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WorksheetsChapter 1 Managing and Management Responsibilities
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 7hrs 2mins
For employees who like their current work, moving into management means they can no longer spend much time doing that work.
(a)
False
The primary work of all managers can be grouped within four functions: planning, organizing, implementing, and budgeting.
(a)
A manager who spends most of the time on one management function or is responsible for a specific part of the company's operations is known as a middle manager.
(a)
False
Supervisors work directly with employees and are responsible for translating the company's plan into action.
(a)
False
Middle managers spend most of their management time leading and monitoring results of their work team.
(a)
The manager who knows how to plan, organize, staff, lead, and control is ready to make the decisions needed to operate a business successfully.
(a)
False
Classical management is the careful, objective study of management decisions and procedures in order to improve the operation of businesses and organizations.
(a)
Frederick W. Taylor is closely associated with behavioral management.
(a)
The process of accomplishing the goals of an organization through the effective use of people and other resources is
planning
management
supervision
implementation
The function being performed when a manager is determining how plans can be accomplished most effectively is
planning
organizing
leading
budgeting
Analyzing information and making decisions about what needs to be done is the management function known as
planning
organizing
leading
projecting
To be considered a manager, you must
regularly complete all five management functions
have authority over other jobs
have authority over other people
all of the responses
People in the first (or beginning) level of management in a company are known as
executives
supervisors
middle managers
trainees
The Industrial Revolution began in
Ancient Egypt
Detroit, Michigan
Hawthorne, Illinois
Western Europe
In today's economy, which types of businesses require management?
small, part-time businesses
large global corporations
new entrepreneurial ventures
all of the responses
To reduce turnover in his factories, Henry Ford began offering which of the following to his employees?
shares of stock and free lunches
profit sharing and paid vacations
health insurance and pension plans
fewer hours and higher pay
As a result of Henry Ford's innovations, which of the following became standard in American factories?
quality control teams
a 35-hour workweek
strong labor unions
an 8-hour work day
The shape of the management pyramid helps illustrate
the number of and relationship among the levels of management
the time allotted to various management functions
the reporting structure within an organization
all of the responses
Is the careful, objective study of management decisions and procedures in order to improve the operation of businesses and organizations.
(a)
Industrial Revolution
Classical Management
Administrative Management
A total commitment by everyone in an organization to improve the quality of procedures and products by reducing waste, errors, and defects.
(a)
Management Science
Behavioral Management
Manager
The era of the 18th and 19th centuries in which machine power replaced human and animal power in the production process
(a)
Management Science
Behavioral Management
Manager
Management theory directed at organizational improvement through understanding employee motivation and behavior.
(a)
Management Science
Classical Management
Manager
Management theory that identifies the most effective practices for organizing and managing a business.
(a)
Behavioral Management
Manager
Management theory that studies the way work is organized and the procedures used to complete a job in order to increase worker productivity.
(a)
Management Science
Behavioral Management
Manager
Person who completes all five management functions on a regular basis and has authority over other jobs and people.
(a)
Industrial Revolution
Classical Management
Administrative Management
The careful, objective study of management decisions and procedures in order to improve the operation of businesses and organizations
(a)
Administrative Management
Classical Management
Behavioral Management
List in their correct spots, the 3 types of management levels.
Middle Manager
Supervisor
Executive
Reorder the following 5 Functions of Management in order left to right.
Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Leading
Controlling
Edison inspired Henry Ford to invent this life changing product during the Second Industrial Revolution.
Middle Managers spend the majority of their time in the leading function. Using the chart, who is the middle manager?
Perez
Patton
Matsumi
None of the choices
