MGMT 443 Exam Bundle (Complete Answers)

What is Leadership? - Answer-The use of power and influence to direct others to goal achievement Management - Answer-The art of getting things done through and with people in formally organized groups. This often implies a position with supervisory responsibility and administration (planning, org...

Electronic Communication Merits - Answer-=> Most frequently used form of communication. Messages containing 140 words or fewer dominate interpersonal communication by this transmission method. Electronic Communication Demerits - Answer-Reliance on it has been found to diminish competency in in...

Performance management - Answer-measures performance of HR Performance appraisal - Answer-ongoing process of evaluating employee performance Forced ranking methods - Answer-1. relative comparison-compares employees against each other 2. absolute comparison-conventional appraisal against gener...

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Answer-An employer cannot discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin with respect to employment. Coverage All public or private employers of 15 or more persons for 20 or more weeks in the current or preceding calendar y...

T/F : The opportunities for economies of scope are higher when an organization seeks global expansion. - Answer-True Which of the following is not an example of an expanded coordination role? - Answer-A domestic product division manager Which of the following is not one of the mechanisms used ...

Centralization - Answer-Refers to the hierarchical level that has authority to make decisions. Formalization - Answer-Pertains to the amount of written documentation in the organization. Documents include includes procedures, job descriptions, regulations, and policy manuals. Specialization - ...

The final step in most audits is a consideration of internal control. This tells the auditors whether the scope of their investigation has been adequate. True or False - Answer-False Financial statement audits performed under PCAOB requirements are designed to provide which type(s) of assuranc...

Which is associated with allowing employees to telecommute (work remotely)? - Answer-larger pool of potential employees The key to making good hiring decisions in general is ______. - Answer-applying sound reasoning for the selection With regard to HR challenges, regulatory issues are a subcom...

Frederick Taylor's Scientific Management and Problems that affected productivity - Answer--Trust between management and employees -Soldiering (avoiding work) -Foremen lack operational knowledge -Use of rule-of-thumb decisions Principles of scientific management - Answer--Emphasizes scienti...

online recruiting - Answer-Pros: Reach a lot of people, cheap, fast Cons: May take longer to filter applications, get unqualified candidates, not very selective internal recruiting - Answer-pros: less costly, employees already familiar with co., boosts morale cons: lack of "new blood...

transformational change - Answer-sears sweat the small stuff - Answer-star-bucks off the scale - Answer-- Disruptive innovation - Frame-breaking, mold-breaking - Redraw dramatically organization and sector boundaries deeper - Answer-Paradigm shift, strategic change, third order change - n...

Performance Management - Answer-the process of identifying, measuring, managing, and developing the performance of human resources Performance Appraisal - Answer-is the ongoing process of evaluating employee performance. Purposes of Performance Appraisal Systems - Answer-1) Employment decision...

-cumulative, half of questions from previous exams -class has 5 point curve Compensation System - Answer-anything that an employee may value and desire and that the employer is willing and able to offer in exchange Direct Compensation components - all rewards that can be classified as monetar...

Unions - Answer-organizations formed for the purpose of representing their members' interests in dealing with employers Labor Relations - Answer-Field that emphasizes the skills managers and union leaders can use: 1) to minimize costly forms of conflict (such as strikes and lockouts) and 2) ...

Compensation - Answer-The total of an employees pay and benefits Compensation System - Answer-Includes anything that an employee may value or desire and that the employer is willing and able to offer in exchange Compensation Components - Answer-All rewards classified as monetary payments and a...

Polygraph testing may be used by private employers whose primary purpose consists of what? - Answer-Providing armored car personnel Whether a company's selection process is valid is based on whether it relates to the job or performance outcome. - Answer-True If the organization selects some...

Structure - Answer-The aspect of an organization that determines where formal authority resides for the org's operations, designates formal reporting or authority relationships, establishes how employees are grouped together in units or departments, and describes how these departments coordinate ...

Effective ____ requires managers to determine the skills needed to perform the organization's jobs, as well as the number of people needed to perform those jobs - Answer-Human resource planning Though congress is motivated by a variety of factors, most of the law it passes are a response to - ...

Which of the following is not a principal objective of the auditor in the audit of revenues? - Answer-To verify cash deposited during the year. An auditor most likely would review an entity's periodic accounting for the numerical sequence of shipping documents and invoices to support managemen...

An advantage of statistical sampling over non statistical sampling is that statistical sampling helps an auditor to A. Minimize the failure to detect errors and fraud B. Eliminate the risk of non-sampling errors C. Reduce the level of audit risk and materiality to a relatively low amount D. Me...

Recall the current challenges that are affecting organizational design - Answer-Globalization - allows for markets, technologies, and organizations to be increasingly interconnected Intense competition - creates an extremely complex and competitive environment (low price tends to win) Ethics and...

2 primary ways to enhance mindfulness - Answer-practice presence (strength training, meditation) uncover and awaken to our non-conscious automatic processes (awareness) 3 elements of performance management - Answer--set performance expectations -assess performance -performance feedback and rev...

Task environment - Answer-Sectors that interact directly and have direct impact on organizations ability to achieve goals domain - Answer-chosen environment field of action that is the territory an organization stakes out for itself with respect to products, services, and markets served. diffe...

Organizational Diagnosis - Answer-the process of collecting information that will be shared with the client in jointly assessing how the organization is functioning, and determining the best change intervention. The best way to approach problems in an organization is ____________________. - Answe...

What is the first step in a data-collection and feedback cycle? - Answer-Planning to collect data A consultant should always protect the confidentiality of the data collected from employees. - Answer-False Before you collect data from employees, we should have an honest conversation in which y...

tendencies by which the largest organizations are becoming larger to gain a competitive advantage - Answer-Bureaucratic Control, Centralized decisions, Narrow spans (tall hierarchies), High proportions of middle managers, and Formalization (mechanistic structure) advantages of large organizations...

Is empowerment compared to a Push or Pull Strategy - Answer-Pull: Instead of pushing people to do something you're giving people the empowerment to do so. Under the dimension of empowerment how does Self Efficacy help individuals? - Answer-Self Efficacy: believing in one self, courage, True/fa...

All of the following are reasons why we build a diagnostic relationship with the employees that participate in data collection, except: - Answer-Elicit their help in the analysis of the data. Before you collect data from employees, we should have an honest conversation in which you clarify who yo...

Recall the current challenges that are affecting organizational design [MEMO] - Answer-Globalization - allows for markets, technologies, and organizations to be increasingly interconnected Intense competition - creates an extremely complex and competitive environment (low price tends to win) ...