MGMT Practice Final

Which of the following is one of the steps recommended for companies to take to reduce the risks associated with unethical charismatic leaders?

All of these are recommended steps to take to reduce the risks associated with unethical charismatics.

According to the stakeholder model, which primary stakeholder group is theoretically most important to the company?

All primary stakeholders are of equal importance

Technology cycles for low-tech products follow the typical U-curve pattern cycle of innovation

False

There is general agreement regarding what is socially responsible corporate behavior

False

____ is the extent to which people consciously understand and agree to goals.

Goal acceptance

As a leader behavior, initiating structure is the degree to which a leader structures the roles of followers by setting goals, giving directions, setting deadlines, and assigning tasks

True

Probability of effect is the chance that something will happen and then result in harm to others

True

Rationalizing or distorting outcomes may be used when other ways to restore equity aren't available

True

Stakeholders are people or groups with an interest in a company's actions.

True

Under the U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines, companies without compliance programs can pay fines many times larger than companies with established compliance programs

True

Because workplace injuries cost U.S. businesses $1 billion every week, increased safety compliance needs to become a practice, not just a theory. The goal of developing safety consciousness within the workforce requires continuous reinforcement at every organizational level. This means ____.

a consequence must be delivered following every instance of behavior

Which of the following is an organizational impediment to creativity in a work environment?

all of these

When the Chicago-based Club Aluminum Company was facing bankruptcy, one of the changes its new CEO made was to create a(n) ______ for all employees to follow in their business and professional lives. It read, "Of the things we think, say, and do: (1) Is it the truth? (2) Is it fair to all concerned? (3) Will it build goodwill and better friendships? (4) Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

code of ethics

Hot Topic is a fast-growing clothing chain targeted to the alternative teen demographic. Hot Topic's CEO Betsy McLaughlin relies on her employees to locate new trends. McLaughlin almost daily consults with her employees for suggestions on what the stores should carry. She relies on their input before making inventory decisions and treats her employees as equals. McLaughlin is demonstrating ____.

consideration

When a U.S. automaker learned that it took longer than any other U.S. car manufacturer to assemble a vehicle, it purchased newer, more flexible manufacturing systems to replace its older ones. Which stage of the technology cycle did it enter?

discontinuous change

Companies are not considered unethical if they do not perform their ______ responsiblities

discretionary

France has 14 million smokers. More importantly, smokers in France are closely associated with the French culture. So when the French government waged a war against smoking, it set as its ____ to reduce smoking by 30 percent by the end of the decade.

goal

Asa and Ruby both sell insurance. Asa is married, has three children, and a new house. Ruby is single and has recently purchased a new Lexus. According to some industrial psychologists _______.

how well their employer motivates them relates directly to their individual needs

During the ____ phase of a technology cycle, companies innovate by lowering the cost and improving the functioning and performance of the dominant design.

incremental change

According to a survey done on teaching evaluations, engineering students consider the improvement of teaching to be the most important outcome of the evaluation process. In terms of the expectancy theory, the likelihood the students feel their inputs on the evaluation will lead directly to improved instruction is called ______.

instrumentality

Which of the following is the best leadership style for all situations?

none of these

Although both Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments and the advent of professional women's sporting leagues have led to dramatic increases in opportunities for women in sports at high school, collegiate, and professional levels, significant discrepancies still exist between men's and women's sports. According to equity theory, female athletes should feel that male athletes are being _____.

overrewarded

A company implementing a(n) _____ strategy would demonstrate the greatest willingness on the part of the company to meet or exceed society's expectations.

proactive

Which of the following is a basic component of equity theory?

referents

An innovation stream moves from one technology cycle to another through the process of _____.

technological substitution

IAG (Individualized Apparel Group) formally closed its H. Freeman factory in Philadelphia in May. Jim Brubaker, IAG's division president of clothing, informed the workers of this closing one month earlier, in April. Due to ______, this decision produced strong ethical intesity.

temporal immediacy

According to the model of need satisfaction, an unsatisfied need produces ______.

tension

When Leon was hired to manage the distribution center, his supervisor advised him to "Do things that satisfy followers today or will lead to future rewards or satisfaction" and "Offer employees something unique and valuable beyond what they're experiencing or can already do for themselves". Leon's supervisor's advice was designed to help Leon become a successful leader. Which leadership theory does Leon's supervisor apparently believe to be most effective in making a good leader?

the path-goal theory

Companies need to excel at managing ____ in order to successfully manage innovation streams.

the sources of innovation

The two basic kinds of inequity are ______.

underreward and overreward