MNB1501 ASSIGNMENT 07_SEMESTER 1_2024
Started on Monday, 8 April 2024, 2:29 PM
State Finished
Completed on Monday, 8 April 2024, 2:36 PM
Time taken 6 mins 53 secs
Marks 20.00/20.00
Grade 100.00 out of 100.00
Question 1
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Taskeen Aboobaker is the operations manager for a retail company. He arranges quarterly
meetings with his subordinates to update them about the performance of the company and
motivates them to work to reach their objectives. He regularly collaborates with his
subordinates on different projects to assist them in reaching their individual and
organisation goals. Which one of the following levels of management does Taskeen form
part of at the retail company?
a.
top management
b.
lower management
c.
senior management
d.
middle management
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The correct answer is middle management. Operations managers are at the middle level
management and focus on their functional areas of management. Refer to sections 6.4 and
6.5.
The correct answer is:
middle management
The __________________________ approach forced organisations to embrace their core
activities while non-core activities were outsourced to external providers.
a.
behavioural approach
b.
re-engineering
c.
diversity management
d.
total quality management
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The correct answer is re-engineering. This approach forced organisations to embrace their
core activities while non-core activities were outsourced to external providers. Activities
such as security, cleaning, gardening services and so forth, were contracted to
organisations that focus on those functions, to cut costs and improve efficiency. Refer to
section 6.8.
The correct answer is:
re-engineering
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Sam Chauke is the marketing manager for a retail company. He arranges quarterly
meetings with his subordinates to update them about the performance of the company and
motivate them to work towards their objectives. He regularly collaborates with his
subordinates on different projects to assist them in reaching individual and organisation
goals. To which of the following functions of management, does the scenario refer?
a.
organising
b.
leading
c.
planning
d.
control
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