BUS 307 Final UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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BUS 307
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BUS 307
BUS 307 Final UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who conducted the first studies in goal-setting in 1935 and found that workers are motivated
by the accomplishment of goals? - CORRECT ANSWER- Cecil Alec Mace
Which pillar of management replaced Henri Fayol's administrative principles...
BUS 307 Final UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who conducted the first studies in goal-setting in 1935 and found that workers are motivated
by the accomplishment of goals? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Cecil Alec Mace
Which pillar of management replaced Henri Fayol's administrative principles of commanding
and coordinating? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Leading
Which levels of goals and plans focus on the major actions of divisions, departments, or
functions of the organization? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Tactical
Which model of decision making is driven by rational economic assumptions? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Classical
Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense is known as: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Efficiency
What are made in response to recurring organizational problems and enable decision rules to
be developed and applied in the future? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Programmed Decisions
Transferring knowledge and skills to organizations to improve their capacity for solving
problems and managing future change is the goal of which field of Management? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Organizational Development
Disadvantages of centralized decision-making include all of the following, except -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Impedes cross-unit coordination and capture of strategic fits
Which level of goals and plans are established by the board of directors and top executives of
the organization? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mission
What is it called when managers opt for the first solution that appears to solve the problem? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Satisficing
, From the Classical Management Perspective, which style of leadership do managers employ?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Autocratic
Managers who carefully consider alternatives and often base their decisions on objective,
rational data from management control systems and other sources have which style of
decision-making? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Analytical
The decision-making model that suggests the degree to which workers are encouraged to
participate in decision-making depends on the characteristics of the situation is: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Participative Leadership
In which organizational environment is decision-making authority pushed down to the lowest
organizational level capable of making timely, informed, competent decisions? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Decentralized
What is the time-frame for operational goals and plans? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Annually, Quarterly, monthly
The SMART element missing from the goal, "I will do better in my classes" is/are: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Specific, Measurable, Time-bound
The decision style in Vroom's decision tree approach that requires managers to make
decisions with employee participation is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Consult
Which level of goals and plans represent the blueprint defining the organizational activities
and resource allocations (i.e. cash, personnel, space, and facilities) required for meeting an
organization's purpose? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Strategic
Which pioneer of the Humanistic Perspective helped shape our definition of Management
today by offering two criteria (effectiveness and efficiency) necessary for organizational
survival? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Chester Barnard
The degree to which something is successful in producing a desired result is referred to as: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- effectiveness
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