Intro to Business - Chapter 7

This management function involves analyzing information, setting goals, and making decisions?

• Organizing

• Planning

• Implementing

• Controlling

The staffing management function:

• includes activities of obtaining and compensating employees

• measures how well an organization is accomplishing goals

• identifies and arranges how resources need to be utilized

• involves getting day-to-day work done for the organization

Which of the following is probably NOT a mid-management job?

• customer service manager

• information technology manger

• marketing manager

• chief executive officer (CEO)

Executives spend most of their time on:

• planning and controlling activities

• planning and organizing activities

• implementing, staffing, and controlling activities

• organizing and implementing activities

Employees at the first level of management in a business are:

• mid-managers

• supervisors

• entrepreneurs

• executives

The way a managaer treats and involves employees is called:

• entrepreneurship

• influence

• management style

• leadership

In which of the following situations should a manager use tactical management?

• When working with part-timer or temporary employees

• When employees are doing work they enjoy

• When the manager wants to improve group relations

• All of the above

The combined use of tactical and strategic management is known as:

• mixed management

• mismanagement

• management by committee

• management by others

This leadership characteristic involves making decisions carefully.

• initative

• communication

• judgement

• understanding

All leaders need to be dependable, which means that they:

• are able to listen, speak, and write effectively

• can look at all sides of an issue before making a decision

• respect the feelings and needs of the people they work with

• follow through on commitments