Management Test 1 TF

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All managers have to pay attention to costs and according to research, the best way to improve organizational effectiveness is by severe cost cutting

F

Antonio is head of the advertising department at Terrific Tortillas Inc, He can be described as general manager

F

Efficiency refers to the degree to which the organization achieves a stated objective

F

Facilitating individual employee performance is an important role for top managers

F

First line managers are the managers who have the responsibility for making the significant strategic policy decision often with staff managers assisting them in these decisions

F

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

F

In the spokesperson role, a manager forwards information to other organization members

F

Middle managers are responsible for setting organizational goals,defining strategies for achieving them, and making decisions that affect the entire organizaiton

F

Only the top managers in organizations need conceptual skills since it involves planning

F

Organizing means defining goals for future organizational performance and deciding on the tasks and resources needed to attain them.

F

Recognizing the value of employees involves the organizing role of management

F

Staff managers are responsible for the manufacturing and marketing departments that make or sell the products or services

F

The ability to motivate others is considered a technical management skill.

F

The individual performer is a generalist and coordinates a broad range of activities

F

The use of influence to motivate employees to achieve the organizations goals refers to controlling

F

Where the organization wants to be in the future and how to get there defines controlling

F

companies can survive over the long without innovation

F

the nature of management is to control and dictate others in an organization

F

A human resource manager would be considered a staff manager

T

A manager forwards information to other organization members in the dissemination role

T

A managers ability to work with and through other people and to work effectively as a group member is called human skills

T

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

T

An organization is a social entity that is goal directed and deliberately structured

T

Becoming a successful manager means thinking in terms of building teams and networks, becoming a motivator and organizer within a highly interdependent system of people and work

T

Despite the need for companies to control costs in today's economy, innovation has become the new imperative

T

Efficiency can be calculated as the amount of resources used to produce a product or service

T

Leading is the use influence to motivate employees to achieve organizational goals

T

Managers in small businesses tend to emphasize roles different from those of managers in large corporations

T

Managers least enjoy activities such as controlling subordinates and managing time pressures

T

Managers use conceptual,human,and technical skills to perform four management functions of planning,organizing,leading,and controlling in all organizations

T

Most top executives routinely work at least 12 hours a day and spend 50 percent or more of their time traveling

T

Non profit organizations such as The Red Cross and Girl Scouts, present a major application of management talent

T

One of the biggest mistakes during turbulent times is managers failure to comprehend and adapt to the rapid pace of change in the world around them

T

Technical skills are most important at lower level organizational levels while conceptual skills become more important as mangers move up the organizational hierarchy

T

Technological advances have resulted in employees becoming more empowered

T

The late famed management theorist Peter Drucker is often credited with creating the modern study of management

T

The ultimate responsibility of managers is to achieve high performance by balancing efficiency and effectiveness

T

To perform effectively all managers must posses conceptual,human,and technical skills, though the degree of each skill necessary at different levels of an organization may vary

T

When an organization is deliberately structured, it is designed to achieve some outcome, such as making profit

T

controlling involves monitoring employees activities and taking a corrective action as necessary

T

the rise of virtual work has led to a decline in organizational hierarchies

T

According to research mangers most enjoy activities such as leading others, networking, and leading innovation

True


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