Planning work Activities

Planning work Activities

Multiple Choice

________ involves defining the organization's goals, establishing strategies for achieving those goals, and developing plans to integrate and coordinate work activities.

• Execution

• Logistics

• Planning

• Operations

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is among the reasons why managers should plan?

• When work activities are coordinated around plans, inefficiencies become obvious.

• Uncertainty can be eliminated and the organization can be insulated from change with planning.

• Planning eliminates the need to set goals.

• Planning eliminates the need to measure work effort.

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements is true regarding an organization's goals?

• All organizations share the single goal of making profits.

• A single goal is more efficient than multiple goals for defining an organization's success.

• Using a single goal such as profit may result in unethical behaviors by employees.

• Long-term success is ensured if managers emphasize only one goal for an organization.

Multiple Choice

Mr. Slabaugh wants to formulate a plan that lays out general guidelines for his employees and leaves room for interpretation. Which one of the following types of plans would best suit his requirement?

• informal

• specific

• directional

• standing

Multiple Choice

Long-term plans are defined as those with a time frame beyond ________.

• seven years

• one year

• five years

• three years

Multiple Choice

What plans are preferable when uncertainty is high in the business environment?

• standing plans

• directional plans

• operational plans

• long-term plans

Multiple Choice

A standing plan is ________.

• an ongoing plan that provides guidance for activities performed repeatedly

• a plan that stands in place of a preferred plan in case of the failure of the latter

• a one-time plan specifically designed to meet the needs of a unique situation

• a flexible plan that sets out general guidelines for company strategy

Multiple Choice

In ________, goals set by top managers flow down through the organization and become subgoals for each organizational area.

• management by objectives

• management by observation

• traditional goal setting

• traditional planning

Multiple Choice

A problem associated with traditional goal setting is that ________.

• the narrowly defined goals inhibit a manager's ability to interpret them

• the high degree of reliance on employees for developing goals is not suited to many situations

• clarity is lost as the goals make their way down from the top of the organization to lower levels

• it promotes the growth of a flatter organizational structure and threatens organizational efficiency

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is the last step in MBO?

• Progress toward objectives is periodically reviewed, and feedback is provided.

• The organization's overall objectives and strategies are formulated.

• Successful achievement of objectives is reinforced by performance-based rewards.

• Action plans are implemented.

Multiple Choice

An organization's ________ goals are official statements of what an organization says, and what it wants its stakeholders to believe its goals are.

• stated

• real

• authentic

• implicit

Multiple Choice

Organizational plans can be classified on the basis of their ________.

• usefulness

• frequency of use

• suitability

• attainability

Multiple Choice

________ plans apply to the entire organization and establish the organization's overall goals.

• Departmental

• Strategic

• Operational

• Long-term

Multiple Choice

If top management set a goal that each store in the company should have sales equal to or greater than $100 per square foot per day, this would be an example of ________.

• a strategic plan

• a directional plan

• a financial goal

• a strategic goal