Management 300 Chapter 1
Activities that include short term planning and monitoring performance are examples of _____.
task-related activities
Monitoring the organization's external environment, and proposing new strategies and vision are examples of _____.
Change-related activities
The ability to understand how a change in one part of the organization affects the rest of the organization is primarily a(n) _____ skill.
Conceptual
As a manager moves from lower-level management to upper-level management, which skill becomes more important?
Conceptual Skills
In a career, an individual should be primarily focused on _____.
Developing skills to qualify for the next planned job
Modern management challenges require _____ skills, the ability to establish and maintain a workforce that represents a combination of human characteristics appropriate for achieving organizational success.
Diversity
The exploration stage allows for a richer understanding of what a career might be like, and is often the basis for which career stage?
Establishment phase
Which of the following career stages is characterized by self-analysis and understanding the different types of jobs available?
Exploration stage
Which of the following skills helps build cooperation within a team being led?
Human Skills
Which of the following does NOT describe the management process?
Implementing a series of activities to achieve long term returns on investments
Motivating, leading, directing, and actuating are all words that describe which management function?
Influencing
When planning for career success, which of the following would be least helpful?
Learning to be reactive
Which management effort would most likely help women focus on important organizational issues?
Making sure that women know the top three strategic goals for the company
Which of the following refers to the ability to carry out the process of reaching organizational goals by working with and through people and other organizational resources?
Management Skill
Which of the following refers to management's use of resources, such as raw materials and capital, in meeting goals?
Managerial Effectiveness
When tasks are set up so that the output of individuals contributes to the success of departments, and therefore the organization, what management function is being executed?
Organizing
Determining which tasks must be performed to attain organizational goals is part of which management function?
Planning
How can an organization best facilitate the transfer of an employee who has a working spouse?
Providing the spouse with career development opportunities
Which of the following activities would be most appropriate for lower-level managers who want to build their human skills?
Soliciting help from a career coach
__________ involve the ability to apply specialized knowledge and expertise to work-related techniques and procedures.
Technical Skills
Researchers have found what correlation between overseas assignments and reaching top jobs in an organization?
The longer the manager worked overseas, the longer it took to reach top jobs.
Which type of manager primarily helps in providing the organization with a competent and productive workforce?
The personnel manager
Which of the following best describes the role of management?
To guide organizations toward goal accomplishment
As relationships and teams replace rigid organizational structures, how will these new structures affect women's ability to succeed in future management situations?
Women will be more successful.
The higher the proportion of total organizational resources that contributes to productivity during the manufacturing process, the more __________ the manager.
efficient