Managment Exam 1

is defined as getting work done through others

Management

involve accomplishing tasks that help fulfill organizational objectives

Effectiveness

In the context of management functions, which of the following is true of planning

It is one of the best ways to improve performance

my context of management functions or organizing is about:

Determining how things get done

Jane is in charge of her rotary clubs annual fundraising auction. She has to determine the side of the event and decide who will collect donations from local businesses. She also has to decide who will sell tickets to customers and who will conduct the auction. Jen is engaged in the management function of.

Organizing

In the context of the kinds of managers, middle managers:

Are responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet organizational objectives

In the context of managerial roles, which of the following is a difference between the figurehead role and the liaison role?

The figurehead role is the role that managers playing when they perform ceremonial duties, whereas the liaison role is the role that managers play when they deal with people outside their units.

The is the decisional role that managers play when they discuss schedules, projects, goals, outcomes, resources, and employee raises.

Negotiator role

skills are equally important at all levels of management, from team leaders to chief executive officers

Human

is the ultimate form of commitment companies can make to their workers

Employment security

Ginny is always the last one to enter the workplace and the first one to leave. She has an eight hour shift at work but only does six hours of work every day. In the context of workplace deviance, this is an example of.

Production deviance

is the degree of concern people have about an ethical issue

Ethical intensity

In the context of ethical intensity, unlike probability of affect, magnitude of consequences:

Reflects the total harm or benefit, derived from an ethical decision

In the context of ethical intensity, unlike proximity of effect, concentration of effect is

How much an act affects the average person

In the of the post conventional level of mole development, you are careful not to violate the rights of others.

Social contract stage

The hoes that an individual should never do anything that is not honest, open, and truthful, and that he or she would not be glad to see reported in the newspapers or on television

Principle of personal virtue

The last step and a basic model of ethical decision-making is to

Act on the situation

According to the , the only social responsibility that businesses have is to maximize profits

Shareholder model

A(n) is a social responsiveness strategy in which a company accepts responsibility for a problem and does all that society expects to solve that problem

Accommodative strategy

Monopoly, which of the following statements is true of the relationship between social responsibility and economic performance?

The cost of being social as possible can be offset by a better product or corporate reputation

is defined as the process of choosing a goal and developing a method of strategy to achieve that goal

Planning

Which of the following is the benefit of planning?

It gives direction to managerial efforts

The most popular approach to increase goal commitment is to

Encourage employee participation while setting goals

is defined as the determination to achieve an objective

Goal commitment

An organizations is defined as a more specific goal than the organizations purpose that unifies, companywide efforts, stretches, and challenges, the organizations, and possesses a finish line any timeframe

Strategic objective

Which of the following is the first step in the process of management by objectives?

Discussing possible goals

In an organization, are responsible for developing and carrying out operational plans.

Lower level managers

our standing plans that indicate this specific steps that should be taken in response to a particular event

Procedures

In the context of decision making, a is a gap between a desired state and an existing state

Problem

In the context of brain storming, a is the fear of what others would think of one’s ideas

Evaluation apprehension