Management Final Exam

All teams are groups, and all groups are teams.

False

As the size of a group increases, so does the amount of social loafing that is likely to occur.

True

Financial rewards should be used to motivate members of teams.

True

Group think is when members strive to agree instead of trying to make an accurate assessment of the situation.

True

Skill variety is the extent to which_______

a job requires that an employee uses a wide range of abilities and knowledge

hierarchy of authority

an organization's chain of command that extends from CEO at the top down thought the middle managers and first line managers to the non-managerial employees who actually make goods or provide services

A group of organizations that join together to use IT to link themselves to potential global suppliers to increase efficiency and effectiveness is called a _____

business to business network

Organizational _______ is the process by which managers create a specific type of of organizational structure and culture so that a company can operate in the most efficient and effective way

design

What is the result of job design?

division of labor among the employees

James is a project manager for an electronics company that manufactures digital camera sensors. When he is tasked with overseeing the development of a new sensor that is both larger and more energy efficient, he assembles a cross-functional team of talented and creative people from the engineering, design, marketing, finance, and information technology department. Despite the high caliber of people working on the team, the level of innovation it is achieving is lower that James believes is possible. In order to increase the team's ability to innovate, Jame's beset course of action would be to_____

give the team room to come up with its own sensor designs, while providing guidance and resources as needed

Which of the following is defined as the organization's chain of command, specifying the relative authority of each manager?

hierarchy of authority

The term "span of control" refers to the _______

number of subordinate who report directly to one manager

Using piece-rate pay, management bases an employee's pay on the _____

number of units each employee produces

According to the Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the lowest level needs are the _____ needs.

physiological

An individual's belief about his or her ability to perform a behavior successfully is called _____

self-efficacy

The concept that proposes that motivation results not only from direct experience of rewards and punishments but also from a person's thoughts and beliefs is the _____ theory.

social learning

Example of skill variety

the job of a research scientist is higher than that called for by the job of a McDonald's food server

Which of the following best defines a group?

two or more people interacting with each other to a accomplish certain goals or meet certain needs

What kind of a team has members who rarely or never meet face-to-face, but rather interact by using various forms of information technology?

virtual