NU MGT309 Midterm exam 2015

QUESTION 1

1. The fundamental functions of management are motivating, controlling, organizing and planning.

   True

   False

1 points

QUESTION 2

1. Management is about responsibility, results and relationships.

   True

   False

1 points

QUESTION 3

1. Which of the following are not examples of external factors affecting organizations?

   	1.	organizational culture
   	2.	social trends
   	3.	political/legal/regulatory
   	4.	the economy
   	5.	all of the above

1 points

QUESTION 4

1. Which of the following are not challenges of globalization?

   	1.	different dialects of the same language
   	2.	socialism
   	3.	outsourcing
   	4.	parochialism
   	5.	these are all global challenges

1 points

QUESTION 5

1. The belief that management has social responsibility beyond profitability is

   	1.	social obligation
   	2.	social responsiveness
   	3.	social responsibility
   	4.	socioeconomic view
   	5.	organizational citizenship

1 points

QUESTION 6

1. Spirituality is best left out of the workplace.

   True

   False

1 points

QUESTION 7

1. Sharing negative information and learning from strategic mistakes is part of

   	1.	strategic flexibility
   	2.	short-term planning
   	3.	ethical empowerment
   	4.	organizational life cycle
   	5.	none of the above

1 points

QUESTION 8

1. Goals are subsets of vision.

   True

   False

1 points

QUESTION 9

1. Which theory of management introduced the importance of bureaucracy?

   	1.	scientific management theory
   	2.	bureaucracy theory
   	3.	organizational behavior theory
   	4.	formalization theory
   	5.	none of the above

1 points

QUESTION 10

1. Planning is ineffective for constantly changing environments.

   True

   False

1 points

QUESTION 11

1. More problem solving fails due to lack of ______ more than anything else.

   	1.	problem identification
   	2.	resources
   	3.	engagement
   	4.	a clear plan
   	5.	ownership
   	6.	policy

1 points

QUESTION 12

1. The idea that employees should only have one boss is called

   	1.	unity of direction
   	2.	unity of command
   	3.	scalar chain
   	4.	project management
   	5.	division of work
   	6.	chain-of-command

1 points

QUESTION 13

1. The decision-making bias that most aptly describes using recent events to make a decision is

   	1.	recency bias
   	2.	availability bias
   	3.	selective perception bias
   	4.	immediate gratification bias
   	5.	hindsight bias

1 points

QUESTION 14

1. Contemporary organizational design options include all except

   	1.	upside-down pyramid
   	2.	team-based
   	3.	matrix
   	4.	learning organization
   	5.	spherical
   	6.	These are all contemporary designs

1 points

QUESTION 15

1. Standardizing jobs based on procedures and rules is known as

   	1.	job design
   	2.	standardization
   	3.	bureaucracy
   	4.	specialization
   	5.	none of the above

1 points

QUESTION 16

1. Teamwork is an example of what kind of skill?

   	1.	technical
   	2.	negotiation
   	3.	human
   	4.	diversity
   	5.	conceptual
   	6.	none of the above

1 points

QUESTION 17

1. Intuition is not an effective decision tool because decisions should be based on facts, not feelings.

   True

   False

1 points

QUESTION 18

1. Corporate culture most likely originates from

   	1.	the current management
   	2.	the founder, even if they are dead
   	3.	organizational size and structure
   	4.	stories, rituals, symbols and language
   	5.	employee selection and training processes
   	6.	all of the above

1 points

QUESTION 19

1. The idea that management is responsibility is credited to

   	1.	King Hammurabi
   	2.	Peter Drucker
   	3.	Adam Smith
   	4.	Fred Taylor
   	5.	Steve Robbins
   	6.	a and b
   	7.	Professor Mueller

1 points

QUESTION 20

1. Operational plans tend to detail direction over a long period of time.

   True

   False

1 points

QUESTION 21

1. If Enron had an ethics code they would probably still be in business.

   True

   False

1 points

QUESTION 22

1. Which teamwork stage clarifies expectations that are accepted or violated by team members?

   	1.	forming
   	2.	storming
   	3.	norming
   	4.	performing
   	5.	adjourning
   	6.	all of the above

1 points

QUESTION 23

1. Which of the following are not usually considered when strategizing against competition?

   	1.	rivalry
   	2.	likelihood of new competitors
   	3.	product substitutabilty
   	4.	customers and suppliers
   	5.	all of the above

1 points

QUESTION 24

1. Which country is nurturing, moderately performance oriented and does not emphasize hierarchical status?

   	1.	U.S.
   	2.	U.K.
   	3.	France
   	4.	Sweden
   	5.	Brazil
   	6.	none of the above

1 points

QUESTION 25

1. A manager's most important resource is his or her

   	1.	people
   	2.	budget size
   	3.	information
   	4.	innovation
   	5.	time