Question 1How can an organization ensure that the correct tasks
Question 1How can an organization ensure that the correct tasks are
performed in order to carry out the organization’s function, and that employee hierarchies and responsibilities are clearly defined?
Select one:
a. The organization can develop a structure that is unwavering, in order to ensure long-term consistency.
b. The organization can develop an organizational structure that suits the company’s specific needs.
c. The organization can use industry-identified methods of organization.
d. The organization can have each manager develop a plan for his or her department or division.
e. The organization can focus solely on departmentalization for maximum efficiency.
Question 2What are the four interrelated functions of management?
Select one:
a. Organizing, meeting, planning, and promoting
b. Planning, promoting, pricing, and distributing
c. Developing products, planning, controlling, and evaluating
d. Planning, organizing, directing, and controlling
e. Planning, marketing, controlling, and evaluating
Question 3
What benefit do managers gain by utilizing the Big Five Personality Test?
Select one:
a. Managers can better identify employee traits and behaviors
b. Managers can use the test to improve employee performance evaluations
c. Managers can use the test to form better teams
d. Managers can use the test to identify employee strengths and weaknesses
e. All of the above answers are correct
Question 4
What term describes the act of building a management structure in which the majority of decisions are made at the top level?
Select one:
a. Decentralization
b. Delegation
c. Specialization
d. Divisional organization
e. Centralization
Question 5
Consider the following scenario and choose the best answer from the options below.
You are planning to form workplace groups, and to do so you want to gain a greater understanding of the science behind the ways in which groups are formed, as well as how group members interact. You would like to emulate a model that relies on a systematic application of behavioral sciences.
Which of the following theorists developed ideas that meet your criteria?
Select one:
a. Kurt Lewin
b. Elton Mayo
c. Peter Drucker
d. Henri Fayol
e. Abraham Maslow