texes 14FABUS300350 PRIN OF MGT -exam 1

• Question
12 out of 2 points An organization is ________. • Question
22 out of 2 points Franchising is used widely by
________. • Question
32 out of 2 points A fraternity is an example of an
organization because it is comprised of people who ________. • Question
42 out of 2 points Which is an important job
responsibility for a middle manager? • Question
52 out of 2 points What determines whether an
organization has a strong culture or a weak culture? • Question
60 out of 2 points The classical view of social
responsibility is that a for-profit organization’s responsibility is ________. • Question
70 out of 2 points The primary job of a manager is
to ________. • Question
82 out of 2 points Part of what defines an
organization is its purpose. • Question
92 out of 2 points In the socioeconomic view of
organizational social responsibility, management’s responsibility includes
protecting and improving society. • Question
102 out of 2 points Today, the basic management
functions are considered to be ________. • Question
112 out of 2 points Joint ventures are a type of
________. • Question
122 out of 2 points Which set of skills would you
expect the President of the United States to be least in need of? • Question
132 out of 2 points Which of the following most
accurately reflects the difference between strong cultures and weak cultures? • Question
142 out of 2 points A typical first-level manager
spends more of his or her time leading than planning. • Question
152 out of 2 points The culture of an organization is
analogous to the ________ of an individual. • Question
162 out of 2 points The classical view of
organizational social responsibility is that management’s only social
responsibility is to maximize profits. • Question
170 out of 2 points A fully global organization might
set up a ________ with a foreign company to create a new, independent company
that produces a specific product. • Question
182 out of 2 points (Extra Credit) Which of the following types of
managers is responsible for making organization-wide decisions and establishing
the plans and goals that affect the entire organization? • Question
192 out of 2 points Why were the Baby Boomers so much
more influential than other generations with respect to changing American
tastes and culture? • Question
202 out of 2 points The cases of Enron and Bernard
Madoff go beyond a question of ethics because in both cases ________. • Question
212 out of 2 points Henry Gantt developed graphical
methods to help managers with ________ problems. • Question
220 out of 2 points Rishi Raj, manager at Control
Systems, Inc., sighs as he sips his coffee at 5 A.M. and reads his agenda for
the day. Rishi’s first duty is to preside over a retirement party for a beloved
employee and say a few words on her behalf. Next, he will give a tour to a news
reporter who is writing a story on the new plant expansion. Rishi then has a
meeting with the unit manager, Phil Johnson, to discuss Phil’s recent
performance drop (a task Rishi always hates). Finally, in the late afternoon, Rishi
will be reviewing the recent equipment malfunction and deciding whether to
deploy extra people to get the equipment running as soon as possible. What a
day!What role will Rishi be performing when he gives the plant
tour to the newspaper reporter? • Question
232 out of 2 points The German company Deutsche
Telekom has instituted a quota for hiring women. • Question
242 out of 2 points According to Henri Fayol, the
principle of ________ gives managers the right to give orders. • Question
250 out of 2 points (Extra Credit) Today’s younger workers tend to
give family a higher priority than their jobs. • Question
262 out of 2 points Good management strives for
________. • Question
272 out of 2 points Which of the following phrases
best characterizes the culture of an organization? • Question
282 out of 2 points Which of the following is NOT a
topic that is addressed by organizational behavior research? • Question
292 out of 2 points Marta is a dean at Linden State
University, a school with almost 20,000 students. In her daily activities, she
has to deal with problems that involve students, faculty, curriculum, budgets,
and a variety of other things. Marta sees an opportunity for her school in
increasing the enrollment in individuals who were born in the 1980s and early
1990s. Which term describes these prospective students? • Question
302 out of 2 points How are the
“Post-Millennials” likely to be different from previous generations? • Question
312 out of 2 points How do customers play a role in
changing the job of the modern manager? • Question
322 out of 2 points Job specialization continues to
be a popular way to increase productivity today. • Question
332 out of 2 points A global village can be best
characterized as a business climate in which there are ________. • Question
340 out of 2 points An organization can be considered
“global” simply if it carries out trade with other countries. • Question
352 out of 2 points According to Zappos’ management,
this is the secret to Zappos’ success. • Question
362 out of 2 points All managers devote at least some
of their time to planning. • Question
370 out of 2 points A Coca-Cola bottling plant in
Bolivia is wholly owned by a local businessperson. What kind of venture is this
plant likely to be? • Question
382 out of 2 points In his study of differences in
cultural environments, Geert Hofstede found that ________. • Question
392 out of 2 points Effectiveness refers to the
attainment of the organization’s goals. • Question
402 out of 2 points The classical view of social
responsibility holds that spending time, money, labor, or energy to improve
society’s welfare would ________. • Question
412 out of 2 points The Industrial Revolution is
largely credited with ushering in the birth of ________. • Question
422 out of 2 points Which of the following is likely
to be the permanent result of the recent economic downturn in the United
States? • Question
432 out of 2 points Marta is worried that the
facilities at Linden State are not as up-to-date as they could be with respect
to wi-fi access and the availability of classes on-demand using podcasts,
social networking, and other digital advances. Which generation is likely to
notice this deficiency the most? • Question
442 out of 2 points Status in France within a
corporation is largely ________. • Question
450 out of 2 points The Busy Day (Scenario)Rishi Raj, manager at Control Systems, Inc., sighs as he
sips his coffee at 5 A.M. and reads his agenda for the day. Rishi’s first duty
is to preside over a retirement party for a beloved employee and say a few
words on her behalf. Next, he will give a tour to a news reporter who is
writing a story on the new plant expansion. Rishi then has a meeting with the
unit manager, Phil Johnson, to discuss Phil’s recent performance drop (a task
Rishi always hates). Finally, in the late afternoon, Rishi will be reviewing
the recent equipment malfunction and deciding whether to deploy extra people to
get the equipment running as soon as possible. What a day!When Rishi attends the retirement party, he will be
operating in which of the management roles? • Question
462 out of 2 points A candy manufacturer would
increase both efficiency and effectiveness by making ________. • Question
472 out of 2 points Which of the following would NOT
be called an “American company”? • Question
482 out of 2 points The Daily Recorder is considering
charging online readers a flat fee for access to the news on their computers
and electronic devices. Which stakeholder should the paper NOT worry about
informing? • Question
492 out of 2 points The external environment of an
organization includes factors and forces that can affect how the organization
operates. • Question
502 out of 2 points Almost all managerial tasks
involve ________. • Question
512 out of 2 points Prior to the recession that began
in 2008, many businesses became highly leveraged, which is another term for a
company with a high debt-to-assets ratio. • Question
522 out of 2 points How is a corporate ritual
different from a corporate story or legend?