MGMT3013- EXAM 1

Jennifer founded her company in 2015.  She is planning the annual all-hands meeting where she will present the firm’s strategic plan, provide updates on revenues and introduce new products to the team.  Jennifer is likely a

• Middle manager

• Top manager

• Team leader

• First-line manager

While designing her Coachella concerts, Beyonce decided to incorporate works from Black authors, poets, and activists.  She hoped the inclusion of their message would expose the audience to new perspectives and educate the audience about the Black experience.  Beyonce is performing what role?

• Interpersonal

• Informational

• Strategic

• Decisional

Anna is responsible for the firm’s approach to climate change. She is considering purchasing climate credits to offset the business travel of her senior management team. Anna is managing for

• Competitive Advantage

• Sustainability

• Happiness and Meaningfulness

• Information Technology

Top managers make long-term decisions about the overall direction of the organization and establish the objectives, policies, and strategies for it. It is critical that top managers have strong

• Human skills

• Tactical skills

• Conceptual skills

• Technical skills

Emily is responsible for designing long haul trucking routes between five large appliance manufacturers.  She must assign drivers to their trucks, determine compensation, and plan the most efficient routes. Emily is playing the role of what?

• Leadership

• Resource allocator

• Negotiator

• Monitor

ACME Company contacts customers two weeks after delivering product. ACME is participating in what stage of the system viewpoint.

• Input

• Output

• Transformational processing

• Feedback

John leads a team of ten employees. He believes his employees lack ambition and require his constant attention and guidance. John prescribes to the human relations concept of

• Classical view

• Theory X

• Safety

• Theory Y

Which of the following principles are not a component of the classical viewpoint?

• Scientifically study each part of the task

• Carefully select workers with the right abilities

• Employees worked harder if they received added attention

• Eliminate motions while reducing fatigue for some workers

James runs a human resource software company.  His advisors are executives from Facebook, Oracle, and Stanford University.  His advisors are

• Inside directors

• External stakeholders

• Trustees

• Outside directors

Mike is a shift manager in an Amazon warehouse.  He is responsible for tracking his employees efforts and ensuring they follow all required safety requirements. When a team member was injured on the job and Amazon took no action to assist the team member, Mike decided to call the local news station and report the injury.  Mike is a

• Internal stakeholder

• Moral-rights enforcer

• Special interest group member

• Whistle -blower