PSU MGT 201 L1

The outcome of the controlling function should be the ability to measure the organization's performance accurately. 

• TRUE

• FALSE

The process that managers use to select the goals for the organization is known as organizing. 

• TRUE

• FALSE

Burger King developed a fat-fryer machine that reduced the amount of oil used to fry burgers by 30 percent over its current competitors. This is an example of an attempt to improve the organization's:

• effectiveness

• efficiency

• planning

• organizing.

A manager who chooses inappropriate goals for the organization, but makes good use of the organization's resources in pursuing these goals is said to have: 

• high effectiveness/high efficiency.

• medium effectiveness/low efficiency.

• Low effectiveness/high efficienc

• low effectiveness/medium efficiency

The people within an organization who are responsible for supervising the organization's use of its resources are known as:

• managers

• normalisers

• precisionist

• strategists.

All of the following are essential managerial functions EXCEPT: 

• leading

• controlling

• demonstrating

• planning.

Mr. Jake, CEO of Star, Inc. draws a picture of the reporting relationships that will occur under the new management reorganization. This is an example of: 

• planning

• leading

• organizing

• executing

The ability to analyze and diagnose a problem situation and distinguish between cause and effect is a: 

• human skill

• negotiating skill

• technical skill

• conceptual skill.

Emotions are more intense feelings than moods. 

• True

• False