Quiz 1-6 MNGT

_______ is the study of the factors that have an impact on how individuals and groups respond to and act in organizations.

Organizational behavior

_______ reflects the distinctive ways in which organization members perform their jobs and relate to others to achieve organizational goals.

Organizational culture

_______ is the process through which people select, organize, and interpret sensory input to give meaning and order to the world around them.

Perception

Thor always has the tendency to selects the first acceptable solution without engaging in additional effort to identify the best solution. Thor's tendency describes which of the following?

Satisficing

_______ is/are your company's views on its duty or obligation to make decisions that protect, enhance, and promote the welfare and well-being of society as a whole.

Social responsibility

1 out of 1 points _______ diversity requires that managers be sensitive and responsive to the needs and concerns of individuals who might not be as well off as others.

Socioeconomic

Middle managers are

expected to make specific decisions about the production of goods and services.

The center of an egg is called the:

yolk

In the 1989 movie, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, the two main characters brought this American president into the future through the use of their magic phone booth.

Abraham Lincoln

According to McClelland, the need for _______ is exemplified by people who set clear goals for themselves and like to receive performance feedback.

Achievement

_______ refers to a formal system of organization and administration designed to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

Bureaucracy

_______ justice is basing employees' promotions on their meaningful contributions, independent of ethnicity, age, or gender.

Distributive

_______ capital flows through the processes of overseas investment, credit, lending, and aid.

Financial

If you shift your car into reverse and then press the gas pedal, which direction will the car move?

backward

_______ is a management technique that involves giving employees more authority and responsibility over how they perform their work activities.

empowerment

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination

in employment decisions on the basis of race, religion, sex, color, or national origin.

A(n) _______ value is a personal belief or opinion about desired modes of conduct or ways of behaving.

instrumental

Which managerial task does a manager perform when he/she articulates a clear organizational vision for the organization's members to accomplish?

leading

According to Fayol, _______ refers to the chain of command extending from the top to the bottom of an organization.

line of authority

Ultron gives a talk to his employees about standards that govern how members of their profession should conduct themselves. He is talking about _______ ethics.

occupational

A(n) _______ is a collection of people who work together and coordinate their actions to achieve a wide variety of goals.

organization

According to your textbook, one thing that it is important to remember about shareholders is they

play an important role, but are technically not the company's only stakeholder group.

Political capital is the flow of

power and influence around the world using diplomacy, persuasion, aggression, and force of arms.

The utilitarian rule states that an ethical decision is one that

produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people

Frederick W. Taylor is best known for defining the techniques of

scientific management

The general environment includes

the wide-ranging global, technological, sociocultural, and political forces that affect organizations.

"a man a plan a canal panama" spelled backwards is "a man a plan a canal panama"

true

According to Hofstede, individualist societies

value personal freedom, personal success, and self-expression.

Managers who are low on extraversion tend to

view the world and their life with little optimism.