MNG1602 ASSIGNMENT 03_SEMESTER 1_2024
Started on Saturday, 6 April 2024, 12:37 PM
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Completed on Saturday, 6 April 2024, 1:02 PM
Time taken 25 mins
Marks 13.00/15.00
Grade 86.67 out of 100.00
Question 1
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Amasu Consulting is a newly established firm, which specialises in providing business
strategic consulting services. Sipho is the supervisor in the small business section and
Luthando has recently been appointed as the supervisor of the medium business
section. These two employees are responsible for short-term planning and implementing
the plans and objectives of Johnny Pillay.
The number of staff members who are directly accountable to Sipho and Luthando refers to
the ________ principle of co-ordination.
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Five years ago, Patricia Ntombela started working for Pretty Gardens Garden Services .
Today she is an operations manager in the company and the supervisors report directly to
her. There are two supervisors in the company, Jan and Petrus. Both of them determine
what activities should be performed, how, by whom, and when they should be
completed. Jan was only appointed last week as operational manager. Each supervisor
has two teams of five workers that report to them.
The process by which Patricia assigns to Jan and Petrus the responsibility and authority to
act and make decisions for accomplishing objectives in certain situations, is called _______.
a.
delegation
b.
authority
c.
responsibility
d.
accountability
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What is the difference between authority and power?
a.
Authority and power are the same concepts.
b.
Authority refers to an individual's ability to influence decisions, while power refers to the
formal rights that come with a managerial position.
c.
Authority and power both refer to an individual's ability to enforce instructions.
d.
Authority refers to the formal rights that come with a managerial position, while power
refers to the ability to influence decisions.
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