GMS 200 MIDTERM exam
Questions & answers | A Graded
• Management science - ✔✔uses quantitative analysis and applied mathematics to solve
problems. This is also known as operations research.
• Motion study - ✔✔the science of reducing a task to its basic physical motions.
• Need - ✔✔a physiological or psychological deficiency that a person wants to satisfy.
• Open systems - ✔✔interacts with its environment and transforms resource inputs into outputs.
• Operations management - ✔✔the study of how organizations produce goods and services.
• Operations research - ✔✔uses quantitative analysis and applied mathematics to solve
problems. This is also known as management science.
• Organizational behaviour - ✔✔the study of individuals and groups in organizations.
• Scientific management - ✔✔emphasizes careful selection and training of workers and
supervisory support.
• Self-fulfilling prophecies - ✔✔occurs when a person acts in ways that confirm
another's expectations.
• Subsystems - ✔✔a smaller component of a larger system.
, • System - ✔✔A collection of interrelated parts working together for a purpose.
• Theory X - ✔✔assumes people dislike work, lack ambition, are irresponsible, and prefer to be led.
• Theory Y - ✔✔assumes people are willing to work, accept responsibility, and are self-directed
and creative.
• Total quality management - ✔✔is managing with an organization-wide commitment to
continuous improvement, product quality, and customer needs.
• Child labour - ✔✔the full-time employment of children for work otherwise done by adults.
• Comparative management - ✔✔the study of how management systematically differs
among countries and/or cultures.
• Corruption - ✔✔engaging in illegal practices to further one's business interests.
• Cultural Intelligence - ✔✔is the ability to accept and adapt to new cultures
• Culture - ✔✔a shared set of beliefs, values, and patterns of behaviour common to a group
of people.
• Culture shock - ✔✔the confusion and discomfort a person experiences when in an
unfamiliar culture.
• Ecological fallacy - ✔✔assumes that a generalized cultural value applies equally well to all
members of the culture.
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