Bus Ch 6,7,8

Mandy Ewing has been working as a veterinarian's assistant for almost a year. Her friend recently told that her employee was in violation of the _____ because she was not being paid the minimum wage. 1.Fair Labor Standards Act 2.Child Right to Work Act 3.Animal Planet Protection Act 4.Minimum Compensation Act

1.Fair Labor Standards Act

Which of the following is a type of on-the-job training? 1.marksmanship 2.procrastination 3.work avoidance 4.apprenticeship

4.apprenticeship

_____ is the process of hiring, developing, motivating, and evaluating people in order to achieve organizational goals. 1.Human resource management 2.Human capital provisioning 3.Workforce planning 4.Social capital management

1.Human resource management

Managers typically follow five steps in the decision-making process. The first step is to: 1.determine a manufacturing supply chain 2.recognize or define the problem or opportunity 3.conduct a feasibility study 4.check laws for licensing requirements

2.recognize or define the problem or opportunity

Which of the following statements about employee compensation is true? 1.Compensation is closely connected to performance appraisal. 2.The two basic types of compensation are pay and benefits. 3.Management is free to make arbitrary compensation decisions. 4.A textile mill would be unconcerned about what other similar factories in its geographic area were paying their workers.

1.Compensation is closely connected to performance appraisal.

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

1.decisional

The day-to-day relationships that develop in an organization but are not listed on an organization chart are called the firm's _____ organization. 1.informal 2.shadow 3.latent 4.functional

1.informal

Both Kennedy and LaGuardia Airports have established airport management committees. These structures are advantageous because it: 1.makes the coordination of activities much easier 2.the decision-making process faster 3.encourages individual accountability 4.reduces dependence on group norms

1.makes the coordination of activities much easier

_____ involves coordinating and allocating a firm's resources so that the firm can carry out its plans and achieve its goals. 1.Resource development 2.Organizing 3.Economic planning 4.Implementing

2.Organizing

Which of the following statements about the managerial hierarchy is true? 1.The lower a manager, the more power he or she has. 2.The managerial hierarchy is also called the management pyramid. 3.The number of employees being managed decreases as you move down the managerial hierarchy. 4.The amount of power decreases as you move up the managerial hierarchy.

2.The managerial hierarchy is also called the management pyramid.

The founder and current CEO of Whole Foods Markets wears cut-off jeans to work. He is a vegetarian, an outspoken proponent of green marketing, and a person who believes in eating organic foods. His views and beliefs have shaped the _____ of the supermarket chain, and all employees are expected to agree with these tenets. 1.ethics 2.corporate culture 3.formalistic ethos 4.communalism

2.corporate culture

The _____ corporation is a network of independent companies linked by information technology to share skills, costs, and access to one another's markets. 1.commonwealth 2.virtual 3.opportunistic 4.socialist

2.virtual

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. 1.remediation 2.disaster 3.contingency 4.supply chain

3.contingency

The Occupational Safety and Health Act requires: 1.employers to provide adequate fringe benefits 2.employees be allowed to retire once they reach the age of 65 3.employers to provide a safe and healthful workplace 4.employees be allowed to express sexual preferences

3.employers to provide a safe and healthful workplace

The Cooke family has worked for various General Motors's divisions for over four decades. Bennett Cooke works at the Cadillac division. Rondella Cooke works at the Buick division. Their son Tyrone works at the Corvette plant, and their daughter Niome works at the Saturn plant. The Cooke family could tell you that GM is departmentalized by: 1.labor union 2.process 3.product 4.market

3.product

Korber is the world's largest producer of cigarette manufacturing equipment. As growth in the world tobacco consumption declines, it is obvious that Korber will face a bleak future unless it is able to divest itself of its connection to the cigarette industry and start anew. In other words, Korber needs to engage in: 1.tobacco activism 2.downsizing 3.reengineering 4.situation analysis

3.reengineering

Dewayne Gibbons of Burger King decided to introduce a new sliced chicken sandwich without consulting any of his subordinates or the franchise. Managers who use this style of decision making exhibit the _____ style of leadership. 1.autonomous 2.autopilot 3.authoritarian 4.autocratic

4.autocratic

Collective bargaining: 1.is considered a last ditch effort to avoid a labor strike 2.describes the grievance procedure in labor agreements 3.is the term used for electing union officials 4.is the process of negotiating labor agreements

4.is the process of negotiating labor agreements

CMI International, a composite plastic manufacturer, wants to improve its involvement with the community, so it has established a Community Involvement Office. To fill the positions within this office, the company will attempt to find and attract qualified applicants from the external labor market. This process is called: 1.baiting 2.entanglement 3.chumming 4.recruitment

4.recruitment

Why do companies engage in outsourcing? 1.to eliminate redundant management 2.to avoid labor unionization 3.to increase foreign domestic investment 4.to cut costs and satisfy labor needs

4.to cut costs and satisfy labor needs