Introduction to Management

An individual who works with and through other people by coordinating their work activities in order to accomplish organizational goals is ________.

• an assembly line worker

• a laborer

• a manager

• a salesperson

Supervisor is another name for ________

• team leader

• middle manager

• first-line manager

• top manager

________ involves ensuring that work activities are completed efficiently and effectively by the people responsible for doing them.

• Leading

• Managing

• Planning

• Organizing

Wasting resources is considered to be an example of ________.

• inefficacy

• ineffableness

• inefficiency

• ineffectiveness

Today, the basic management functions include ________.

• planning, organizing, commanding, and coordinating

• planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling

• planning, organizing, directing, and controlling

• planning, organizing, leading, and controlling

The ________ roles involve collecting, receiving, and disseminating information, according to Mintzberg's managerial roles.

• interpersonal

• informational

• technical

• decisional

Technical skills include ________.

•  experience gained by experiments that are used in performing managerial tasks

• job specific knowledge needed to proficiently perform work tasks

•  the ability to work well with individuals and groups

• skills managers use to think and to conceptualize about abstract and complex situations

 Which one of the following is true concerning the three managerial skills?

• Technical skills tend to be most important for middle-level managers.

• Conceptual skills are most important for lower-level managers.

• Interpersonal skills remain equally important to all levels of management.

• Technical skills increase and conceptual skills decrease in importance as a manager climbs the organizational chart.