Management in media

Each of the following is a common characteristic of organisations except:

• They have clearly defined objectives

• They have a deliberate structure

• They exist only to increase profits

• None of the above

All managers share certain skills, functions, or roles. Which of the below is not a typical managerial role?

• A figurehead

• A go-between or intermediary

• A producer

• A visionary

Management is considered a process because :

• it consists of non-continuous actions or events

• the decisions management make maintains the current state of operations

• it is a series of non-continuous operations in which many things are happening sequentially

• it is an on-going state of operations

Media companies engage in 4 major types of activities.

Which of the following is one of these activities?

• exhibition

• production

• development

• all of the above

Talking to the media, Simon Cowell says he wants to make X Factor USA "bigger and better than anything you've ever seen before. It's going to be more extreme, more fun, more exciting…” What role is he adopting?

• leader

• representative

• liaison

• all of the above

John is a sales supervisor in a large company, who has one sales staff reporting to him. His job involves guiding his staff the ropes of selling, but he has his own target to hit. John is most likely a:

• lower level manager

• middle manager

• executive manager

• general manager

Which management level typically plans and allocates resources and manages the performance of smaller groups of subordinates?

• lower level managers

• middle managers

• executive managers

• corporate managers

which of the following is NOT an essential qualities of strong leaders?

• focus on servicing investors

• adapting to change

• maintaining open lines of communication

• making decisions

The 5 broad areas of skills required of managers exclude:

• technical & selling skills

• Conceptual or problem solving skills

• ethical correctness

• budgeting skills

Degree of skills required at different managerial levels is the same.

• true

• false

• IDK

• it depends