Management Exam 2

What reason do researches give for their findings that there are more communication problems in tall organizations that flat organizations

The increased number of people through thom information must pass (c)

Dorian is using a new process.... Which of the following concepts is illustrated in the scenarios

Escalation of commitment (b)

One advantage of group decision making is ....

Lowered cost of decision making (d)

Mike has just received an offer..... the negotiator is making the decision in a condition of .....

Risk (a)

The family and medical leave act on 1993 requires employers to provide up to .... Of .... Leave for family and medical emergencies

12 weeks, unpaid (b)

What is the tendency to search for alternatives only until one is found that meets some minimum standard of sufficiency

Satisficing (a)

Which of the following statements is true in the context of decision making under a condition of uncertainty

A decision maker greatly relies on intuition, judgement, and experience (a)

Employment requirements such as test scores and other qualifications are legally defined as creating .... on minorities and women when such individuals meet or pass the requirement at a rate less than 80 percent of the rate of majority group members

Adverse impact (b)

Which of the following is an example of a direct form of discrimination

An organization refusing to promote employees belonging to an ethnic minority into management (b)

Which of the following is the first step in human resource planning

Assessing past trends is usage (a)

Gadgetbug Inc. which of the following concepts is illustrated in the scenario

Centralization (c)

When ozlem buys new laptops for her department, with preinstalled software used by her company, she's making the decision under a condition of ....

Certainty (d)

What is defined as a clear and distinct line of authority among the positions in an organization

Chain of command (a)

S&L computers services has separate divisions to focus on the need of individuals consumers, small businesses, and larger businesses this is an example of which type of departmentalization

Customer (c)

What is the process of systematically delegating power and authority throughout the organization to middle and lower level managers

Decentralization (b)

As his company has grown ... what is Geert trying to establish

Departmentalization (c)

The ..... design is based on multiple businesses in related areas operating within larger organizational framework

Divisional (b)

Which of the following is an example of an objective measure of performance

Dollar volume of sales (a)

Nita owns a bakery... which of the following approaches to departmentalization would work best for the bakery

Functional (a)

Creating different teams for finance, production and marketing is consistent with ..... departmentalization

Functional (c)

Which of the following reflects an organization's investment in attracting, retaining, and motivating and effective workforce

Human capital (b)

A(n) .... Represents a special compensation opportunity that is usually tied to performance

Incentive (c)

At Omega Inc. Omega is most likely to be motivating their employees with...

Incentives (a)

Which of the following is true about the decision-making process

It requires that the nature of a particular situation be defined (b)

Which of the following would require continually adding new tasks and challenges as part of the job design

Job enrichment (d)

Lupita is trying to restructure.... Which approach to work is Lupita using

Job rotation ( c)

One of the benefits of job specialization is that it ....

Makes employees proficient at a task (a)

The ... design is based on two overlapping bases of departmentalization

Matrix (b)

A wide span of management in a flat organization may result in a manager having ....

More administrative responsibility (b)

Zereth has set up her

Objective assessment of product group (c)

Relish Inc. which of the following types of departmentalization is illustrated in the scenario

Product (c)

Nutrimax Inc. the regional managers decision about when to send the checks to the OFA is an.... Decision

Programmed (a)

Decisions regarding standard organization transactions are most likely to be..... decisions

Programmed (c)

An example of judgemental performance measures is

Ranking (a)

Nelson recently attended an interview.... The organization used the .... Method in the interview

Realistic job preview (e)

The ceo of Redd Inc. the ceo can obtain this information from the...

Replacement chart (e)

The Americans with disabilities act

Requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities (c)

What refers to a condition in which the availability of each alternative and its potential payoffs and cost are all associated with probability estimates

State of Risk (b)

Decisions made by the top managers involving strategy, such as mergers and acquisitions, are examples of .... Decisions

Structured (c)

Which of the following forbids discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, or national origin in all areas of the employment relationship

Title VII of the civil rights act of 1964 (c)

Which of the following suggest that each person within an organization must have a clear reporting relationship to one and only one boss

Unity of command (d)

The .... Is a management policy decision about whether a firm wants to pay above, at, or below the going rate for labor in the industry or the geographic area

Wage-level decision (a)