Management Test 1 TF
All managers have to pay attention to costs and according to research, the best way to improve organizational effectiveness is by severe cost cutting
F
Antonio is head of the advertising department at Terrific Tortillas Inc, He can be described as general manager
F
Efficiency refers to the degree to which the organization achieves a stated objective
F
Facilitating individual employee performance is an important role for top managers
F
First line managers are the managers who have the responsibility for making the significant strategic policy decision often with staff managers assisting them in these decisions
F
How an organization goes about accomplishing a plan is a key part of the management function of controlling
F
In the spokesperson role, a manager forwards information to other organization members
F
Middle managers are responsible for setting organizational goals,defining strategies for achieving them, and making decisions that affect the entire organizaiton
F
Only the top managers in organizations need conceptual skills since it involves planning
F
Organizing means defining goals for future organizational performance and deciding on the tasks and resources needed to attain them.
F
Recognizing the value of employees involves the organizing role of management
F
Staff managers are responsible for the manufacturing and marketing departments that make or sell the products or services
F
The ability to motivate others is considered a technical management skill.
F
The individual performer is a generalist and coordinates a broad range of activities
F
The use of influence to motivate employees to achieve the organizations goals refers to controlling
F
Where the organization wants to be in the future and how to get there defines controlling
F
companies can survive over the long without innovation
F
the nature of management is to control and dictate others in an organization
F
A human resource manager would be considered a staff manager
T
A manager forwards information to other organization members in the dissemination role
T
A managers ability to work with and through other people and to work effectively as a group member is called human skills
T
Allocating resources across the organization is part of the organizing management function.
T
An organization is a social entity that is goal directed and deliberately structured
T
Becoming a successful manager means thinking in terms of building teams and networks, becoming a motivator and organizer within a highly interdependent system of people and work
T
Despite the need for companies to control costs in today's economy, innovation has become the new imperative
T
Efficiency can be calculated as the amount of resources used to produce a product or service
T
Leading is the use influence to motivate employees to achieve organizational goals
T
Managers in small businesses tend to emphasize roles different from those of managers in large corporations
T
Managers least enjoy activities such as controlling subordinates and managing time pressures
T
Managers use conceptual,human,and technical skills to perform four management functions of planning,organizing,leading,and controlling in all organizations
T
Most top executives routinely work at least 12 hours a day and spend 50 percent or more of their time traveling
T
Non profit organizations such as The Red Cross and Girl Scouts, present a major application of management talent
T
One of the biggest mistakes during turbulent times is managers failure to comprehend and adapt to the rapid pace of change in the world around them
T
Technical skills are most important at lower level organizational levels while conceptual skills become more important as mangers move up the organizational hierarchy
T
Technological advances have resulted in employees becoming more empowered
T
The late famed management theorist Peter Drucker is often credited with creating the modern study of management
T
The ultimate responsibility of managers is to achieve high performance by balancing efficiency and effectiveness
T
To perform effectively all managers must posses conceptual,human,and technical skills, though the degree of each skill necessary at different levels of an organization may vary
T
When an organization is deliberately structured, it is designed to achieve some outcome, such as making profit
T
controlling involves monitoring employees activities and taking a corrective action as necessary
T
the rise of virtual work has led to a decline in organizational hierarchies
T
According to research mangers most enjoy activities such as leading others, networking, and leading innovation
True
