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WorksheetsREVISION FOR TEST (PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT)
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 40mins
Management is a process of determining goals and objectives, as well as ways to use physical resources and human capital in an organization.
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In order to be considered a manager, an individual must direct or oversee the work of others.
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The Hawthorne Studies concluded that group pressures can impact individual productivity.
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Efficiency refers to the attainment of the organization's goals.
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Managers need to make complex decisions and perform the job systematically.
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Providing motivation is a part of the organizing function of management.
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Deciding who will be assigned to which job is a part of the organizing function of management.
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First line managers are responsible for becoming the company policy maker and establishing all strategies.
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In Mintzberg's view, the roles of figurehead, leader, and liaison are all in decisional roles.
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Interpersonal skills involve a manager's ability to think logically and effectively about complex situations.
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External factors such as jobs and prices of natural resources are important factors that can affect organizational decisions.
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Global corporation decentralized their management and other decisions to the local company that they are operating.
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An industry with a dynamic business environment faces the maximum amount of environmental uncertainty.
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Franchising involves the activity of buying products from foreign countries for use or resale locally.
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Tactical plans describe how an organization decides on and implements to grow.
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A good manager believes that planning can completely replace the need for intuition and creativity.
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In informal planning, the organization's objectives are written down and informed to employees.
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A decision is a discrepancy between an existing and a desired state of affairs.
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In many cases, managers do not have complete information, and as a result, biases can occur when making decisions.
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Group decision-making has disadvantages such as minority domination and takes a longer time.
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Compare the tasks, priorities, and responsibilities of first-line, middle, and top managers.
Discuss any two (2) factor based on PEST Analysis that influence business decision.
Describe any two (2) reasons why company should plan.
Explain any three (3) advantages of group decision makings.
Which of the following is not management function?
Planning
Organizing
Motivating
Controlling
What is Management?
The function of management in which the organization's structure is created
The process of getting things done, effectively and efficiently, through other people
The process by which a person's efforts are enrgized, directed and sustained toward attaining a goal
The process of leading a group and influencing that group to achieve its goals
Who introduced the concept of the bureaucratic organization and emphasized the importance rules, hierarchy, and impersonal relationships in Management?
Frederick Taylor
Henri Fayol
Max Weber
Chester Barnard
Which of management function involves bringing people together and ensuring that they work toward common goals?
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
Planning
Which of the following is an interpersonal role of manager, according to Mintzberg's managerial roles?
Negotiator
Resource Allocator
Monitor
Decision Maker
Leading is a managerial function that involves allocating resources and assigning tasks to achieve organizational objectives
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The primary responsibility of a manager in the planning function is to monitor and regulate organizational activities
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The classical management perspective, which emerged during the early 20th century, emphasized the importance of human relations and employee satisfaction
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someone who are responsible for making organization-wide decisions and establishing the plans and goals that affect the entire organization. who are they?
first line managers
middle managers
top managers
operatives
Managing the work of non-individual employees who are usually involved with producing organizational products or serving the organization's customers, is the manager's job?
first line managers
middle managers
top managers
operatives
what is effectiveness?
doing things right, or getting the most output from the least amount of inputs
doing the right things or doing those work activities that will result in achieving goals
what is efficiency?
doing things right, or getting the most output from the least amount of inputs
doing the right things or doing those work activities that will result in achieving goals
The process of monitoring performance, comparing it with objectives, and correcting significant deviations is the definition of
planning
organizing
leading
controlling
in the management process activities there are activities setting goals, setting strategies, and developing plans to coordinate the activities included in the activities
planning
organizing
leading
controlling
determining what tasks to be done, who is to do them, how the tasks are to be grouped, who reports to whom, and where decisions are to be made, are the management functions of
planning
organizing
leading
controlling
Effectiveness refers to the attainment of the organization's goals.
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Deciding who will be assigned to which job is a part of the leading function of management.
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FALSE
In Mintzberg’s view, the roles of figurehead, leader and liaison are all interpersonal roles.
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FALSE
Leading involves motivating employees, directing the activities of others and selecting the most effective communication channel.
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FALSE
The economic component of the external environment or in PEST analysis includes factors such as inflation rates, interest rates and economic growth
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False
The political component of the external environment includes laws, regulations and government stability that can impact organizational operations
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Which types of global organization combines elements of both centralization and decentralization in its operations?
Multinational Corporation (MNC)
International Corporation
Transnational Corporation
Global Corporation
In Transnational Corporation, decision-making is:
Strictly centralized
Completely decentralized
A combination of centralization and decentralization
irrelevant to global operations
Licensing is commonly used as a strategy for international expansion, allowing to enter markets without establishing their own manufacturing facilities
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False
Importing refers to the sale of goods or services to another country, while exporting involves purchasing goods or services from a foreign country.
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False
What is the term used to describe the application of knowledge and innovations to create new products and processes?
Technological factors
Environmental factors
Social factors
Economic factors
Which component of the external environment includes laws, regulations, and government stability that can impact organizational operations?
Political component
Economic component
Social component
Technological component
What strategy is commonly used for international expansion, allowing companies to enter markets without establishing their own manufacturing facilities?
Franchising
Outsourcing
Licensing
Merger
Which type of global organization involves the interconnectedness and interdependence of nations?
Multinational Corporation (MNC)
International Corporation
Transnational Corporation
Global Corporation
What does the term "global village" refer to in the context of management?
Isolated and self-sufficient communities
The interconnectedness and interdependence of nations
Small, localized businesses
Nationalistic and protectionist economic policies
1. ________ are decision made in routine, repetitive, well-structured situations through the use of predetermined decision rules.
A. Programmed decisions
B. Non-programmed decisions
C. Decision making
D. Complicated decision
_________ exist whenever there is a difference between what actually happens and what the manager wants to have happen.
A. Decision
B. Problem
C. Programmed decision
D. Risk
_____________is the process of taking corrective action in order to meet objectives.
A. Problem solving
B. Synergy
C. Programmed decision
D. Non-programmed decision
___________ is the process of suggestion as many choices as possible without any evaluation.
A. Problem
B. Risk
C. Brainstorming
D. Synergy
Аmong the listed decisions, find a non- programmed decision
procedure for the payment of bonuses
a selection of freight routes for product deliveries
a selection of a new manager from candidates using job interview
develop a new product or service
