PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 1 -
MGT 3200 - SAULEY - LSU FINAL TEST
2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ What are the four rules in brainstorming?.
Answer: criticism/evaluation is strictly prohibited, freewheeling is welcome,
quantity of ideas is sought, combination and improvement of ideas is sought
◍ The process of achieving desired results through the efficient use of human
and material resources through the utilization of effectiveness and
efficiency.
Answer: What is MGT
◍ Can inhibitions be totally eliminated in brainstorming sessions?.
Answer: No, inhibitions in generating creative ideas cannot be completely
eliminated due to a number of factors such as non-verbal communication
and power differences among members
◍ What two creativity techniques does synectics use in helping the group to
generate better ideas?.
Answer: synectics uses fantasy and analogy to help the group become more
creative
◍ 1. Effectiveness2. Efficiency.
Answer: What are the 2 key concerns of MGT?
◍ Goal attainment• Effectiveness is concerns with doing the right thing in the
right time in the right way.
Answer: What is effectiveness concerned with?
◍ What is the superhero technique?.
, Answer: a different way of thinking because they are not bound by the same
rules because they break the rules
◍ In synectics, what is the job of Technical expert?.
Answer: evaluate the pros and cons
◍ "Getting more bang for the buck"• Efficiency is concerned with reducing
waste or minimizing resource costs since many resources are scarce.
Answer: What is efficiency concerned with?
◍ What's the problem with synectics?.
Answer: As soon as a group member generates an idea, the technical expert
evaluates the idea thus, the generation of ideas and the evaluation of ideas
occur together, stifiling creativity
◍ • If you're more concerned with efficiency, the harder it is to be effectiveo
Like when you try too hard to cut costs, you lose sight of your goals•
Effective companies tend to be efficiento They give the customer what they
want.
Answer: How are effectiveness and efficiency related?
◍ Human Resources. - Best Managers Recruit better people and train/lead
them better. Pay them and reward them well to retain them.- Worst kind of
managers are infected with injellitance.
Answer: What is your important resource as a manager?
◍ Incompetence and jealousy (term made up by Northcote Parkinson as one of
Parkinson's Laws)- Injellitant managers are holding others back and
recruiting poorly in fear of being surpassed.
Answer: What is injellitance?
◍ Both.
Answer: Is management art or science?
◍ What research is NGT based on?.
Answer: This technique is based on the research that has found that 5
individuals working alone generates more creative ideas than these same
, five individuals would generate working together as a group
◍ It's a science because we develop theories of managers and then test them
using the scientific method with empirical evidence.
Answer: When is MGT considered a science?
◍ It's an art because it's an extension of people's personalities. It cannot all be
taught and there are many different management styles that can be
successful.
Answer: When is MGT considered an art?
◍ Equifinality.
Answer: _________________ - literally means that there are many different
roads to success; there are many different management styles that can work
depending on the situation
◍ How is NGT different from brainstorming and synectics?.
Answer: This technique is different from brainstorming/synectics in 2
ways:• it does not rely upon the free association of ideas • it has very
structured interaction
◍ What in NGT does one try to eliminate to improve the decision-making
process?.
Answer: try to elimate the negatives of the group process
◍ What are the steps in NGT?.
Answer: 1. Group members are familiarized with the problem2. Group
members, working silently and alone, generate solutions to the problem
(individual)3. Group members share their solutions in a round-robin
manner4. Group members evaluate the solutions in a round-robin manner5.
Group members vote privately ranking solutions from best (1) to worst (10).
Two votes are conducted: preliminary and final. (individual)
◍ • The Industrial Revolution changed how work was performed. The division
of labor caused a need for managers. • The owners used to do all of the
managing• The craftsman didn't need managers because they could manage
themselves, but machines need coordination..
MGT 3200 - SAULEY - LSU FINAL TEST
2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ What are the four rules in brainstorming?.
Answer: criticism/evaluation is strictly prohibited, freewheeling is welcome,
quantity of ideas is sought, combination and improvement of ideas is sought
◍ The process of achieving desired results through the efficient use of human
and material resources through the utilization of effectiveness and
efficiency.
Answer: What is MGT
◍ Can inhibitions be totally eliminated in brainstorming sessions?.
Answer: No, inhibitions in generating creative ideas cannot be completely
eliminated due to a number of factors such as non-verbal communication
and power differences among members
◍ What two creativity techniques does synectics use in helping the group to
generate better ideas?.
Answer: synectics uses fantasy and analogy to help the group become more
creative
◍ 1. Effectiveness2. Efficiency.
Answer: What are the 2 key concerns of MGT?
◍ Goal attainment• Effectiveness is concerns with doing the right thing in the
right time in the right way.
Answer: What is effectiveness concerned with?
◍ What is the superhero technique?.
, Answer: a different way of thinking because they are not bound by the same
rules because they break the rules
◍ In synectics, what is the job of Technical expert?.
Answer: evaluate the pros and cons
◍ "Getting more bang for the buck"• Efficiency is concerned with reducing
waste or minimizing resource costs since many resources are scarce.
Answer: What is efficiency concerned with?
◍ What's the problem with synectics?.
Answer: As soon as a group member generates an idea, the technical expert
evaluates the idea thus, the generation of ideas and the evaluation of ideas
occur together, stifiling creativity
◍ • If you're more concerned with efficiency, the harder it is to be effectiveo
Like when you try too hard to cut costs, you lose sight of your goals•
Effective companies tend to be efficiento They give the customer what they
want.
Answer: How are effectiveness and efficiency related?
◍ Human Resources. - Best Managers Recruit better people and train/lead
them better. Pay them and reward them well to retain them.- Worst kind of
managers are infected with injellitance.
Answer: What is your important resource as a manager?
◍ Incompetence and jealousy (term made up by Northcote Parkinson as one of
Parkinson's Laws)- Injellitant managers are holding others back and
recruiting poorly in fear of being surpassed.
Answer: What is injellitance?
◍ Both.
Answer: Is management art or science?
◍ What research is NGT based on?.
Answer: This technique is based on the research that has found that 5
individuals working alone generates more creative ideas than these same
, five individuals would generate working together as a group
◍ It's a science because we develop theories of managers and then test them
using the scientific method with empirical evidence.
Answer: When is MGT considered a science?
◍ It's an art because it's an extension of people's personalities. It cannot all be
taught and there are many different management styles that can be
successful.
Answer: When is MGT considered an art?
◍ Equifinality.
Answer: _________________ - literally means that there are many different
roads to success; there are many different management styles that can work
depending on the situation
◍ How is NGT different from brainstorming and synectics?.
Answer: This technique is different from brainstorming/synectics in 2
ways:• it does not rely upon the free association of ideas • it has very
structured interaction
◍ What in NGT does one try to eliminate to improve the decision-making
process?.
Answer: try to elimate the negatives of the group process
◍ What are the steps in NGT?.
Answer: 1. Group members are familiarized with the problem2. Group
members, working silently and alone, generate solutions to the problem
(individual)3. Group members share their solutions in a round-robin
manner4. Group members evaluate the solutions in a round-robin manner5.
Group members vote privately ranking solutions from best (1) to worst (10).
Two votes are conducted: preliminary and final. (individual)
◍ • The Industrial Revolution changed how work was performed. The division
of labor caused a need for managers. • The owners used to do all of the
managing• The craftsman didn't need managers because they could manage
themselves, but machines need coordination..
