Ashford MGT330 2020 May Week 2 Quiz Latest

MGT330  Management for Organizations

Week 2 Quiz

Question 1

Which of the following scenarios best describes “firefighting”?

Correct!

  When a manager must react to crises and emergencies on the fly.

  When a manager must react to crises and emergencies on the basis of preset plans.

  When a manager’s mistakes lead to crises and emergencies.

  When a manager is so competent, crises and emergencies almost never occur.

 

Question 2

Employees at the Richards Group thrive because they ______________.

  sit in interdisciplinary clusters

  make their own schedules

  each have their own office

  are grouped by department, with people of the same job title

 

Question 3

A company’s mission statement would answer which of the following questions?

  “How are we different from our competitors?”

  “What do we make?”

  “Why do we exist?”

  “What will our company be doing in 10 years?”

 

Question 4

Authority consists of which two key components?

  the right to act and permission to direct

  the right to direct and permission to act

  the right to decide and permission to repair

  the right to repair and permission to decide

 

Question 5

Brenda is an electrician with Bright Light Home and Business. Into which category of job does she best fit?

  semiskilled blue collar

  skilled blue collar

  semiprofessional

  professional

 

Question 6

The five coordinated flows of production are authority, decision process, ideology, _______________, and ________________.

  strategy; information

  work material; strategy

  work material; promotion

  information; work material

 

Question 7

Which kind of organization is more likely to feature employees who suffer from role ambiguity?

  centralized

  organic

  standardized

  mechanistic

 

Question 8

What is the first key activity in completing an organization’s structure?

  developing a product

  establishing a market

  defining a consumer base

  drawing lines of authority

 

Question 9

In the 2,500-year-old text The Art of War, Chinese general Sun Tzu argues that _____________ and ___________ are key components of strategic planning.

  cunning; intelligence

  intelligence; violence

  violence; destruction

  destruction; cunning

 

Question 10

Tactical analysis would include assessing

  product types

  customers

  profit centers

  advertising campaigns