Business Management Chapter 1 Test

For employees who like their current work, moving into management means they can no longer spend much time doing that work.

• True

• False

There are a number of activities that must be performed by all managers no mater what size or type of company.

• True

• False

The primary work of all managers can be grouped within four functions: planning, organizing, implementing and budgeting.

• True

• False

A manager who is responsible for a specific part of a company's operations is known as a middle manager.

• True

• False

Supervisors work directly with employees and are responsible for translating the company's plan into action.

• True

• False

Middle managers spend most of their management time leading and monitoring results of their work teams.

• True

• False

The manager who knows how to plan, organize, staff, lead and control is ready to make decisions needed to operate a business successfully.

• True

• False

The levels of management within an organization can be described as the management triangle.

• True

• False

Executives spend more time controlling than planning.

• True

• False

Classical management is the careful, objective study of management decisions and procedures in order to improve the operation of businesses and organizations.

• True

• False