MGT173 Quiz 2 Wk 3-4

Interpersonal power is derived mainly from the authority of one's formal position -True -False

True

Other than legitimate power, the other 4 types of interpersonal power include all of the following except: a) reward power b) coercive power c) expert power d) referent power e) control power

Control power

Span of control refers to a) how long a manger has been in power b) how many hierarchical levels a manger oversees c) the number of subordinates reporting directly to a single manager d) the principal that every manager's power is time-limited

the number of subordinates reporting directly to a single managers

Coordination and integration in the organizational design literature refers to: a) ways to achieve unity of effort by all participants in an organization b) striving to standardize work so that each employee performs tasks in exactly the same way c) the process of ensuring that work groups are working well together d) process by which a new employee is socialized into an organization

ways to achieve unit of effort by all participants in an organization

Which of the following is an example of a manager's use of reward power? a) promotion b) flexible work schedule c) pay raise d) all of the above

All of the above

Your manager informs you that he is promoting you from Researcher to Senior Researcher of the project you have been working on. Unfortunately, funding is tight so you will not be reward with a pay raise. Which of the 5 levels of needs on Maslow's Hierachy of Needs is your manager attempting to satisfy with thie promotion? a) self-actualization b) social activity c) safety and security d) Physiological e) Ego

Ego

Specialization means expertise based on a) education b) experience c) either education or experience d) neither education nor experience

Either education or expertise

Span of control does not affect organizational design -True -False

False

The goals in Locke's Goal-setting theory can be conscious or subconscious and need not necessarily be accompanied by intentions -True -False

False

The patterns of relationships established by managers that organize humans and other program resources are considered informal designs. -True -False

False

Generally the more professionally and technically trained individual participants are, the less supervision is required, and the wider the span of control can be -True -False

True

In Adam's Equity Theory, the absolute value of the ratio of effort to reward is much more important than the perceived value of the reward, relative to effort -True -False

True

In large organizations, it is usually the mid-level managers who are in charge of organizing work groups and clusters of work groups -True -False

True

Key difference between the content and process perspectives of motivation is that the content perspective focuses on what motivates people, whereas the process perspective focuses on how they are motivated -True -False

True

Transactional leadership is facilitated by a manager's reward power -True -False

True

Transformation leadership refers to leadership that brings about major changes within an organization -True -False

True

Which of the following is not one of the five leader styles identified in Tannenbaum and Schmidt's Continuum of Leader styles model? a) autocratic b) participative c)tyrannical d) laissez-faire e) democratic

Tyrannical

The fundamental building block in all organizational designs is: a) individual position b) work groups c) work group clusters d) systems or alliances

individual position

Which sources of interpersonal power are generally restricted only to managers:? a) relative and referent b) legitimate, reward, and coercive c) expert and reward d) all of the above

legitimate, reward, and coercive

Vroom's Expectancy Theory concurred with other theories in believing that people are motivated by unmet needs, but further posited that a) people can decide how they will and will not behave to meet these needs b) people often expect someone else to meet their needs c) people expect that they can always control whether their needs are met d) people expect their needs to be met, and lose motivation if they are not met

people can decide how they will and will not behave to meet these needs

Which of the following best describes Adam's Equity Theory a) people expect to be rewarded equally for equal effort as compared to their peers b) people are more motivated when they receive more rewards than others for equal efforts c) workers should be rewarded based on equal outputs, rather than on equal efforts d) for any reward from a manger to motivate behavior, it must at least meet (be equal to) the value of the previous reward given to that same individual

people expect to be rewarded equally for equal effort as compared to their peers

Which equation accurately describes how motivation interacts with other variables to influence performance a) Performance= motivation x time x resources b) performance= (motivation+time) x experience c) performance= motivation x encouragement + resources d) performance= motivation x environment x physical and mental ability

performance= motivation x environment x physical and mental ability

Maslow's hierarchy of needs model organizes an individual's needs in the order in which an individual will seek to satisfy them: higher level needs become dominate drivers of behavior only after the lower-level needs are met. Which of the following correctly orders the needs outlined in this model, from lowest to highest level? a) physiological, safety & security, social activity, ego, self-actualization b) safety & security, physiological, ego, social activity, self-actualization c) physiological, safety & security, self actualization, ego, social activity d) safety & security, social activity, physiological, self-actualization, ego

physiological, safety and security, social activity, ego, self-actualization

Another name for legitimate power: a) certain power b) positional power c) relative power d) organizational power e) none of the above

positional power

Locke's Goal- Setting Theory, Adam's Equity Theory, and Vroom's Expectancy Theory of Choices are all key studies in which perspective of motivation? a) content perspective b) process perspective c) preferences perspective d) behaviors perspective

process perspective

Your long-time co-worker and your new manager often disagree about how best to implement a healthy project, yet most of your colleagues prefer the personality of your co-worker, and often follow his lead even at the risk of offending your manager. Your co-worker likely possesses more of which kind of power than your manager a) referent power b) expert power c) reward power d) positional power

referent power