Essentials of Contemporary
Management 10th Edition
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Gareth R. Jones
Jennifer M. George
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, Essentials of Contemporary Management – 10th Edition
(ISBN 9781265449025)
Gareth R. Jones and Jennifer M. George
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. The Management Process Today
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Chapter 2. Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: The Manager as a Person
Chapter 3. Managing Ethics and Diversity
Chapter 4. Managing in the Global Environment
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Chapter 5. Decision Making, Learning, and Creativity
Chapter 6. Planning, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage
Chapter 7. Designing Organizational Structure
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Chapter 8. Organizational Control and Change
Chapter 9. Motivation
Chapter 10. Leaders and Leadership
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Chapter 11. Effective Team Management
Chapter 12. Building and Managing Human Resources
Chapter 13. Effective Communication
Chapter 14. Operations Management: Managing Operations and Processes
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,Student name:__________
1) Organizations are efficient when managers maximize the amount of input resources.
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⊚ false
2) Managers at all levels and in all departments are responsible for planning, organizing,
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leading, and controlling.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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3) The outcome of organizing is the creation of a strategy.
⊚ true
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⊚ false
4) An organization's vision is a short, succinct, and inspiring statement of what the organization
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intends to become and the goals it is seeking to achieve.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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5) Top managers are responsible for the performance of a specific department.
⊚ true
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⊚ false
6) Today, the term "chief operating officer" refers to the chief executive officer.
⊚ true
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⊚ false
7) Conceptual skills include the general ability to understand, alter, lead, and control the
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behavior of other individuals and groups.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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, 8) Arien is an exceptional manager in that she is able to create cohesive teams from a diverse
group of people. Arien demonstrates good human skills.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Individuals who believe that they are responsible for what happens to them and that their
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own actions determine important outcomes are said to have an external locus of control.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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10) A person who works for a company and works to create new or improved products for that
company is an example of an intrapreneur.
⊚ true
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⊚ false
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11) Robert and Liam possess the same kinds of technical skills; typically they would become
members of a specific department.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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12) Innovation takes place when management centralizes control of work activities and creates
an organizational culture that eliminates risk taking.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
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13) Organizations appoint turnaround CEOs after the organizations become more efficient and
effective.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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Management 10th Edition
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TEST BANK
UV
IA
_A
Gareth R. Jones
Jennifer M. George
PP
────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
and Students
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© Gareth R. Jones & Jennifer M. George.
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All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
?
© BooksbyMed
, Essentials of Contemporary Management – 10th Edition
(ISBN 9781265449025)
Gareth R. Jones and Jennifer M. George
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. The Management Process Today
ST
Chapter 2. Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: The Manager as a Person
Chapter 3. Managing Ethics and Diversity
Chapter 4. Managing in the Global Environment
UV
Chapter 5. Decision Making, Learning, and Creativity
Chapter 6. Planning, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage
Chapter 7. Designing Organizational Structure
IA
Chapter 8. Organizational Control and Change
Chapter 9. Motivation
Chapter 10. Leaders and Leadership
_A
Chapter 11. Effective Team Management
Chapter 12. Building and Managing Human Resources
Chapter 13. Effective Communication
Chapter 14. Operations Management: Managing Operations and Processes
PP
RO
VE
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© BooksbyMed
,Student name:__________
1) Organizations are efficient when managers maximize the amount of input resources.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Managers at all levels and in all departments are responsible for planning, organizing,
ST
leading, and controlling.
⊚ true
⊚ false
UV
3) The outcome of organizing is the creation of a strategy.
⊚ true
IA
⊚ false
4) An organization's vision is a short, succinct, and inspiring statement of what the organization
_A
intends to become and the goals it is seeking to achieve.
⊚ true
⊚ false
PP
5) Top managers are responsible for the performance of a specific department.
⊚ true
RO
⊚ false
6) Today, the term "chief operating officer" refers to the chief executive officer.
⊚ true
VE
⊚ false
7) Conceptual skills include the general ability to understand, alter, lead, and control the
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behavior of other individuals and groups.
⊚ true
⊚ false
Version 1 1
, 8) Arien is an exceptional manager in that she is able to create cohesive teams from a diverse
group of people. Arien demonstrates good human skills.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Individuals who believe that they are responsible for what happens to them and that their
ST
own actions determine important outcomes are said to have an external locus of control.
⊚ true
⊚ false
UV
10) A person who works for a company and works to create new or improved products for that
company is an example of an intrapreneur.
⊚ true
IA
⊚ false
_A
11) Robert and Liam possess the same kinds of technical skills; typically they would become
members of a specific department.
⊚ true
⊚ false
PP
12) Innovation takes place when management centralizes control of work activities and creates
an organizational culture that eliminates risk taking.
RO
⊚ true
⊚ false
VE
13) Organizations appoint turnaround CEOs after the organizations become more efficient and
effective.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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