ADMS 1000 MIDTERM REVIEW CHAPTER 1:
MANAGERIAL CHALLENGE
Roles of Managers - Answers - interpersonal, informational, and decisional roles
Interpersonal Role - Answers - figurehead, Leader, Liaison
Informational Role - Answers - Monitor, Disseminator, and Spokesperson
Decisional Role - Answers - Entrepreneur, Disturbance handler, Resource allocator,
and negotiator
Functions of managers - Answers - Planning, organizing, leading, and controlling
Planning - Answers - -Thinking of what the organization's goals should be
-making strategies to achieve the organization's goal
Organizing - Answers - Designing work activities:
-how the works tasks will be grouped to make best use of resources
How tasks will be assigned
-How authority will be allocated to carry out the work
Controlling - Answers - -Determining if the organization is progressing is progressing
towards it's goals
-taking steps to ensure problems are dealt with
-Establishing standards of performance
Leading - Answers - -guiding and motivating members towards the achievement of the
organization's goals
-communicating ideas and directions effectively
Management Philosophies - Answers - Classical and behavioral
Classical approach - Answers - Scientific, Administrative, and Bureaucratic
Management
Who wanted to improve industrial efficiency? - Answers - Frederick Taylor
what was Frederick Taylor's philosophy? - Answers - Standardizing the work,
supervising workers, and motivating the workers
Standardizing the work - Answers - compartmentalized work, observation and
measurement, one of the best method for performing a job
MANAGERIAL CHALLENGE
Roles of Managers - Answers - interpersonal, informational, and decisional roles
Interpersonal Role - Answers - figurehead, Leader, Liaison
Informational Role - Answers - Monitor, Disseminator, and Spokesperson
Decisional Role - Answers - Entrepreneur, Disturbance handler, Resource allocator,
and negotiator
Functions of managers - Answers - Planning, organizing, leading, and controlling
Planning - Answers - -Thinking of what the organization's goals should be
-making strategies to achieve the organization's goal
Organizing - Answers - Designing work activities:
-how the works tasks will be grouped to make best use of resources
How tasks will be assigned
-How authority will be allocated to carry out the work
Controlling - Answers - -Determining if the organization is progressing is progressing
towards it's goals
-taking steps to ensure problems are dealt with
-Establishing standards of performance
Leading - Answers - -guiding and motivating members towards the achievement of the
organization's goals
-communicating ideas and directions effectively
Management Philosophies - Answers - Classical and behavioral
Classical approach - Answers - Scientific, Administrative, and Bureaucratic
Management
Who wanted to improve industrial efficiency? - Answers - Frederick Taylor
what was Frederick Taylor's philosophy? - Answers - Standardizing the work,
supervising workers, and motivating the workers
Standardizing the work - Answers - compartmentalized work, observation and
measurement, one of the best method for performing a job
