Quiz: Principles Of Management Chapter I
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Principles of Management, DVUO MGMT303 covering Chapter1 of the Griffin text
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- 1.A(n) ______________ is group of people working together in a structered and coordinated fashion to achieve a set of goals.
- A.
Company
- B.
Organization
- C.
Party
- D.
Committee
- E.
Business
- 2._______________ is a set of activities directed at an organization's resources, with the aim of achieving organizational goals in an efficient and effective manner.
- A.
Leading
- B.
Organizing
- C.
Decision making
- D.
Management
- E.
Controlling
- 3.Which one of the following is not an example on an organization:
- A.
Iowa State University
- B.
Municipal Employees
- C.
New York City
- D.
Royal Dutch/Shell Group
- E.
Susan's Corner Grocery Store
- 4.Which one of the following is not an example of human resources:
- A.
Faculty
- B.
Bookkeeper
- C.
Police Officers
- D.
Corporate executives
- E.
They are all human resources
- 5.Which one of the following is not one of the four categories of resources used by an organization.
- A.
Information Resources
- B.
Human Resources
- C.
Physical Resources
- D.
Financial Resources
- E.
Intellectual Resources
- 6.By __________, we mean using resources wisely and in a cost-effective way.
- 7.By _______________, we mean making the right decisions tand successfully iplementing them.
- 8.A ___________ is someone whose primary responsibility is to carry out the management process.
- 9.In its simplest form, ______________ means setting an organization's goals and deciding how best to achieve them.
- 10._____________, a part of the planning process, involves selecting a course of action from a set of alternatives.
- 11.____________ involves determining how activities and resources are to be grouped.
- 12.__________ is the set of processes used to get members of the organization to work together to further the interests of the organization.
- 13.Which of the following are the four basic activities involved in management (check all that apply):
- A.
Decision Making
- B.
Leading
- C.
Organizing
- D.
Controlling
- E.
Planning
- 14.The final phase of the management process is_____________, or monitoring the organization's progress toward its goals.
- 15.Which one of the following is not a level of management:
- A.
First-line managers
- B.
Low-level managers
- C.
Top managers
- D.
Middle managers
- 16.__________ managers make up the relatively small group of executives who manage the overall organization.
- 17.__________ managers probably make up the largest group of managers in most organizations.
- 18.______________ managers supervise and coordinate the activities of operating employees.
- 19.Store managers who oversee day-to-day operations of their respective stores, hire operating employees to staff them, and handle routine administrative duties would be an example of what level of manager?
- A.
Top manager
- B.
Middle manager
- C.
First-line manager
- D.
Low-level manager
- 20.A manager that creates an organization's goals, overall strategy, and operating policies would be performing what level of management?
- A.
Top management
- B.
Middle management
- C.
First-line management
- D.
Low-level management
- 21.A __________ manager is responsible for implementing the policies and plans developed by top managers and for supervising and coordinating the activities of lower-level managers.
- A.
Top
- B.
Middle
- C.
First-line
- D.
Low-level
- 22.A ______________ manager works to get consumers and clients to buy the organization's products or services.
- 23.___________ managers are responsible for such activities as accounting, cash management, and investments.
- 24._______________ managers are concerned with creating and managing the systems that create an organization's products and services.
- 25.________________ managers are responsible for hiring and developing employees.
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