Management Leadership And Employee Empowerment: Quiz
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- 1.Today's progressive managers:
- A.
Usually prefer to use the autocratic style of leadership.
- B.
Tend to emphasize teamwork and cooperation rather than discipline and order-giving.
- C.
Face fewer challenges and problems than managers in the past.
- D.
Can rely on a much higher level of worker loyalty to the organization than in the past.
- 2.
- A.
Going over a spreadsheet to analyze some financial data.
- B.
Teaching a new employee how to use a piece of office equipment.
- C.
Giving front-line workers additional resources needed to provide faster and better service to customers.
- D.
Developing a broad general strategy to help the organization meet its long-term growth objectives.
- 3.When managers identify a market trend that suggests a new opportunity and then devise a strategy to go after this new opportunity, they are involved in the function of:
- A.
Controlling
- B.
Planning
- C.
Leading
- D.
Organizing
- 4._________ analysis is used to help companies evaluate their economic environments, assess their strengths and weaknesses, and identify competitive threats and market opportunities.
- A.
WISH
- B.
SWAMP
- C.
ASSET
- D.
SWOT
- 5.Which of the following techniques would a team of workers be most likely to use if they wanted to evaluate several possible solutions to a specific problem their company needs to solve?
- A.
PERT
- B.
Regression analysis
- C.
PMI
- D.
SWOT
- 6.Ed Flavorman, the chief executive of Flavor Best Ice Cream, believes that alternative plans are almost as important as the primary operational plans because the market is so competitive and unpredictable. Ed endorses:
- A.
Tactical planning
- B.
Retroactive planning
- C.
Concurrent planning
- D.
Contingency planning
- 7.General and divisional managers, plan managers, and deans and department heads at colleges all are positions that usually are classified as:
- A.
Middle management
- B.
Supervisory management
- C.
Top management
- D.
Nominal management
- 8.Which of the following statements about effective leadership is the most accurate?
- A.
Most effective leaders share certain specific traits.
- B.
The most effective leadership style depends on who is being led and in what situation.
- C.
The democratic style of leadership will almost always improve the effectiveness of the organization.
- D.
One trait of effective managers is that they consistently maintain the same style of leadership.
- 9.At Livwell Pharmaceuticals, research personnel is told that the company would like to develop at least three new products each year and are given some general information about which types of drugs seem to have the most potential. After that, scientists and other research personnel work essentially on their own to develop new drugs. Managers at Livwell seem to prefer:
- A.
Free-rein leadership
- B.
Consultative leadership
- C.
Projectory leadership
- D.
Autocratic leadership
- 10.Ho Han has just spent two hours going over quality reports to determine whether his department is meeting the quality standards he set for the current month. Ho's efforts are part of the ________ function of management.
- A.
Planning
- B.
Organizing
- C.
Directing
- D.
Controlling
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