EXAM ONE BCOR 330
How can working with management information system (MIS) affect work-life balance?
A steady flow of business information and the need to respond can encroach on personal time; The temptation to work overtime or without breaks can lead to competition and stress.
Which of the following is an example of the Hawthorne effect?
A supervisor who frequently gives feedback to the employees who report to her—both to praise them and to let them know areas where they can improve—notices that employee productivity rises.
How might a professor use an LMS to keep track of attendance in a class that is held face to face?
At the beginning of each class period, students are required to use clickers to take a brief multiple-choice test to indicate they are present.
How do managers use personal computers for their business needs?
Communicating via email; Creating and using databases and spreadsheets
ideas that Henri Fayol identified as a guiding principle of management
Managers must have the power and the right to give orders to subordinates; Managers can expect subordinates to follow orders and discipline them if needed; The organization's interests must take priority over the interests of individuals.
An MICR reader is an example of a
POS input device
What was a benefit of Square Inc. that differentiated it from the other POS systems that were available at the time it first launched? More than one answer may be correct.
Servers at restaurants were able to process customer payments right at the table, increasing the speed at which they could turn over tables; Smaller companies and individual vendors were able to accept credit and debit cards for payment since they didn't need to invest in expensive servers or infrastructure; Employees were able to quickly ring up purchases due to the scanners and bar-coding system provided by Square, Inc.
Which of the following statements best explains why sleep is a factor in work-life balance?
Sleep is important to memory and brain health.
Max Weber believed that organizations were best supported by which of the following strategies?
The use of specialization among employees
technology options for video conferencing
Zoom and WebEx on a desktop computer; systems with cameras, microphones, and dedicated Internet connections; FaceTime and Skype on a mobile phone
Which of the following is an example of management inconsistency that employee scheduling software is designed to eliminate? More than one answer may be correct.
a manager at a restaurant consistently scheduling favored employees for the shifts with most money-making potential; an employee whose last name begins with the letter "Z" consistently not receiving his desired number of hours a week; consistently scheduling too many or too few employees to work shiftsconsistently scheduling too many or too few employees to work shifts
A search engine continually adjusts its algorithms as more data enter its servers. This is an example of the use of
data analytics
What is an important step in integrating cloud computing into a business's IT structure?
secure a dependable, high-speed Internet service
Mary Parker Follett's theory of management is based on the principle that
success depends on the flow of ideas from all levels of an organization.
The development and growing popularity of flextime arrangements can largely be attributed to
the spread of high-speed Internet and technologies such as telecommuting and teleconferencing.
A company uses an HR management system with artificial intelligence to deliver badges to the employees who have received the best scores in annual online training modules and let managers know which employees have not completed it as the deadline approaches. What function is this HR management system helping the company perform?
training
an example of an employee behaving in a way that confirms the theories of Elton Mayo
An editorial assistant is hired after college graduation by an editor in chief at a publishing house. Although the assistant's main tasks are to make appointments, arrange for conference travel, and send out review copies, the editor in chief frequently meets with the assistant to let her know details of how conferences went and how books she has worked on are selling, describing to the assistant how these sales occur and why each conference is important. The assistant finds herself staying late at work to ensure that everything is done correctly and looks forward to her meetings with her boss; A copywriter at an ad agency writes detailed copy for Internet advertisements. It is an intense, grueling job—the copywriter usually writes copy for up to 50 ads a day. Although he received little feedback, he feels pride in his work and continues to be motivated to do a good job.
What type of system is used to assist with processes that rely on a large number of inputs that frequently change?
decsion support system
What was the driving principle behind McGregor's Theory X?
employees need close supervision
According to Frederick Taylor, the purpose of management is to
make the business as prosperous as possible.
