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Version 1 1 Test Bank for Contemporary Management, 12th Edition, Gareth Jones Chapter 1 -18 Answers are at the End of Each Chapter Chapter 1 Student name:__________ TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false. 1) At a recent staff meeting, Jeremy was praised by his CEO for choosing the right goals to pursue. The quality that Jeremy displays here is efficiency. ⊚ true ⊚ false 2) Patel B rothers Company uses a formal system of task and reporting relationships that coordinates and motivates its employees so that they work together to achieve organizational goals. This is an example of an organizational structure. ⊚ true ⊚ false 3) As a middle manager, Jobeth selects the goals for her team. The task that Jobeth is demonstrating is called leading. ⊚ true ⊚ false 4) Categorizing people by salary levels lays out the lines of authority and responsibility between different individuals and groups. ⊚ true ⊚ false 5) Categorizing people by salary levels lays out the lines of authority and responsibility between different individuals and groups. Version 1 2 ⊚ true ⊚ false 6) The importance of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling remains the same irrespective of a manager's position in the managerial hierarchy. ⊚ true ⊚ false 7) If you were an architect and spent your days working on design programs on the computer, you would be using your technical skills. ⊚ true ⊚ false 8) When Company XYZ needed to reduce costs to meet its annual profitability goal, it reduced levels in its hierarchy and laid off 15 percent of its workers. This is an example of restructuring. ⊚ true ⊚ false 9) A self -managed team is a group of employees who work independently but report to their respective managers about the progress of the team ’s work. ⊚ true ⊚ false 10) The building blocks of competitive advantage are efficiency, quality, innovation, and responsiveness to customers. ⊚ true ⊚ false Version 1 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 11) A(n) _______ is a collection of people who work together and coordinate their actions to achieve a wide variety of goals. A) control group B) talent pool C) organization D) focus group E) quality circle 12) Parul’s job is to use planning, organizing, leading, and controlling resources to achieve the goals of her company. Parul is performing the four essential _______ tasks. A) marketing B) management C) finance and accounting D) operations E) entrepreneurial 13) Sirita's manager is evaluating how well she uses available resources to satisfy customers and whether she is accomplishing organizational goals. This relates to Sirita ’s A) organizational input. B) diversific ation. C) organizational performance. D) product development. E) differentiation. 14) Organizational performance is most likely to Version 1 4 A) increase with an increase in efficiency and effectiveness. B) increase with a decrease in efficiency and effectiveness. C) remain unchanged with a decrease in efficiency and effectiveness. D) decrease with an increase in efficiency and effectiveness. E) remain unchanged with an increase in efficiency and effectiveness. 15) _______ is the measure of how productively an organization uses its resources to achieve a goal. A) Effectiveness B) Product differentiation C) Efficiency D) Empowerment E) Outsourcing 16) _______ measu res the appropriateness of the goals selected by management for the organization and the degree to which the organization accomplishes these goals. A) Efficiency B) Task management C) Effectiveness D) Diversification E) Differentiati on 17) Pacific Tourism is an agency that offers special holiday packages in the Pacific region. Every year, as an incentive, the most efficient and effective manager in the network gets an all -expenses -paid trip to one of Oceania's islands. W hich manager is most likely to meet these requirements?
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