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WorksheetsManagement of Libraries and Information Centers
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 13hrs 45mins
Management is using organizational resources to achieve _.
Dreams
Objectives
Success
All
The individuals within an organization who are in a position to make decisions is called _.
Managers
Teachers
Librarians
All
Directors and associate directors set policies for the entire organization and are responsible for its overall management. They are at the _ level.
Top management
Middle management
First line supervisors
All
First-line supervisors are the ones that _.
lead the activities of individual workers in carrying out the day-to-day work
responsible for management of subunits
responsible for its overall management
all
_ defines where the organization wants to be in the future.
Controlling
Leading
Organizing
Planning
Staffing
The formal structure of authority through which work subdivisions are arranged
Controlling
Leading
Organizing
Planning
Staffing
It involves hiring, training, compensating, and retaining the people necessary to achieve the organizational objectives
Controlling
Leading
Organizing
Planning
Staffing
It involves creating a shared culture and values, communicating goals to employees, and motivating employees at all levels of the organization.
Controlling
Leading
Organizing
Planning
Staffing
It means monitoring the activities of an organization.
Controlling
Leading
Organizing
Planning
Staffing
One of the managerial roles that serve as symbols of the organization and inspire people
Decisional Roles
Informational Roles
Interpersonal Roles
All
Another managerial role that keeps track of the progress, seeks & shares information, transmits official information.
Decisional Roles
Informational Roles
Interpersonal Roles
All
Skills are essential to today's managers. Which of the following skills manifest as political skills?
critical thinking
knowledge of marketing
positive attitude toward change
risk taker, flexible, visionary
It is the earliest management schools.
Classical Perspective
Humanistic Approach
Quantitative Perspective
Systems Approach
A management approach that the basic assumption is "workers are primarily economically motivated and that they will put forth their best efforts if they are rewarded financially."
Administrative Principles
Bureaucratic Organizations
Human Relations
Self-actualization Schools
Scientific Management
A management school that focused on the behavior of the individual and his or her quality of life in the organization, as well as on the needs, aspirations, and motivations of this individual and on those of the group and the organization.
Administrative Principles
Bureaucratic Organizations
Human Relations
Self-actualization Schools
Scuetific Management
A study which is designed to attempt to find a way of increasing efficiency and effectiveness by varying the levels of illumination for workers in the organization.
Hawthorne Studies
Management by objectives
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
McGregor Theory X and Theory Y
He was the Father of Scientific Management
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Henri Fayol
Max Weber
None
He was the Father of the Administrative Principles.
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Henri Fayol
Max Weber
None
According to Frederick Hertzberg, the best way to motivate someone is to _.
be satisfied sufficiently
coerced to perform
give freedom to workers to exercise self-direction
rearrange the job to make the job more interesting and challenging
all of the above
In Victor Vroom's Expectancy Theory, it is assumed that it is not enough to offer the person something to satisfy his or her needs, but the person must also be _.
paid
promoted
rewarded
trained
all of the above
It if the belief that effort leads to performance.
Expectancy
Instrumentality
Motivation
Needs
Valence
A theory that assumes that workers are lazy, dislike work and responsibility, and must be coerced to perform.
McGregor's Theory X
McGregor's Theory Y
Victor Vroom's Expectancy Theory
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Hertzberg's Two-Factor Theory
This is a theory that assumes that workers are creative and like work and responsibility, and they can exercise self-direction.
McGregor's X Theory
McGregor's Y Theory
Victor Vroom's Expectancy Theory
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Hertzberg's Two-Factor Theory
This theory believes that people have a complex set of needs arranged in a hierarchy of importance.
McGregor's X Theory
McGregor's Y Theory
Victor Vroom's Expectancy Theory
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Hertzberg's Two-Factor Theory
Motivation =
(Expectancy) x (Instrumentality) x (Valence)
(Instrumentality) x (Expectancy) x (Valence)
(Valence) x (Instrumentality) x (Expecancy)
(Motivation) x (Expectancy) x (Instrumentality) x (Valence)
It is the belief that performance leads to an outcome.
Achievement
Expectancy
Instrumentality
Motivation
Valence
Which of the following is the theory that is developed by David McClelland?
Achievement-Power-Affiliation Theory
Expectancy Theory
ERG Theory
Theory X & Y
Two-Factor Theory
In B. F. Skinner's Behavioral Modification Theory, which of the following statements does he not believe?
behavior is shaped through systematic reinforcement
desired behaviors should be reinforced
is not enough to offer the person something to satisfy his or her important needs
punishment has limited effects
Which of the following is NOT part of the David McClelland's Achievement-Power-Affiliation Theory?
affiliation
need to achieve
power
relatedness
Clayton Adlerfer reworked Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory. He argues that there are three groups of core needs. Which of the following do not belong to the group?
Existence
Gratification
Growth
Relatedness
This theory assumes that more than one need may be operative simultaneously.
Clayton Alderfer's ERG Theory
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory
B. F. Skinner's Behavioral Modification
Victor Vroom's Expectancy Theory
It is the ability to influence people toward the attainment of goals.
Existence
Gratification
Leadership
Motivation
Power
This is a planning technique that involves looking at the strengths and weaknesses of an organization and any opportunities and threats to the organization.
Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental
Strength, Opportunities, Aspirations, Results analysis
Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats analysis
Threats, Opportunities, Weaknesses, Strengths analysis
None of the above
It is a strategic planning tool that can help your organization create and execute its strategy by focusing on your strengths and leveraging your organization's opportunities.
Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental
Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, Results analysis
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats analysis
Threats, Opportunities, Weaknesses, Strengths analysis
All of the above
When a library manager predicts based on the assumption about the future, he is _.
Forecasting
Predicting
Projecting
Using standards
Which of the following statements is true about predicting?
library manager formulates an opinionated event to happen or plan of action based on the facts and information available
library manager outlines a trend of events based on some type of analysis or qualitative judgments
library manager predicts based on the assumption about the future
manager deals with specific activities
This is the general statement referring toward which efforts the library is directed.
Goals
Mission
Objectives
Vision
It is a measurable actions to be achieved by the organization.
Goals
Mission
Objectives
Vision
It is the object of imagination of the library or an act of forsight.
Goals
Mission
Objectives
Vision
A standard operation performed by the library staff in dealing with specific activities is called _.
Activities
Policies
Procedures
Strategies
A verbal, written, or implied overall guide, it sets up limits and directions around which managerial action occurs.
Activities
Policies
Procedures
Strategies
Which of the following should not be considered in making a strategic plan?
allocation of resources needed
objectives
period/time
state course/courses of action
none of the above
This type of policy is developed to guide the general operations of the organization.
Appealed policies
External imposed policies
Implied policies
Originated policies
These policies are made out of snap decisions.
Appealed policies
External imposed policies
Implied policies
Originated policies
This type of policy comes through several channels. They dictate the workings in an organization.
Appealed policies
External imposed policies
Implied policies
Originated policies
This type of policy is unwritten and is developed from actions that people see about them and believe to constitute policy.
Appealed policies
External imposed policies
Implied policies
Originated policies
This indicates that authority is concentrated at the highest echelon of the hierarchy and that those at the top make most decisions.
Centralization
Decentralization
Delegation
Departmentation
Organizing
This is the downward transfer of formal authority from one person to another within prescribed limits.
Centralization
Decentralization
Delegation
Departmentation
Organizing
This is the basis on which work and individuals are grouped into manageable units.
Centralization
Decentralization
Delegation
Departmentation
Organizing
This determines the chain of authority ranging from the ultimate to the lowest ranks.
Line and staff positions
Scalar principle of hierarchy
Span of control
Staffing
Unity of command
This refers to the number of people and/or activities a manager can efficiently manage
Lina and staff positions
Scalar principle of hierachy
Span of control
Staffing
Unity of command
