Final ch 3 management 300

Which of the following best describes organizing? a. Assigning responsibility for task accomplishment b. Using influence to motivate employees c. Monitoring activities and making corrections d. Selecting goals and ways to attain them e. None of these choices

A

Which of these is not part of an organization's general environment? a. Technological b. Economic c. Competitors d. Legal-political e. Sociocultural

Competitors

The assumption that "If it's not illegal, it must be ethical" ignores which of the following domains?

Ethics

Which of the following refers to the code of moral principles and values that govern behaviors with respect to what is right and wrong?a. Social responsibility b. Free domain c. Ethics d. Codified law e. Discretionary responsibility

Ethics

A historical perspective provides a narrower way of thinking, a way of searching for patterns and determining whether they recur across time periods. True or False

False

A tendency to regard one's own culture as superior and to downgrade other cultures reflects an attitude called geocentric. True or False

False

Although public confidence in business managers is at an all-time low, politics, sports, and nonprofit organizations have not been affected. True or False

False

Culture shock refers to a person's ability to use reasoning and observation skills to interpret unfamiliar gestures and situations and devise appropriate behavioral responses. True or False

False

Free choice lies between the domains of codified law and ethics. True or False

False

How an organization goes about accomplishing a plan is a key part of the management function of controlling. True or false

False

If something is ethical, it must not be illegal. True or False

False

Political forces are aspects of a culture that guide and influence relationships among people. True or False

False

Recognizing the value of employees involves the organizing role of management. True or False

False

The nature of management is to control and dictate others in an organization. True or False

False

The outer layer, the general environment, is widely dispersed and affects organizations directly. True or False

False

The term "top of the pyramid" refers to the more than 4 billion people who earn the least, as defined by per capita income. True or False

False

What type of company places an emphasis on a worldwide perspective?

Geocentric

A bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 from the current federal hourly rate of $7.25 has been introduced in the U.S. Congress. True or False

True

Allocating resources across the organization is part of the organizing management function. True or False

True

An ethical dilemma arises in a situation when each alternative choice or behavior is undesirable because of potentially harmful ethical consequences. True or False

True

Business has become a unified, global field, and events and ideas that influence organizations in one country are likely to influence organizations in other countries as well. True or False

True

Current employees, management, and especially corporate culture are part of an organization's internal environment. True or False

True

Customers are the people and organizations in the environment who acquire goods or services from the organization. True or False

True

Economic forces pertain to the availability, production, and distribution of resources in a society. True or False

True

Ethics, found between the domains of law and free choice, is the code of moral principles that governs any individual or groups. True or False

True

Large international firms typically are called multinational corporations. True or False

True

Managers carry a tremendous responsibility for setting the ethical climate in an organization and can act as role models for others. True or False

True

Social forces refer to those aspects of a culture that guide and influence relationships among people. True or False

True

The three components to cultural intelligence are cognitive, emotional, and physical. True or False

True

Which ethical approach are companies citing to justify their policing of employee's personal habits on and off the job, such as alcohol and tobacco consumption?

Utilitarian approach

An organization's decision to produce a new product is in the domain of

free choice

The extent to which trade and investments, information, social and cultural ideas, and political cooperation flow between countries is called

globalization

Companies that have a competitive edge tend to think

globally

Which of the following refers to engaging in the international division of labor so as to obtain the cheapest sources of labor and supplies regardless of country?

outsourcing

Selecting goals and ways to attain them refers to

planning

Strong anti-American sentiments in many parts of the world exemplify the effect of

political forces

The decision by Paula Reid, the manager who started the U.S. Secret Service prostitution scandal in Cartagena, was based largely on which approach?

practical

Individualism is most closely related to:

social responsibility

A manager who focuses on one part of the organization, such as production, without considering the impact on marketing or sales does not understand

systems thinking

In historical management perspectives, there has long been a struggle to balance

the things of production and the humanity of production.

Which type of perspective provides a broader way of thinking, a way of searching for patterns, and determining whether they recur across time periods?

Historical

Which dimension of the external environment represents events originating in foreign countries as well as opportunities for American companies in other countries? a. National dimension b. Global dimension c. International dimension d. Local dimension e. Regional dimension

International dimension

Which of the following is an individual who must make an ethical choice in an organization?

Moral agent

Which environment includes all elements existing outside the boundary of the organization that have the potential to affect the organization?

Organizational environment

A situation that arises when all alternative choices or behaviors have been deemed undesirable because of the potentially negative ethical consequences, making it difficult to distinguish right from wrong, is considered

an ethical dilemma

Today's companies compete in a

borderless world

The concept that proposes that corporations can alleviate poverty and other social ills by selling to the world's poorest people is known as

bottom of the pyramid

Success in the new workplace depends on the strength and quality of

collaborative relationships.

The nature of management is to motivate and coordinate others to cope with _____ and far-reaching challenges.

diverse

All of these are a part of an organization's task environment except a. customers. b. labor markets. c. competitors. d. employers. e. suppliers.

employers