Management Test 1 TF

Réussis tes devoirs et examens dès maintenant avec Quizwiz!

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


Ensembles d'études connexes

Production & Operations Management Chapter 13

View Set

Chapter 4 Section Assessment (1-33)

View Set

APES 1.8 Notes - Primary Productivity

View Set