Management Quiz

Fill in the blank: Most of your productive years will be spent _______.

• working

• sleeping

• traveling

• studying

At some point in your life, you will either be a manager and/or you will be managed.

• True

• False

Many jobs require both ______ and _______. Fill in the blanks.

• being managed; managing others

• working alone; ignoring others

• avoiding tasks; blaming others

• complaining; procrastinating

Business is about _______. Fill in the blank.

• people

• machines

• weather

• furniture

Companies with great cultures have the advantage.

• True

• False

Fill in the blank: Management is ________, organizing, staffing, controlling, and leading people, processes, and assets in order to achieve a goal or task in the best way possible.

• planning

• advertising

• negotiating

• delegating

In the definition of management, what does planning mean? Fill in the blank: Planning is the process of ________ what is to be done, when it is to be done, how it is to be done, and who is going to do it.

• deciding beforehand

• guessing randomly

• ignoring completely

• postponing indefinitely

Patrick mapped out a course of action by:

• making a detailed plan

• waiting for instructions

• ignoring the problem

• asking someone else to decide

In the definition of management, what does organizing mean? Fill in the blank: Organizing is the process of ________ human efforts and ________ resources in an effort to achieve company objectives.

• coordinating, arranging

• separating, wasting

• ignoring, misusing

• dividing, hiding

Patrick organized his team in the Tiara’s Candles example by:

• assigning specific roles to each member based on their strengths.

• letting everyone choose their own tasks without guidance.

• having everyone work on the same task together.

• not assigning any roles and working individually.