Management 101 Chapter 1

Management is the process of working with people and resources to accomplish:

• personal goals

• employee training

• organizational goals

• project completion

The management function of planning is defined as:

• stimulating high performance by employees

• assembling and coordinating the human, financial, physical, information, and other resources needed to achieve goals

• specifying the goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate actions needed to achieve those goals

  
  

• monitoring performance and making needed changes

Gathering and coordinating human, financial, physical, informational, and other resources needed to achieve goals is called:

• selection

• transference

• recruiting

• organizing

The management function that involves the manager's efforts to stimulate high performance by employees is called:

• controlling

• organizing

• planning

• leading

The management function of monitoring performance and making needed changes is called:

• leading

• mentoring

• controlling

• mobilization

The process of working with people and resources to accomplish organizational goals is called:

• entrepreneurship

• controlling

• management

• modeling

In today's global economy, most mangers engage in the four functions of management by:

• specializing in one or two functions and delegating the rest

• selecting four activities to complete, one for each function

• choosing one function to focus on each day

• performing all four functions simultaneously throughout the day

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

• controlling

• leading

• efficiency

• planning

Which of the following are the roles of top-level managers?

• Overall management of the organization

• Supervise the activities of frontline employees

• Work extensively with outside individuals and organizations

• Focus on broad strategic issues

The management function of organizing includes:

• making decisions about the goals and activities that the organization will pursue.

• assembling and coordinating all resources needed to achieve goals.

• stimulating high performance by employees.

• monitoring performance and making needed changes.