WorksheetsMidterm Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 38mins
Which of the following terms can be best defined as someone’s reputation as seen through the eyes of others and the package of skills someone can offer a potential employer?
Quality of Work Life
Intellectual Capital
Social Capital
Personal Brand
Clarissa, an employee at a news corporation, copies some parts of an article by a local author and publishes it as her own work. Later she tells her colleague Lara. Lara believes she should honor Clarissaʻs trust and not reveal the matter but is also disturbed by her dishonesty. This incident is most likely to cause a(n) _________ dilemma for Lara.
Utilitarian
Justice
Ethical
Management
Which of the following is an example of the unethical practice of discrimination at work?
Taking bribes in return for making decisions favorable to another person
Using official stationary to send requests to community organizations
Denying people a promotion because of their race or religion
Misusing privileged information about customers
Which of the following refers to the obligation of an organization to its stakeholders as well as its own interests?
Corporate Interest
Philanthropy
Corporate Social Responsibility
Altruism
Which of the following is NOT a common error in the first step of the decision-making process?
Failing to consult the stakeholders
Focusing on symptoms rather than causes
Defining the problem too narrowly
Choosing the wrong problem.
Mark attends only to information that confirms a decision he already made. Which of the following decision-making traps does this scenario illustrate?
Confirmation error
Escalating commitment
Anchoring heuristic
Framing error
Which of the following refers to the process of setting goals and objectives and determining how to best accomplish them?
Organizing
Controlling
Planning
Leading
The process of predicting what will happen in the future is called.
Contingency Planning
Benchmarking
Scenario Planning
Forecasting
The process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results is a part of the management function of __________.
Controlling
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Organization charts provide all of the following except ___________.
Job titles of employees
Diagrams of reporting relationships among employees
A clear division of work
Unofficial relationships among employees.
Community Bank Inc. currently operates with a functional structure. A lack of communication across functional departments has affected performance of the employees. The scenario illustrates the concept of___________.
Functional Chimneys / Silos
Cross Functional Teams
Top Down Structure
Matrix Structure
Span of control refers to ____________.
The power a manager has over all employees
The number of persons directly reporting to a manager
The area in which a manager supervises
The number of top level managers a middle manager reports to
Delegation refers to __________.
Managers promoting their employees
Telling employees how to do their work
Managers favoring certain employees
The process of entrusting work to others
A manager from LMT Corp allows her employees to do their jobs as they see fit. This scenario illustrates the concept of __________.
Organizational Design
Empowerment
Centralization
Span of Control
A system of shared beliefs and values that guides organizational behavior is called an organizational ___________.
Design
Culture
Policy
Procedure
According to the competing value framework, __________ cultures emphasize authority, tradition, and clear roles.
Entrepreneurial
Team
Rational
Hierarchal
Karen, a human resources manager, studies the turnover pattern in her company. She examines the various factors that contribute to the employee turnover and develops effective engagement programs to improve employee loyalty. This scenario illustrates _______________ competency.
Knowledge
Technological
Analytical
Financial
______________ are comfortable with abstraction and unstructured situations. They tend to be idealistic, prone to intellectual and theoretical positions, and are logical, impersonal, and avoid details.
Intuitive Feelers
Intuitive Thinkers
Sensation Feelers
Sensation Thinkers
A(n) _______________ is a choice among possible alternative courses of action.
Guess
Alternative
Inquiry
Decision
Plans that cover a year or less are called __________ plans.
Medium-Length
Strategic Growth
Long-Term
Short-Range
Plans that define the various short-term activities needed to implement strategic plans are called __________ plans.
Long-Term
Operational
Strategic
Business
__________ is a technique that makes use of external comparisons to evaluate current performance.
Justifying
Forecasting
Benchmarking
Allocating
A manager stopping by before a shift to see if everything is ready for the day’s work illustrates __________ control.
Steering
Feedforward
Feedback
Concurrent
Influencing behavior through social norms and peer expectations is called __________ control.
Bureaucratic
Clan
Market
External
The goals set in the managing by objectives process should be __________ .
Specific & Measurable
Flexible with regard to deadlines
Vague in accountability
Easy to accomplish
A __________ chart graphically displays the scheduling of tasks required to complete a project.
Porter
Gantt
Motion
Pareto
A(n) __________ is a comprehensive action plan for allocating resources to accomplish long-term organization goals.
Objective
Strategy
Competitive Advantage
Idea
A strategy that guides activities within a specific area of operations is called a(n) __________ strategy.
Functional
Business
Corporate
Employee
Orange International is expanding by acquiring suppliers and distributors. This is called growth through __________ .
Diversification
Retrenchment
Vertical Integration
Globalization
"S" in the term SWOT analysis refers to __________ .
Social
Standards
Strengths
Systems
Creating better ways of doing things is called __________.
Invention
Creativity
Process Innovation
Product Innovation
Michelle is a manager at MDH Corporation. She tries different approaches to alter the existing pattern of behavior among her employees to adapt to new situations. Michelle would be considered a(n) __________ .
Change Leader
Status Quo Manager
Ethics Manager
Opinion Leader
According to Lewin, the correct order in the steps of change is __________.
Freezing, refreezing, and changing
Refreezing, changing, and unfreezing
Unfreezing, changing, refreezing
Changing, unfreezing, an refreezing
The three levels of management are __________ .
Directional, Upper, and Bottom
First, Second, and Third
Top, Middle, and First-Line
Technical, Conceptual, and Human
___________ is the requirement of one person to answer to a higher authority.
Delegation
Durability
Accountability
Dependability
The upside-down pyramid view of organizations puts __________ at the top of the pyramid.
First-Line Managers
Top Managers
Nonmanagerial Workers
Team Leaders
The process of setting performance objectives and determining what actions should be taken to accomplish them is known as __________.
Controlling
Leading
Organizing
Planning
The belief that ethical behavior respects and protects fundamental rights is called the __________view.
Moral Rights
Utilitarian
Protective
Justice
A(n) __________ is someone who exposes misconduct of organizations and their members.
Whistleblower
Amoral Manager
Disloyal Person
Tattle Tail
The process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results in a part of the management function of __________.
Organizing
Controlling
Planning
Leading
A person who guides the performance of an organization as a whole or of one of its major parts is called a __________.
Supervisor
First Line Manager
Top Manager
Middle Manager
Which of the following is NOT one of the seven "must-have" managerial skills?
Self-Management
Critical Thinking
Profesionalism
Expressiveness
Which of the following identifies individual strengths and weaknesses, as well as environmental opportunities and threats?
SWOT Analysis
Self-Management
Intellectual Captial
Personal Brand
Which of the following best describes personal beliefs such as honesty and integrity?
Norms
Values
Ethics
Ideas
What is the first step on the checklist for dealing with ethical dilemmas?
Get the facts
Identify your options
Recognize the ethical dilemma
Test each option by asking: Is it legal? Is it right? Is it beneficial?
Which of the following practices should be followed in the first stage of the decision-making process?
Performing a cost-benefit analysis
Adopting an optimizing decision
Evaluating the consequences of the decision
Focusing on the problem rather than on its symptoms
A(n) __________ clarifies the purpose of an organization and expresses what it hopes to be in the future.
Budget
Vision
Policy
Procedure
__________ analysis performs what-if calculations under different revenue and cost conditions.
Breakeven
Profit
Loss
Marginal
Which of the following is NOT a form of divisional structure?
Functional Structure
Product Structure
Customer Structure
Geographical Structure
When an organization reduces the size of its existing operations, it is called __________.
Divestiture
Liquidation
Downsizing
Diversification
