete the needs at a particular level in order to achieve satisfaction in a higher level -Physiological needs change as people age ---Both c and d A law firm actually billed the mother of an employee

Google CEO Larry page launched google+ with the concept of letting people group those they interact with into different social circles which distinguished it from face book. Making the distinction from the competitor was a ____ form of management.

Leader

A leading proponent of the classical view argues that anytime managers decide on their own to spend their organization's resources for the "social good" they are _____.

Adding to the cost of doing business

Which of the following statements is NOT one of the arguments offered in favor of social responsibility? *

Business executives are uniquely qualified to make decisions such as these.

The gecko in the Geico commercials is playing the _______role

Spokesperson

Abercrombie is expanding its international operations. It needs to consider all of the following challenges except

Stagnant work environment

The owner of RBJ a small family owned business that manufactures and markets fruit spreads has hired a new worker to cook the fruit used to make the spreads. The cooking process requires a large pressure cooker which must be closely monitored while in a ( didn't finish question)

Challenged the complexity of individual behavior and made predictions of that behavior

The north American free trade agreement eliminated all of the following except

Chinas roll as US trading power

____ refers to the nature of the competitive relationship between dominant firms in the industry

Competitive Rivalry

As applied to social responsibility, what function of management do things such as social audits represent?

Controlling

When Girl Scouts sell cookies at Shop Rite, they are given a place to stand. When they sell at Wal-Mart the company eventually donates to their troop. Target does not allow any Girl Scout to sell cookies in front of stores. Target is an example of the ___ stance.

Defensive

Managers success is typically ___________

Dependent of others work performance

Wal-mart is the largest retailer in the world. It successfully pressures suppliers to lower prices. Wal-Mart uses

Direct Influence

When the monitor role is combined with the ______ role, the manager emerges as a vital link in the organizational chain of communication

Disseminator

Trees are a part of a country's

Economic environment

Laws that deal with how agrichemical companies dispose of hazardous wastes are examples of?

Environmental protection regulation

T/F Awarding funds of gifts to individuals is called philanthropic giving

False

T/F High potential/high growth economies have been relatively underdeveloped and immature and, until recently, were characterized by weak industry, weak currency, and relatively wealthy consumers.

False

T/F Industry conditions are an example of an organizations general environment

False

T/F Most countries have pure systems of private ownership or pure systems of public ownership

False

T/F Organizations that take an obstructionist approach to social responsibility meet their basic legal obligations but nothing more.

False

T/F Task environments are the same from organization to organization because each company functions in the same global environment.

False

T/F The management skills required for success in the not for profit sector are essentially the same as for profit sector

False

T/F The physical work environment is becoming increasingly closed requiring people to work from home

False

Advertising for Abercrombie and Fitch uses overt sexuality to sell clothes. Ads for Abercrombie, the pre teen sizes, are moderately less sexual and products include swim wear w/ padding in the chest. Many people object to this advertising. This is example of the relationship of the

Firm to Environment

Target selected 42 schools to receive new libraries. This is an example of which area of social responsibility

General Social Welfare

A ________ business transcends national boundaries and is not committed to a single home country*

Global

Coca cola is based out of Atlanta but reaches into hundreds of different countries. The product is locally packaged but the cola inside is essentially the same throughout the world. Coca cola is edging closer to being a ____ business.*

Global (because its coming from one local place) (if it was made multiple places it would be international)

Which of the following buyers would have the greatest ability to influence suppliers?

Government negotiating the purchase of a helicopter for its army

Which of the following statements best describes the human relations view of management?

Happy Workers are producvtive workers

Two US companies Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland purchase 25% of the world cocoa supply from farmers in west Africa. These companies use

Importing

Which of the following countries is not part of Pacific Asia?

India

Blogs are used by companies to post customer feedback. This is a method of environmental scanning and

Information Management

Julie is responsive for her company's military veteran mentor program. She will have to operate the _____environment

Internal

Which of the following countries does not have a mature market economy?

Iran

The principle reason for the formation of a regional trading alliance in Europe was to reassert members' economic positions against the strength of the US and_______

Japan

The owner of RBJ a small family owned business that manufactures and markets fruit spreads has hired a new worker to cook the fruit used to make the spreads. The cooking process requires a large pressure cooker which must be closely monitored while in a ( didn't finish question)

Leader

News corporation is alleged to have tapped phones and bribed police in the UK to get leads on stories. It failed ____

Legal compliance

The NFL and team owners allow shirts, hats, blankets and many other products to be sold with team logos on them, the teams and league get a percentage of the sales. The teams have chosen to use a _____ strategy to generate more income

Licensing

Which of the following is the least intense level of international business strategy?

Licensing

Which of the following organizations would most likely to face a dynamic/complex environment

Merck

Which two roles when combined make the manager a vital link in the organizations communication system

Monitor and disseminator

Which approach provides managers with clear, objective measurable evaluation of effectiveness? a. Internal processes approach b. Goal approach c. Systems research approach d. None of these choices e. Strategic constituencies approach

None of these

New York passed a law requiring no smoking in bars and restaurants. Owners who pressure bartenders and waiters to sell to people who are smoking in order to keep profits high are taking a _____ stance toward social responsibility?

Obstructionist

The ____ stresses the importance of environmental influences on the organization

Open System Contact

The News Corporation, Smile Train, Delta Airlines and Gucci are all examples of

Organization

In the NFL stadiums are a ____ resource

Physical

A US recording company that wanted to take advantage of the fact that European teens love everything American would find it difficult to get its music played on French radio stations. French radio stations are required to play at least 40% French*

Political Legal

People in the US, Israel, and Ireland are likely to question their supervisors. This is referred to as a ________ organization*

Power tolerant

Competitive rivalry would be exemplified by

Price Wars

The fact that managers use four classes of resources or inputs to perform organizational processes suggest that management is

Resource Based

Social responsiveness refers to the capacity of a firm to adapt to changing _____.

Societal Conditions

Customers turning away from mcdonalds because their food has become disgusting to current tastes is an example of what kind of change in company's general environment?

Socio cultural change

When Kate Middleton started wearing panty hoses, sales in the UK increased 85%. That is an example of which environment?

Sociocultural

The countries in the BRICS include all of the following except

South Korea

Which of the following statements about middle managers is False?

The number of middle managers is increasing in most organizations

In Florida a vacationer could choose from over 200 time share resorts. In Vermont the choice is limited to 15. A resort in Vermont has *

The power of suppliers

T/F A goal of efficiency is to minimize resource costs

True

T/F Ethics are cultural beliefs about whether behavior, actions, or decisions are right or wrong

True

T/F The highest degree of social responsibility that an organization can exhibit is referred to as the proactive stance

True

T/F The legal political environment is important factor of managing in a foreign environment

True

T/F To be a successful manager, good interpersonal skills are essential

True

T/F Under the Sarbanes- Oxley Act, whistleblowers in the US who report suspected corporate violations of laws now have broad protection from reprisals and retaliation

True

T/F We can identify four distinct levels of international activity that differentiate organizations

True

______ is a cultural measure of the degree to which people will tolerate risk and unconventional behavior.*

Uncertainty Avoidance

The progression of firms through various levels of internationalization from exporting to licensing onto direct foreign investment is referred to as the:

Uppsala Model

All of the following issues stem from how employees treat the organization EXCEPT:

Wages and working conditions

A law firm actually billed the mother of an employee who almost died 20.000 for work that was required to settle sons pending case. The organization considers itself more important than the individual. This example is

classical

Staff sergeant tyra is a platoon sergeant. She's uses whatever style of management seems to fit the situation. Her management style fits which theory of management?

here is this outline

Topics in the field of organizational behavior include all except which of the following?

operations

A manufacturer of recyclable plastic containers is operating in an environment that is relatively free of uncertainty. This means that the manufacturer is operating in a ___ environment.

simple and stable

McAfee announced the detection of electronic spying by a foreign Olympic committee before the Beijing Olympics this is part of the __________ environment of the IOC

technological