MGT 325 - Weekly Quizzes || WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS.
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High-performance employees are most attracted to organization that have managers who excel in which of the following skill areas? correct answers Interpersonal skills
Managers are charged with completing the tasks that accomplish work and move the organization toward accomplishing goals. While p...
MGT 325 - Weekly Quizzes || WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS.
High-performance employees are most attracted to organization that have managers who
excel in which of the following skill areas? correct answers Interpersonal skills
Managers are charged with completing the tasks that accomplish work and move the
organization toward accomplishing goals. While performing these tasks, managers take on
different roles. If a manager sought specifically to discuss issues and bargain with other units
to gain advantages for their own unit, they would be acting in the role of ___ correct answers
Decisional roles as a negotiator
According to Fayol's list of management functions, which of the following is an example of a
manager's planning function, but NOT her organization function? correct answers
Coordinating a comprehensive department strategy
Which of the following is a difference between a manager's interpersonal role and a
manager's informational role? correct answers Interpersonal roles are mostly symbolic, while
informational roles revolve around collecting and distributing facts
A manager is given a project to complete within a certain time-frame and allocated resources
to complete that task. When that manager directs and coordinates the employees assigned to
her to complete the task, he or she is engaged in which of the following management
functions? correct answers Leading
Evidence-based management bases decisions on which of the following? correct answers The
best available data
Which of the following identifies the most important different between social psychology and
anthropology? correct answers Social psychology seeks to understand change in groups;
whereas, anthropology seeks to learn about human beings and their activities
An individual who comes to the organization having earned a degree in psychology would be
best suited for a position involving which of the following activities? correct answers
Training, job satisfaction, employee selection and performance appraisals, and work design
Tina chooses her work schedule so she can be in the house when her son Raul gets home
from school. Her son's schedule changes from day to day, depending on whether he has band
practice or wrestling practice. In this situation, Tina's schedule serves as which of the
following? correct answers Contingency variable
Individuals who come from different countries have a set of experiences that affect their lives
and the way they make decisions, and feel about the things around them. As the composition
of American workforce has changed over the years, the management of these employees has
become more complex and challenging. Which of the following describes the issues that
management contends with a daily basis within the organization? correct answers
Responding to globalism
,Many workplace changes have occurred within the last few decades. The introduction of
psychology and sociology has enabled managers to improve workplace conditions. Which of
the following would create the most significant challenges for managers in today's
organizations? correct answers Creating a positive work environment
Keith is a married, bilingual, African-American construction worker. Based on the
organization behavior model, this data represents which of the following to Keith's new
employer? correct answers Inputs
Which of the following describes the difference between efficiency and effectiveness? correct
answers Effectiveness means performing a task successfully. Efficiency means performing a
task in the smallest about of time at the lowest cost using the fewest resources.
Which of the following describes the difference between employee attitude and employee
stress? correct answers Employee attitude is the judgement made by employees about their
job. Employee stress is an unpleasant response to workplace pressure
Employees who exhibit the best citizenship behavior are the best assets in the organization
overall. If one were to identify the level or department within the organization having the
greatest influence in creating a team maximizing this phenomenon within the organization to
compliment the organizational culture, it would be correct answers Human resources
Howard and Olivia are both proud Christian Asian-Americans who wear a crucifix and have
recently graduated from college. Which of the following best describes their similarities?
correct answers surface-level
Sexual harassment is defined as which of the following? correct answers Verbal or physical
advances that create an offensive work environment
One of the diversity challenges managers have to deal with is that, in addition to differences
in the employee groups that make up their staff, people are much more mobile in today's
world. If an American manager, James, were to accept an assignment in Latin America, for
example, he would need to be particularly aware of the ___ of the workforce. correct answers
cultural identify
Which of the following identifies a typical difference between the way men and women
perform on the job? correct answers there are no consistent differences between men and
women relevant to job performance
Which of the following identifies a key difference in the way minorities and Caucasians
perceive workplace discrimination? correct answers Minorities perceive discrimination to be
more prevalent in the workplace than Caucasians do
Which of the following identifies a key difference in the way employers perceive working
mothers and working fathers? correct answers employers see working fathers as more
competent than working mothers
the ability to imagine how an object would look as if it were moved in space is known as
correct answers spatial visualization
, which of the following identifies a key difference between an employee with good deductive
reasoning skills and an employee with good inductive reasoning skills? correct answers an
employee with good deductive reasoning skills is more likely to settle a dispute between
coworkers, unlike an employee with good inductive reasoning skills
Justine has been hired for a position that requires her to perform a complex job in terms of
information-processing demands. During the interview and selection process, HR must have
placed emphasis on Justine's ___ correct answers intelligence dimensions
there are many positions within any organization that require different skills and abilities
from the people who perform each of them. For a supervisor needing to chose between two
different suggestions, HR should search for someone who has, and is able to use ___ correct
answers deductive reasoning
research has shown that women and minorities do have greater interest in employers that
make special efforts to highlight commitment to diversity. Which of the following
demonstrates the best way to apply diversity efforts when building a diverse team within the
organization? correct answers the selection process
most contemporary workplaces require extensive work in group settings. in terms of diversity
in these situations, which of the following statements about the make-up of these teams is
correct? correct answers there are some instances in which diversity in a group can be good,
but that is not universally the case, and management needs to evaluate each situation and
group to maximize productivity
which of the following identifies a major difference that is key to the success of an employee
who is demographically different from his or her coworkers correct answers whether the
organization has a positive diversity climate
Vivian is the CEO of a large corporation. Vivian has identified hidden barriers to
advancement for minorities in her company and wants to improve the diversity of her
managerial force. Which of the following strategies should Vivian use? correct answers make
advancement-selection systems more transparent
a director of human resources wants to increase the employee diversity within her
organization. which of the following would be the most effective for the recruiting process?
correct answers include photos of minority employees in management positions in
recruitment materials
CH 4 correct answers
Which of the following would be described as an emotion with a mixture of high positive
affect and low positive affect? correct answers Contentment
There is quite a bit of disagreement in the study of emotion and mood. There is agreement,
however about the six universal emotions, which are ___ correct answers anger, fear,
sadness, happiness, disgust, and surprise
Albert experiences a moral emotion after cheating on his wife, whom he still loves. Which of
the following is he likely to experience? correct answers guilt
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