Management Chap 3 study guide
Which of the following statements regarding supervisors is(are) true?
All of the above are true
______ is the number of immediate employees a supervisor can supervise effectively.
Span of management
Decisions based on authority of position:
Tend to conform to the organization's strategy and policy
The lower the level of management:
The wider the manager's span of management
Which of the following statements describes programmed decisions?
They are routine and repetitive
Decisions based on intuition:
can usually be made quickly
Following up on decision making involves exercising the management function of:
controlling
The analysis of costs relative to advantages is known as:
cost/benefit analysis
The conscious consideration and selection of a course of action from among available alternatives is:
decision making
The first step in the decision making process is to:
define problem or idea
Which of the following statements is (are) true?
effective decision making requires quality time and effort
An advantage of group decision making is:
employed morale
Supervisors who give greater weight to the human side of a decision use a(n):
feeling approach
The last step in the decision-making process is:
following up and evaluating decisions
In deciding between two alternatives, the supervisor should choose the one which:
gives the greatest payoff at the lowest cost
Which of the following statements is (are) true?
if a given event is inevitable, no decision is needed
If there is only one alternative:
no decision is needed
________ is the set of circumstances that offer a chance to reach a goal
opportunity
A(n) ___________ is an existing unsatisfactory situation causing distress, which must be dealt with
problem
A(n) _______ decision is one which is routine and repetitive
programmed
Routine and repetitive decisions are:
programmed
The decision about how frequently to do maintenance servicing is an example of a(n):
programmed decision
In general, decisions are best made by:
the person in authority closet to the action
Supervisors who focus on analysis, logic, and objectivity in decision making use a(n):
thinking approach
The decisions that occur infrequently and a require a separate and different response each time are:
unprogrammed decision
Decisions that occur infrequently and require a separate and different response each time are:
unprogrammed decisions
_____ is(are) the standards used to judge the "rightness" or "wrongness" of one person's behavior to toward others
Ethics
____ is the possibility of defeat or disadvantage
Risk
Which of the following statements is(are) true?
Small decisions don't require elaborate decision-making process
Group decision making:
all of the above