Practice Quiz Org Behavior

Monitoring performance, comparing it with goals, and taking corrective action as needed is the management function known as

• remediating

• organizing

• controlling

• planning

• leading

A high tolerance for ambiguity is especially characteristic of entrepreneurs.

• true

• false

An administrator's decision about whether to have English professors teach a composition course in addition to their literature courses is an example of the management function known as organizing.

• true

• false

The skills of understanding yourself, managing yourself, and dealing effectively with others are called

• Emotional control.

• Self-control.

• Self-improvement.

•  

  Emotional intelligence.

•  

  Self-development.

______________ is the process of working with people and resources to accomplish organizational goals.

• Planning

• Management

• Controlling

• Decision Making

• Collaboration

The four traditional management functions, still relevant today, include

• Planning, leading, controlling, and organizing.

• Marketing, finance, accounting, and production.

• Planning, operations, labor, and contracting

• Hiring, training, appraising, and firing

• Marketing, management, finance, and accounting

The management function of _______________ is specifying the goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate actions needed to achieve those goals.

• strategizing

• organizing

• controlling

• planning

• leading

Planning involves which of the following?

•  

  Analyzing current situations.

• Determining rewards for goals achievemen

• Attracting people to the organization.

• Motivating employees

• Implementing necessary changes.

The planning function in the new business environment can also be described more dynamically as

• Creating conditions so that people and things work together to achieve maximum success.

• Delivering strategic value.

• Stimulating people to be high performers

• Monitoring performance and implementing needed changes

• Motivating workers to do their jobs effectively.

Building a dynamic organization is another way of describing which function of management?

• planning

• organizing

• leading

• controlling

• staffing