Management Final
organizational efficiency.
For a widget manufacturing company, worker-hours per widget is a measure of:
Administrative principles approach
Genex Dynamics is a ballistics company that uses the unity of command, scalar chain, and division of work principles. These are part of which management philosophy?
Use long-term contracts
In the shift from an adversarial to a partnership orientation, an organization should:
interdependent
It is often difficult to make decisions about subsystems because they are:
True
McDonalds, Burger King, and Checkers are competitors since all three sell fast food to individuals.
Spokesperson
One of the roles that a small business manager may emphasize over a counterpart in a large organization is:
True
Physical symbols are associated with the surface level of organizational culture.
True
Quadrant A represents organizations that are focused primarily on bottom-line results and pay little attention to organizational values.
setting objectives
Regina, owner and operator of a small restaurant, believes that her most important task as manager is establishing goals for the restaurant and deciding what must be done to achieve them. This involves which aspect of what managers do?
involvement culture
Roadtec Tire Company has a corporate culture that emphasizes an internal focus on the involvement and participation of employees, placing high value on meeting the needs of employees. The company is known for its caring, family-like atmosphere. Which type of corporate culture does Roadtec possess?
boundary-spanning
Roberta is a top-level executive at a banking institution. She spends a significant part of her day meeting with local government officials, everyday consumers, and federal banking officials to address key issues in the banking industry. Roberta's role can best be described as:
Liaison
According to Mintzberg, which of these is an interpersonal role?
Rational Authority
According to Weber's ideas on bureaucracy, organizations should be based on which of these?
leading
Amanda Rowley, President of Autos-R-Us, recognizes the factory employees for their outstanding performance at the monthly awards banquet on the shop floor by presenting a plaque and a check for $100. She is engaging in the management function of:
False
An achievement culture is found in an environment that is dynamic and requires high-risk decision-making.
False
An assumption of Theory Y is that the average human being has an inherent dislike of work and will avoid it if possible
True
Current employees, management, and especially corporate culture are part of an organization's internal environment.
economic dimension
The general environment dimension that includes consumer purchasing power, the unemployment rate, and interest rates is called the:
False
The individual performer is a generalist and coordinates a broad range of activities.
False
The management science approach uses qualitative data in management decision making.
False
The most recent U.S. census data show that about one-third of all babies born 2011 were members of minority group.
customers
The people and organizations in the environment who acquire goods or services from the organization are:
False
The scalar chain is a hypothetical chain that provides horizontal links between unionized workers in different departments in an organization.
Culture can be defined as:
the set of key values, beliefs, understandings, and norms shared by members of an organization.