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MANAGEMENT EXAM 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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MANAGEMENT EXAM 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024 if a sales department supervisor is held accountable by a middle manager for the departments performance, on whom is the department supervisor dependent in making this performance possible? a) Board of Directors b) Top management c) Customers or clients d) Department sales person - ANSWER Department sales person The management function of ____ is being activated when a bookstore manager measures daily sales in the magazine section and compares them with daily sales targets. a. planning b. agenda setting c. controlling d. delegating - ANSWER Controlling The process of building and maintaining good working relationships with others who may someday help a manager to implement his or her work agendas is called ____. a. governance b. networking c. emotional intelligence d. entrepreneurship - ANSWER Networking According to Robert Katz, ____ skills are more likely to be emphasized by top managers than by first -line managers. a. human b. conceptual c. informational d. technical - ANSWER Conceptual An effective manager is someone who helps others to achieve high levels of both ____ and ____. a. pay; satisfaction b. performance; satisfaction c. performance; pay d. pay; quality of work life - ANSWER Performance; sastifaction ____ is the active oversight by boards of directors of top management decisions in such areas as corporate strategy and financial reporting. a. Value chain analysis b. Productivity c. Outsourcing d. Corporate governance - ANSWER Corporate Governance When a manager denies promotion to a qualified worker simply because of personally disliking her because she is Hispanic, this is an example of ____. a. discrimination b. accountability c. self -management d. a free -agent economy - ANSWER Discrimination A company buys cloth in one country, has designs made in another country, has the garments sewn in another country, and sells the finished product in yet other countries. This firm is actively engaging in the practice of ____. a. job migration b. performance effectiveness c. value creation d. global sourcing - ANSWER Global Sourcing The intellectual capital equation states: Intellectual Capital × _______ = Commitment. a. Diversity b. Confidence c. Competency d. Communication - ANSWER Competency If the direction in managerial work today is away from command and control, what is it toward? a. Coaching and facilitating b. Telling and selling c. Pushing and pulling d. Carrot and stick - ANSWER Coaching and Facilitating The manager's role in the "upside -down pyramid" view of organizations is best described as providing ____ so that operating workers can directly serve ____. a. direction; top management b. leadership; organizational goals c. support; customers d. agendas; networking - ANSWER Support; customers When a team leader clarifies desired work targets and deadlines for a work team, he or she is fulfilling the management function of ____. a. planning b. delegating c. controlling d. supervising - ANSWER Planning The research of Mintzberg and others concludes that most managers ____. a. work at a leisurely pace. b. have blocks of private time for planning. c. always live with the pressures of performance responsibility. d. have the advantages of short workweeks. - ANSWER always live with the pressures of performance responsibility. Emotional intelligence helps us to manage ourselves and our relationships effectively. Someone who is high in emotional intelligence will have the capacity to ____, an ability to think before acting and to control potentially disruptive emotions and action s. a. set agendas b. show motivation c. self -regulate d. act as a leader - ANSWER Self -regulate Which of the following is a responsibility that is most associated with the work of a CEO, or chief executive officer, of a large company? a. Aligning the company with changes in the external environment b. Reviewing annual pay raises for all employees c. Monitoring short -term performance of lower -level task forces and committeesThe benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
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