Chap 6 Quiz

_____ planning is creating long-range, comprehensive objectives and figuring out how to achieve them.

Strategic

Managers who try to solve problems on their own without seeking advice from others in the organization use the _____ leadership style.

autocratic

Leadership is: 1. monitoring goals 2. departmentalizing work segments 3. measuring performance against standards 4. guiding others to achieve specific goals 5. developing a budget

guiding others to achieve specific goals

Feedback is an important part of which function of management? 1. Leadership 2. Coordinating 3. Controlling 4. Organizing 5. Planning

Controlling

_____ is using the least possible amount of resources to get work done.

Efficiency

T or F: Supervisory managers are the ones that primarily need to have strong conceptual skills.

False

T or F: The short-range, detailed planning that focuses on current operations is called functional planning.

False

_____ skills are the ability to operate in diverse cultural environments.

Global management

_____ is the management process of coordinating and allocating a firmâ s resources in order to carry out its plans.

Organizing

_____ is the process of arranging the structures and relationships of human and material resources to carry out an organization's plans. 1. Organizing 2. Controlling 3. Communicating 4. Planning 5. Leadership

Organizing

IN YOUR OWN WORDS... Using at least 50 words, identify and explain the first step in making a non-programmed decision.

Recognize or define the problem or opportunity. Although it is more common to focus on problems because of their obvious negative effects, managers who do not take advantage of new opportunities may lose competitive advantage to other firms.

IN YOUR OWN WORDS... Using at least 50 words, identify and explain which management level is typically responsible for implementing operational plans.

Supervisory management level

T or F: A manager who makes one-directional decisions and seeks no input from her subordinates can be described as having an autocratic leadership style.

True

T or F: A warehouse manager who is placing a reorder for maintenance supplies for delivery vehicles would be making a programmed decision.

True

T or F: Arranging a firm's human and material resources to carry out plans is called organizing.

True

Tawna Reed was hired for a top managerial position in Nike Corporation because she had creative ability and a good overall feel for the athletic shoe industry. Reed is said to have good _____ skills. 1. human relations 2. conceptual 3. technical 4. functional 5. strategic

conceptual

Allocation of resources, approval of projects, and authorization of budgets are all activities that a manager performs in his or her _____ management role. 1. functional 2. interpersonal 3. informational 4. coordinating 5. decisional

decisional