Mgt Exam Final: Quizzes

Establishing and maintaining good interpersonal relations and being liked are characteristics of individuals who can be rated high on the need for

Affiliation

Dan, a car salesperson, is extrinsically motivated. As a result, he most likely chose his profession because of the

Attractive sale commission he received on each car sale

The concept the effectiveness of a leader depends on the situation that the leader faces a proposed by the ___ model of leadership theory.

Contingency

Please list 3 factors of effective performance feedback that contributes to employee motivation and performance

Corrective, not criticizing, confidence

A production supervisor delegates to production workers the responsibility to schedule their own work activities depending on the job requirements on the daily schedule. This situation us an example of

Empowerment

Feedback has helped a company increase its profit margin by

Enabling employees to correct their own potential mistakes before they happen

The Idea that motivation is high when workers believe that high levels of effort lead to high performance and high performance leads to attainment of desired outcomes is explained by

Expectancy

Fredy craved his first bow and arrow set when he was 5 yrs old. Since then he has handcrafted bows that he used to win world archery championships, and it is generally accepted that his bows perform better than any other bows on the market. Recently, he was hired as a production supervisor to help small archery company design equipment. Given Freddy's background, what would be the best way for him to execute his leadership role?

Explain how different techniques work to help his workers create better products

Outsourcing best for jobs that require problem solving and creativity

False

Gretchen, a construction crew supervisor, uses her coercive power effectively to motivate employees. Because of her coercive power, Gretchen would be able to

Fire a subordinate

The set of activities in which managers engage to predict the future human resource needs of their organization is known as

Human resource planning

When managers attempt to fill open positions with workers who are already working for the organization in some other capacity, they are engaging in ____ recruiting.

Internal

A computer programmer who does his or her job well because he or she enjoys solving complicated computer problems is said to be

Intrinsically motivated

A likely disadvantage of internal recruiting is organizations is the

Lack of new ideas and approaches

According to Fiedler, the extent to which subordinated trust are loyal to their superior is known as ___ relations.

Leader-member

Omar works for a distribution center. He has been receiving department shift supervisor for 4 years. Today, he started a new position as shift supervisor for all departments. Omar is the same person he was yesterday and has the same style and approach to his job, but ne now has the ability to make much larger purchases, to hire and fire people, and to move resources among departments. Omar's new powers are examples of ____ power.

Legitimate

How employees learn to perform behaviors that lead to desire consequences and avoid behaviors that lead to undesired consequences is described in ___ theory.

Operant theory

What are the 5 components of HRM system?

Recruitment and selection, training and development, performance appraisal and feedback, pay and benefits, labor relations

What is Maslow's hierarchy of needs? Please list five levels of needs.

Self- actualization, esteem, love and belonging, safety, physiology

Alaina is an associate director in medical research facility. Alaina goes out of her way to help her employees, especially if she knows they are going through a rough time in their personal life. She always shows a strong desire to help and work the benefit of others. Alaina's style of leading is ___ leadership.

Servant

Liam, a manager, strongly believes that rewarding an employee can cause motivation. Also, he believes that employee's thoughts and beliefs about the work and organization influence the employees learning and motivation. Which learning theory supports Liams' understanding of motivation?

Social

According to goal-setting theory, to stimulate high motivation and performance, goals must be

Specific and difficult

A summary of the knowledge, skills and abilities that are needed to perform a specific job is known as a job

Specification

Where is your instructor from?

Taiwan

Which of the following alerts managers that sometimes they do not need to exert influence over subordinates and thus can free up their time for other important activities?

The leader substitutes model

The premise that effective leaders possess personal qualities that set them apart from ineffective leaders is based on the ____ model.

Trait

In 360-degree appraisal, a variety of people, beginning with manager and including peers and coworkers, subordinated and sometimes even customers or clients, appraise a manager's performance

True

Professor Artem offers his students $10 if they can run around the classroom building in two mins. Ahmad, his student believes that if he does this, professor would not really give him the money. Ahmad's lack of motivation can be explained by

instrumentality

The process by which one person exerts influence over others and inspired, motivates, and directs their activities is known as ____

leadership