Intro to Business - Chapter 6
Among managers there are three distinctive leadership styles. They are:
autocratic, participative, and free-rein
Which of the following is NOT one of the four functions of management?
Budgeting
Feedback is an important part of which function of management?
Controlling
_____ is the set of attitudes, values, and standards that distinguishes one organization from another.
Corporate culture
All of the following are human relations skills EXCEPT:
ability to program a computer
_____ means giving employees increased autonomy and discretion to make decisions as well as control over the resources needed to make those decisions.
Empowerment
_____ skills refer to a manager's ability to operate in diverse cultural environments.
Global management
Which of the following is NOT one of the five key types of power?
Influential
_____ is the process of guiding and motivating others toward the achievement of organizational goals.
Leadership
_____ is the process of arranging the structures and relationships of human and material resources to carry out an organization's plans.
Organizing
_____ planning is the creation of long-range, comprehensive objectives and the development of long-term courses of action.
Strategic
The ability to view an organization as a whole, to understand how the various parts fit together, and how it relates to other organizations is a(n) _____ skill.
conceptual
The three types of participative leaders are:
consensual leaders, democratic leaders, and consultative leaders
Allocation of resources, approval of projects, and authorization of budgets are all activities that a manager performs in his or her _____ management role.
decisional
As an informational manager, Lia Morris would do all of the following EXCEPT:
direct and counsel subordinates in daily activities
Top management usually performs all of the following tasks EXCEPT:
direct workers on the assembly line
In the _____ management role, managers act as liaisons and develop and maintain contacts outside their own departments.
interpersonal
The three basic roles of management are:
interpersonal, decisional, and informational
The lowest level of management, which usually has the most people to manage, is called _____ management.
supervisory
Management needs to be prepared to deal with problems and seize opportunities as they arise. A company often identifies alternative courses of action to be taken if events undercut a strategic or tactical plan. These are called _____ plans.
contingency