OMS 270 Chapter 1 worksheet

________ is the study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities.

Anthropology

Lesley Torres is a project manager for the campaign "Action against Deforestation in Indonesia." She recently faced a glitch when the campaign could not be launched publicly according to schedule. Torres monitored the schedule to find the cause of the delay before speeding up the implementation process by allocating more members for the implementation phase. By doing this, which of the following functions is she performing?

Controlling

Which of the following does systematic study use to look at relationships to attribute causes and effects?

Data

The ability to understand, communicate with, motivate, and support other people, both individually and in groups, may be defined as ________.

Human skills

Johanna Reid, a campaign manager at a child rights organization, recently started working on an illiteracy project. During the project, she needs to motivate team members to attain their project milestones and direct them through different phases of the project. Which of the following kinds of functions will these tasks be covered under?

Leading

Regina George works as a campaign manager in a not-for-profit organization in Hampshire. For the upcoming campaign against genetic engineering, she is networking with managers who are working on the issue of food safety. Through her network of contacts, she strives to gain information about the stakeholders in the food industry and other lobby groups. Which of the following roles is George most likely to be playing according to Mintzberg's classification of managerial roles?

Liason

________ get things done through other people. They make decisions, allocate resources, and direct the activities of others to attain goals.

Managers

Which of the following is true regarding contingency variables?

They refer to situational factors that moderate the relationship between two or more variables.

Recent studies show ________.

attaining a balance between personal life and work is a primary career goal

According to Henry Mintzberg, a factory supervisor giving a group of high school students a tour of the plant may be termed as a ________.

figurehead

A key issue for managers in good economic times is ________.

how to retain employees

Which of the following functions do managers undertake as part of planning functions?

implementing strategies for achieving goals

Which of the following is a result of globalization?

jobs moving to nations with low-cost labor

Sally Mitchell works as a manager at an environmental organization. She is currently working on a global warming project and decides which tasks related to creating awareness about the issue need to be done. In addition, she is also deciding which members of her team will work on engaging with the public and which will work on lobbying with the government. She is also assigning people as team members to ensure that tasks are undertaken on time. Which of the following categories of functions is Mitchell undertaking?

organizing

Which of the following fields of study is most likely to involve studying organizational culture, formal organization theory, and structure?

sociology