Principles of Management Final
Which of the following is NOT a possible reward for a manager to use who wants to exercise effective reward power with his or her subordinates?
A standard reward for everyone
Which of the following is a factor that can cause resistance to control?
Excessive accountability
Identify the reason why organizations are unable to achieve a perfect person-job fit.
Imperfect selection processes
Which of the following is true of the strategic level of control?
It focuses on how a firm's plans help in meeting its goals
Which of the following is true of referent power?
It is based on identification, imitation, loyalty, or charisma
_____ refers to a person's rigidity of beliefs and range of interests.
Openness
Vernique, a manager, consults with her subordinates and encourages their involvement in the decision making process. Based on the path-goal theory, what kind of leader behavior is Vernique exhibiting?
Participative
Identify the inducement that an organization provides to its employees
Pay
_____ is the relatively stable set of psychological and behavioral attributes that distinguish one person from another.
Personality
_____ is the ability to affect the behavior of others.
Power
Which of the following is a form of operations control?
Screening control
Which of the following is a basic perceptual process?
Stereotyping
______ is the process of categorizing or labeling people on the basis of a single attribute
Stereotyping
Which of the following is true of leaders using consideration behavior?
They attempt to establish a friendly and supportive climate.
What measures should managers take to prevent political behavior from doing excessive damage?
They should provide challenges to subordinates.
._____ leadership goes beyond ordinary expectations by transmitting a sense of mission, stimulating learning experiences, and inspiring new ways of thinking.
Transformational
A satisfied employee tends to be:
absent less often
Charlie's belief that only luck determines what happens to him portrays that he has _____.
an external locus of control
Managers using job-centered leader behavior:
are keenly interested in performance.
Complexes of beliefs and feelings that people have about specific ideas, situations, or other people are known as _____.
attitudes
The process of observing behavior and assigning causes to it is known as _____.
attribution
In ____________ control, participation is limited and formal.
bureaucratic
The conflict individuals may experience among their own attitudes is called _____.
cognitive dissonance
The extent to which other people in the same situation behave in the same way is known as ___
consensus
The final step in the control process is:
determining the need for corrective action
A manager who displays high levels of initiating-structure and low levels of consideration behavior is most likely to:
establish formal lines of communication
An individual who experiments with new ideas and gambles on new products is said to have a(n)
high risk propensity
Performance appraisals are part of _____ control
human resources
After oil prices hit record highs and the oil companies made record profits, some of the oil company's CEOs appeared on the Today show to explain their business to consumers. This is an example of:
impression management
The third phase of the creative process is _____.
insight
The first organized approach to studying leadership focused on:
leadership traits.
Someone who is content with a low level job, is not confident, and focuses on extrinsic rewards has a (n)
low self-esteem
Creativity within organizations can be enhanced by:
making it part of the organization's culture
Quality control is a type of _____ control.
operations
Yakov is a Type A person. He is least likely to be _____.
patient
In _____________ control, the focus is on outputs from the organizational system
postaction
When followers react favorably because they identify in some way with a leader, the leader is said to possess _____ power.
referent
The more a manager uses coercive power, the more likely he is to encourage _____.
resentment
A manager who controls salary increases, bonuses, and interesting job assignments has _____ power
reward
The General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) represents the normal process by which an individual reacts to _____.
stressful events
According to LPC theory, the most and least favorable situations call for ___________.
task-oriented leadership
Organizations can benefit from turnovers if
they are trying to cut costs.
Compared to extroverts, introverts are more:
worn out by others.
Which of the following is true of organizational control?
Control can help an organization adapt to environmental change.
Which of the following is a disadvantage of budgeting?
It may limit innovation and change
Sam, the CEO of a company, has the power to take decisions related to resource allocations. His power is mainly derived from his position in the company. Which power is best demonstrated in the given scenario?
Legitimate
_____ describes activities carried out for the specific purpose of acquiring, developing, and using power and other resources to obtain one's preferred outcomes.
Political behavior
______ is the ability to affect the behavior of others
Power
Which of the following is an example of dysfunctional behavior?
Racial harassment
Consequences of organizational stress include _____.
feelings of exhaustion