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The number one mistake made by managers who were derailed from their
fast track up the managerial ranks was that they didn't develop or possess
the necessary technical skills. - ✔✔False: The number one mistake made
by managers who were derailed from their fast track up the managerial
ranks was that they were insensitive to others by virtue of their abrasive,
intimidating, and bullying management style.
Mike Walker supervises operations on the chassis assembly line for a large
vehicle manufacturer. Most of his time is spent in quality control
maintenance, scheduling workers, and training new employees. Walker
would be categorized as a: - ✔✔First-time Manager: Walker is overseeing
nonmanagerial workers who are directly responsible for producing goods.
The chairs of the accounting, marketing, and communications departments
at a typical university are assuming the roles of ____ because they
supervise nonmanagerial employees. - ✔✔first-line managers: First-line
, managers are described as those who train and supervise the performance
of nonmanagerial employees who are directly responsible for producing the
company's products or services.
Conceptual skills are most important for lower-level managers to possess. -
✔✔false:Technical skills are most important for lower-level managers and
team leaders.
At the death of her husband, Miriam McAllister became the CEO of a
company that is the world's leading manufacturer of kidney dialysis
machines. Even though she was not expected to, she quickly asked
company employees to develop ideas for new products that would lead to
organizational growth in a changing environment. The decisional role she
took on was that of a(n): - ✔✔In the entrepreneur role, managers adapt
themselves, their subordinates, and their units to incremental change.
Hormel Foods had to recall 104,000 pounds of Stagg canned chili—labeled
"hearty beef with a kick of green chilies"—after the kick turned out to come
from the ground-up parts of a plastic handheld calculator. The recall was
the application of which management function? - ✔✔controlling:Controlling
is the monitoring of progress toward the achievement of goals and then
taking what corrective action will resolve problems discovered during the
monitoring process.