__________ is the art of utilizing organizational resources to accomplish goals at work.

• Socialization

• Justification

• Preparation

• Management

The management function concerned with anticipating future trends and determining the best strategies to achieve an organization's goals and objectives is known as

• directing

• leadership

• planning

• forecasting

When managers work on creating conditions and systems to ensure that everything and everyone works together to achieve the organization's goals, they are involved in the __________ function of management.

• controlling

• leading

• planning

• organizing

__________ is the management function that involves determining whether an organization is progressing toward its goals, rewarding employees for doing a good job, and taking corrective action when they are not.

• Organizing

• Controlling

• Leading

• Officiating

In a company in which an effective vision has been provided

• there is no need for tactical planning.

• the economic and competitive environments tend to be much more predictable.

• employees are likely to have a sense of purpose and a common set of values.

• goals and objectives are no longer needed.

General and divisional managers, plant managers, and deans and department heads at colleges are classified as

• middle management.

• supervisory management.

• top management.

• nominal management.

The process of setting up individual functional units of the business to do specialized tasks is called

• departmentalization

• division of labor

• job specialization

• delegation of authority

Most businesses follow a logical process when performing the planning function. It is important to understand __________ before creating long-term goals, objectives, and strategies.

• the current situation

• how to measure objectives

• how to evaluate job descriptions and specifications

• the needs of secondary suppliers

Dividing tasks into smaller jobs is called

• job enrichment.

• job specialization.

• departmentalization.

• division of authority.

Because they often picture the organization as a whole and work to incorporate all departments into one, seamless organization, top managers utilize __________ skills the most.

• technical

• conceptual

• human relations

• organizing