mgmt 320 ch1-6 t/f quiz
Behavioral science includes the fields of psychology, marketing, accounting, and geology.
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In discussing Americans as global citizens, Keith Reinhard from the nonprofit group Business for Diplomatic Action said, "Globally, Americans are viewed by the world as quiet humanitarians striving for equality and accord."
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Mintzberg concluded that managers play three broad types of roles: interpersonal, analytical, and critical.
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Quantitative management emphasizes the use of accounting to provide the needed internal controls related to inventory.
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The organizational-management process consists of seven steps: (1) doing research, (2) establishing the mission and vision, (3) assessing the current reality, (4) formulating the grand strategy, (4) implementing the strategy, (6) maintaining strategic control, and (7) maintaining the feedback loop.
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The planning/control cycle is an order planning system in which employees work with customers to plan orders and discuss delivery times.
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To achieve a sustainable competitive advantage, La Grand Parfumerie (a company that develops women's perfumes and men's colognes) must benchmark its competition so that La Grand Parfumerie can produce the same products as its competition but at a lower price.
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Total quality management (TQM) is a partial approach to top management that is dedicated to continuous quality improvement, training, and customer satisfaction.
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Tyrone, the CEO of a large landscaping company, has been studying an article in a business publication that instructs managers how to increase profits by boosting worker efficiency. Higher profits and greater efficiency are the chief aims of corporate social responsibility, which holds that it is the responsibility of corporations to be profitable even if the other goals in the community are not met.
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When individuals or groups are in the process of purchasing a company, this action is known as being a stakeholder.
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he American research committee that promoted one world government and one world economy was known as the GLOBE project.
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George is developing a new employee schedule for his lawncare service due to the increase in business during the summer. While doing this, George is involved in organizing.
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Maquiladoras are manufacturing plants allowed to operate in Mexico with special privileges in return for employing Mexican citizens.
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Organizations cannot easily control the macroenvironment, which includes sociocultural, demographic, political-legal and international forces.
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Strategic management is a process in the formulation, implementation, and execution of strategies and strategic goals to advance the purposes of the organization.
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To save money, Paul, the owner of a struggling business that supplies fresh produce to restaurants, has been considering reducing the amount of produce in some cases delivered to busy restaurants, knowing the customers will probably not notice the discrepancy. Paul's situation is an example of an ethical dilemma.
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When Paul, a new restaurant owner, is determining which products to offer on his menu, he is involved in the management function of planning.
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