MNGT 3100 Fetsch - Exam 1 Training Questions With All Solved Solutions.
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The primary purpose of assembling a team is __________. - Answer to achieve bigger goals than the sum of the individuals' accomplishments
Principles of management are often discussed or learned using the POLC framework. POLC stands for __________. - Answer planning, organizing, leading, an...
MNGT 3100 Fetsch - Exam 1 Training
Questions With All Solved Solutions.
The primary purpose of assembling a team is __________. - Answer to achieve bigger goals than the
sum of the individuals' accomplishments
Principles of management are often discussed or learned using the POLC framework. POLC stands for
__________. - Answer planning, organizing, leading, and controlling
Regarding the academic fields of psychology, leadership, entrepreneurship, and strategy, which of the
following statements about leadership is true?
- Only extroverts make good leaders. WHithout charisma, employees will not obey your instructions.
- Leaders are paid less than managers because leading people is easier than managing other resources
such as money or supplies.
- Leadership is defined as recognizing opportunities (needs, wants, problems, or challenges), coming up
with a solution, and putting that idea into action.
- Leadership involves using formal power as well as informal/social sources of influence to inspire action
in others. - Answer Leadership involves using formal power as well as informal/social sources of
influence to inspire action in others.
True of false:
In terms of principles of management, one can think of leadership, entrepreneurship, and strategic
management as answering questions about "who," "what," and "how." - Answer True
,_________ is sometimes defined as "the art of getting things done through the efforts of other people."
- Answer Management
When an organization has a long-term purpose, articulated in clear goals and objectives, and these goals
and objectives comprise a coherent plan of action, then we would say that the organization has
__________. - Answer a strategy
Triple Bottom Line refers to the measurement of __________ - Answer social performance,
environmental performance, and economic performance
Critics of corporate social responsibility (CSR) frequently argue that __________. - Answer CSR detracts
from the fundamental economic purpose of business
Authorizing individuals to think, work, and make decisions on their own, with little supervision, is called:
- Answer empowerment
There are ten roles common to the work of all managers. These include figurehead, liaison,
spokesperson, and negotiator.
True or false:
Each manager may find themselves performing any of the ten roles from time to time. - Answer True
Organizational citizenship behaviors can be understood as _____________ behaviors that are beneficial
to the organization and ___________ explicitly defined in job descriptions. - Answer individual ,
are not
Chapter 2 - Answer
True or False: Over time, the principles of Taylorism (Frederick Taylor's scientific management) tended to
dehumanize workers. - Answer True
, "The interests of one person should never take precedence over what is best for the company as a
whole" is an explanation of which of Fayol's 14 principles of management? - Answer Subordination of
individual interests
True or false:
In highly assertive countries, competition between individuals and groups is discouraged. - Answer
False
__________ indicates that members of a society attempt to cope with anxiety by minimizing uncertainty.
- Answer High uncertainty avoidance
__________ was the first scholar to write about how to manage "knowledge workers." His earliest work
appeared in 1969 and was seen as the start of modern management ideas. - Answer Peter Drucker
True or False:
Countries with low institutional collectivism emphasize individual achievement and rewards. - Answer
True
True or false:
Leaders of an organization set the moral tone of the organization through their words and actions. -
Answer True
The __________ (U.S. law) sought to reform corporate governance practices in large public companies. It
directing them to establish a code of ethical conduct, among other requirements. - Answer Sarbanes-
Oxley Act
A commonality of the earliest management concepts was __________. - Answer the need to manage
large, uneducated populations, with an emphasis on maintaining order
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth expanded on the work of Frederick Taylor by conducting "time and motion
studies." This process is still used today. The Gilbreths' goal was to __________. - Answer eliminate
wasted motion and reduce employee fatigue, which would improve productivity
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