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MGT330  Management for Organizations

Week 1 Quiz

Question 1

Which of the following lists correctly identifies the five management functions?

  organizing, staffing, leading, controlling, and financing

  planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling

  planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and financing

  planning, staffing, leading, controlling, and budgeting

 

Question 2

In assessing a company’s environment, SWOT analysis stands for

  staffing, workplace, operations, and threats

  strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats

  strengths, weaknesses, openings, and trends

  staffing, workplace, opportunities, and trends

 

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the steps involved in managerial planning?

  Examine the company’s internal and external environments.

  Determine which goals to pursue.

  Choose strategies, tactics, and operational plans to achieve goals.

  Measure performance at the strategic, tactical, and operational level.

 

Question 4

Before establishing her own dentist office, Dr. Thorton evaluates other dentist services in the area. What element of a SWOT analysis would other dentist services most closely represent?

  strength

  opportunity

  threat

  weakness

 

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of Peter Drucker’s contributions to management theory?

  The analysis of how organizations select managers, how managers act, and how organizations are structured in different units.

  The understanding of the role large organizations play in modern society.

  The focus on the role of human interactions, flows of information, and the decision-making process within organizations.

  The analysis of how social organizations become corporations.

 

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a skill the authors say managers must have to be successful?

  technical knowledge

  creativity

  human relations skills

  critical thinking skills

 

Question 7

In his influential book The Concept of the Corporation, which company did management specialist Peter Drucker analyze as a large social institution involved with business activities?

  Costco

  The Joplin Globe

  Starbucks

  General Motors

 

Question 8

Only ____% of business organizations survive more than two years.

  5

  10

  15

  20

 

Question 9

Bella is head server at a chic Italian restaurant. What kind of manager is Bella?

  front-line manager

  middle manager

  executive manager

  a nonmanagerial employee

 

Question 10

Which of the following people do NOT represent an example of a front-line manager?

  Sari, officer manager at Surrey Texts, a very large publisher

  Nathaniel, director of the Best Little Gym’s accounts payable department

  Maya, chief operating officer at Yulu, a small company that makes candles

  Susan, a crew chief for Skyway Airline