MGT 503 Principles Of Management - 01
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- 1.Which level of management makes decisions about the activities such as acquiring othercompanies, investing in research and development and building new plants?
- A.
Top managers
- B.
Middle managers
- C.
First-line managers
- D.
Non-managerial employees
- 2.A supervisor is teaching an employee to use a piece of equipment safely. Which of thefollowing skills are most important for the manager?
- A.
Technical skills
- B.
Conceptual skills
- C.
Conceptual skills
- D.
Strategic skills
- 3.The major contribution of the Industrial Revolution was the substitution of _______ forhuman power.
- A.
Machine power
- B.
Electricity
- C.
Water power
- D.
Critical thinking
- 4.All of the following are characteristics of total quality management EXCEPT:
- A.
Concern for continual improvement
- B.
Improvement in quality of everything the organization does
- C.
Intense focus on the competition
- D.
Accurate measurement
- 5.For a company such as PIA, a bank would be an example of what kind of factor in itsspecific environment?
- A.
Competitor
- B.
Special-interest group
- C.
Supplier
- D.
Government agency
- 6.Which of the following is NOT an example of an organization’s general environment?
- A.
Economic conditions
- B.
Political conditions
- C.
Social conditions
- D.
Organization culture
- 7.If a company provides job-share programs, builds a day-care facility, and only usesrecycled paper, it can be termed as:
- A.
Fulfilling its social obligation
- B.
Socially aware
- C.
Socially image conscious
- D.
Socially responsive
- 8.If a company is paying minimum wages, when necessary, and applying the minimumstandard to laws, such as affirmative action, it would be said to have fulfilled its:
- A.
Social obligation
- B.
Social responsibility
- C.
Social responsiveness
- D.
Social expectation
- 9.Which of the following describes a global marketplace?
- A.
The entire world is a marketplace
- B.
National borders are irrelevant
- C.
The potential for organizations to grow expands dramatically
- D.
All of the given options
- 10.Which one of the following items best reflects the dimension of different cultures thatexemplifies the extent to which individuals expect a hierarchical structure?
- A.
Uncertainty avoidance
- B.
Power distance
- C.
Masculinity/femininity
- D.
Long-term/short-term orientation
- 11.Attempting to understand the signs of some problem comes under which of the followingstage?
- A.
Scanning stage
- B.
Categorization stage
- C.
Diagnosis stage
- D.
Implementation stage
- 12.Which of the following is NOT a valid assumption about rationality?
- A.
The problem is clear and unambiguous
- B.
Preferences are constantly changing
- C.
A single well-defined goal is to be achieved
- D.
Preferences are clear
- 13.Lower-level managers typically confront what type of decision making?
- A.
Unique
- B.
Non-routine
- C.
Programmed
- D.
Non-programmed
- 14.The people at the bottom of the organization generally deal with repetitive and familiarproblems such as workers who are late or machinery that breaks down. As a result, most ofthe decisions made by first line supervisors are:
- A.
Ill-structured decisions
- B.
Novel decisions
- C.
Programmed decisions
- D.
Non-programmed decisions
- 15.An increased commitment to a previous decision despite evidence that it may have beenwrong is referred to:
- A.
Economies of commitment
- B.
Escalation of commitment
- C.
Dimensional commitment
- D.
Expansion of commitment
- 16.When managers avoid the rational decision-making model and find ways to satisfice, theyare following which of the following concept?
- A.
Jurisprudence
- B.
Bounded rationality
- C.
Least-squared exemptions
- D.
Self-motivated decisions
- 17.Which of the following means that you achieve the best possible balance among severalgoals?
- A.
Sacrificing
- B.
Optimizing
- C.
Satisficing
- D.
Minimizing
- 18.If a group’s desire for consensus and cohesiveness overwhelms its desire to reach the bestpossible decision, it is called:
- A.
Groupthink
- B.
Group pressure
- C.
Group decision
- D.
Group dynamics
- 19.A form of group decision making in which a group is used to achieve a consensus of expertopinion is called:
- A.
Interacting group
- B.
Delphi technique
- C.
Nominal group
- D.
Brainstorming
- 20.Which of the following is the process of developing assumptions on premises about thefuture that managers can use in planning or decision making?
- A.
Benchmarking
- B.
Project management
- C.
Forecasting
- D.
Scheduling
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