Management Chap 01

On the job, Candice coordinates the work of a small group of people and acts as a catalyst. Her job title is most likely

• vice president
• CEO
• plant general manager
• team leader

Which function of management is most involved with energizing, directing, activating, and persuading others?

• Leading
• Controlling
• Planning
• Organizing and staffing

Controlling is primarily concerned with

• making rational decisions
• comparing actual performance to a predetermined standard
• influencing people to perform better
• laying out work in a logical manner

Evidence-based management chooses an organizational practice based on

• the best evidence available
• qualitative evidence only
• quantitative evidence only
• careful forecasts

The behavioral approach to management emphasizes

• developing systems for dealing with personnel problems
• the interaction of the firm with the environment
• finding the most efficient systems of production
• understanding people

The primary concern of the administrative management aspect of classical management was

• managing a company's information system
• teaching nonprofit organizations how to be successful
• how organizations should be managed and structured
• the application of scientific methods to increase workers' productivity

Management as a practice,

• began during the Industrial Revolution
• probably has an almost unlimited history
• dates back to World War II
• dates back to the Civil War

A key part of developing your managerial skills would be to

• forget about practice as soon as you acquire a skill
• practice kick boxing to sharpen your reflexes
• obtain feedback on your performance
• ignore the comments of others on how well you are doing

_____ can be defined as a set of activities directed at an organization's resources, with the aim of achievingorganizational goals in an efficient and effective manner

• Economics
• A theory
• Management
• Divestment

A typical responsibility of operations managers includes

• inventory control.
• sales promotion.
• accounting.
• employee development.
• benefit systems development.