Quiz Ch 6 BA_1301

Alysha Johnson is a manager who communicates effectively, successfully motivates and leads her workers, and allows them leeway in making decisions. Copeland is said to have good:

strategic techniques (but is wrong...)

_____ is the set of attitudes, values, and standards that distinguishes one organization from another.

Corporate culture

Kent Huston is a middle manager at a management consulting company. He has the ability to negotiate, impress the right people, and make the right connections. Huston has _____ skills.

human relations

Pele Arnaz is a plant foreman for a generator manufacturer. He spends his day carrying out operational plans for the ongoing daily activities of the plant. Arnaz is a _____ manager.

supervisory

The specialized knowledge and ability that a person brings to a job, such as computer programming, is called a(n) ______ skill.

technical

The CEO of Whole Foods Markets is John Mackey. It has a set of quirky management rules that makes Whole Foods an odd but effective workplace. Every store is divided into about eight functional teams: An employee is hired provisionally to a store team. After four weeks of work, the team votes whether to hire him or her; a two-thirds yes vote is necessary to join the staff permanently. Which leadership style appears to be used by Whole Foods?

Democratic (participative)

The ability to view an organization as a whole, to understand how the various parts fit together, and how it relates to other organizations is a(n) _____ skill.

conceptual

A clothing wholesaler that buys most of its inventory from manufacturers in the Caribbean should have a _____ plan in the event a hurricane demolishes the manufacturing facility of one of its principal suppliers.

contingency

Victorinox is the name of the company that manufactures Swiss army knives. As a result of new regulations governing what passengers could carry with them on airplane trips, the company has lost 30 percent of its business. In other companies, this might have led to business failure, but because Victorinox had _____ plans, it was able to continue to operate profitably.

contingency

Strategic planning is long-range, formulated by top management, and made as if the company operated in a vacuum

false

Dean Jager is the supervisor of the volunteer staff at the Booth Western Art Museum. He makes the work assignments, determines work schedules, and makes sure the museum uses all its volunteer staff efficiently. Jager is involved in _____ planning.

operational

Manila Water, the provider of the water and sewerage services in the capital of the Philippines has purchased the government owned water and sewerage system for the entire country. It promises to make the nation's water and sewerage system run as efficiently and profitably as the one it operates in Manila. The development, maintenance, and allocation of resources to achieve its goal will require:

planning

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

true

Control is the mechanism for making sure the other three managerial functions--planning, organizing, and leadership--are operating smoothly.

true

Management is the process of guiding the development, maintenance, and allocation of objectives.

true