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MAN 320 Exam 1-Questions with Correct Answers/ Verified/ latestVersion (2024/2025)
The number one mistake made by managers who were derailed from their fast track up the
managerial ranks was that they didn't develop or possess the necessary technical skills. -
✔✔False: The number one mistake made by managers who were derailed from their fast
track up the managerial ranks was that they were insensitive to others by virtue of their
abrasive, intimidating, and bullying management style.
Mike Walker supervises operations on the chassis assembly line for a large vehicle
manufacturer. Most of his time is spent in quality control maintenance, scheduling workers,
and training new employees. Walker would be categorized as a: - ✔✔First-time Manager:
Walker is overseeing nonmanagerial workers who are directly responsible for producing
goods.
The chairs of the accounting, marketing, and communications departments at a typical
university are assuming the roles of ____ because they supervise nonmanagerial employees.
- ✔✔first-line managers: First-line managers are described as those who train and supervise
the performance of nonmanagerial employees who are directly responsible for producing
the company's products or services.
Conceptual skills are most important for lower-level managers to possess. -
✔✔false:Technical skills are most important for lower-level managers and team leaders.
At the death of her husband, Miriam McAllister became the CEO of a company that is the
world's leading manufacturer of kidney dialysis machines. Even though she was not
expected to, she quickly asked company employees to develop ideas for new products that
would lead to organizational growth in a changing environment. The decisional role she took
on was that of a(n): - ✔✔In the entrepreneur role, managers adapt themselves, their
subordinates, and their units to incremental change.
Hormel Foods had to recall 104,000 pounds of Stagg canned chili—labeled "hearty beef with
a kick of green chilies"—after the kick turned out to come from the ground-up parts of a
plastic handheld calculator. The recall was the application of which management function? -
✔✔controlling:Controlling is the monitoring of progress toward the achievement of goals
and then taking what corrective action will resolve problems discovered during the
monitoring process.
, First-line managers will most likely have to: - ✔✔First-line managers will most likely have to:
encourage, monitor, and reward the performances of their employees: This is the first
responsibility identified in the description of first-line managers.
Leon Dodd is a member of a self-managed team at Standard Aero Alliance, Inc. (SAAI). His
team's top priorities are understanding customer requirements and expectations. It would
appear that SAAI is: - ✔✔The use of self-managed teams is one management practice
suggested as a way to create a competitive advantage through employees.
First-line managers are the only managers who do not supervise other managers. - ✔✔True
Robert Rothschild Farm boosted morale and showed its gratitude to its 75 employees at its
retail store by hosting its first employee appreciation week. "It was a good mix of fun and
learning," said Robin Coffey, marketing manager. Coffey is an example of a: - ✔✔middle
manager: The marketing department is a division. A division manager is a middle manager.
A manager typically works - ✔✔before, during, and after the official workday hours
Describe a manager's works - ✔✔Reflective ( spend a large amt of time thinking about
things)
Mintzberg placed managerial work roles into which of the following categories? -
✔✔Interpersonal, Interorganizational, and Decisional
A manager assumes the ____ when he decides which one of his direct reports will receive a
new laptop. - ✔✔resource allocator role
A manager who is setting quarterly goals for the department is engaged in the ____ function
of management. - ✔✔planning
A manager assumes the ____ when he meets with a manager from another company to
discuss the possibility of entering into a joint venture together. - ✔✔liaison role
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