MGMT1136 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT UPDATE
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MGMT1136 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT UPDATE
Which of the following types of skills is the understanding of and proficiency in the performance of specific tasks? - Answer- TECHNICAL SKILL
All of the following are criticisms of scientific management except: - Answer- IT DOES ...
MGMT1136 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT 2024-
2025 UPDATE
Which of the following types of skills is the understanding of and proficiency in the
performance of specific tasks? - Answer- TECHNICAL SKILL
All of the following are criticisms of scientific management except: - Answer- IT DOES
NOT APPRECIATE THE CAREFU STUDY OF TASKS AND JOBS
When managers calculate the number of worker hours required to complete a given
task, they are measuring: - Answer- ORGANISATIONAL EFFICIENCY
A subfield of the classical management perspective that focuses on the total
organisation rather than the individual worker is known as: - Answer- THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PRINCIPLE
The 15 percent rule at the 3M company, which allows any employee to use a maximum
of 15 percent of his/her work week on anything as long as it is product related, would be
considered a: - Answer- VALUE
The process that provides a systematic way to identify the expectations, needs,
importance and relative power of various stakeholders is known as: - Answer-
STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
When a manager achieves an organisation's goal, but at too great a cost, they can said
to have been: - Answer- EFFECTIVE, BUT NOT EFFICIENT
When everyone is pursuing self-direction, the greater good is ultimately served because
people learn to accommodate each other in their own long term interest. This is an
example of: - Answer- INDIVIDUALISM APPROACH
How a manager goes about influencing the activities of their colleagues, subordinates
and superiors is a key part of the management function of: - Answer- CONTROLLING
A subfield of the classical management perspective that emphasises precisely
determined changes in management practices is known as the: - Answer- SCIENTIFIC
MANAGEMENT
, A cultural attitude marked by the tendency to regard one's own culture as superior to
others is called: - Answer- ETHNOCENTRISM
A new drug has not been approved by the deferral government to sell in Australia
because further testing is needed. The company has a chance to sell its product I Asia
immediately to start recovering the costs of R&D and production three years ahead of
time. This example places the decision in which of the categories from the text? -
Answer- THE ETHICAL DOMAIN
Which of the following would be considered a visual representation of a company's
organisational culture? - Answer- ALL OF THESE CHOICES
A situation that arises when all alternative choices or behaviours have been deemed
undesirable because of the potentially negative ethical consequences, making it difficult
to distinguish right from wrong, is considered: - Answer- AN ETHICAL DILEMMA
If a leading Australian wood-chip producer decides to lobby the relevant state
government in order to increase the area of old-growth forest it has access to for clear
felling, then this would be an example of: - Answer- POLITICAL ACTIVITY (a dick
move?)
Which of the following represents a change from the 'traditional' approach to the 'new
competency' approach to management? - Answer- FROM CONTROLLER TO
ENABLER
Over the past two decades, managerial tools such as 'activity-based management',
'scenario planning' and 'virtual teams' have become popularly adopted in organisations.
Such tools are considered to be: - Answer- FASHIONS
49.Major changes underway for which managers must prepare include all of the
following except: - Answer- THE INCREASED IMPORTANCE OF ORGAINISING
50.A population's preference for a loosely knot social framework in which people are
expected to take care of themselves is called: - Answer- INDIVIDUALISM
51.Sarah believes her employees are responsible and able to work without intense
direction and supervision. Sarah is a: - Answer- THEORY Y MANAGER
52.Engaging in the international division of labour so as to obtain the cheapest sources
of labour and supplies regardless of country is referred to as: - Answer-
OUTSOURCING
53.Sustainable development includes all the following activities except: - Answer- A
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