MAN 3025 QUIZ 1-6 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Corporate Social Responsibility involves: - Answer-Actions to improve the inactive
relationship between the corporation and it's business environment
a) actions designed to protect and improve society.
b) actions designed to protect and improve the corporation's own interests.
c) actions to improve the inactive relationship between the corporation and it's business
environment.
d) all of the above. *
The four functions of management are: - Answer-Planning, leading, organizing, and
controlling
The principals of management are drawn from a number of academic fields, principally,
the fields of: - Answer-leadership, management, and strategy
The different types of planning used in the function of management are: - Answer-
strategic, tactical, operational
Three key managerial skills are: - Answer-conceptual, human, and technical
To be successful, empowerment requires: - Answer-Motivated, skilled workers and
managers focused on employee development and power sharing
Effective controlling requires the existence of plans, since planning provides the
necessary: - Answer-performance standards or objectives
Managers do not spend all of their time managing - Answer-true
Reducing waste and pollution is a key indicator of performance - Answer-true
To be effective at leading, managers music first understand their employees
personalities, values, attitudes, and emotions - Answer-True
There are two major functions that all successful managers perform - Answer-False
Planning is a function of management that involves setting objectives and determining a
course of action for achieving these objectives - Answer-True
Only supervisors are effected by the principals of management - Answer-False
, Empowerment is the process of asking the individual to think, behave, take action, and
control work and decision making in an organization - Answer-False
Leadership involves the use of power and authority, while management involves the use
of non-coercive influence. - Answer-False
Countries with low collectivism: - Answer-Emphasize individual acheivement
People who behave unethically have a character flaw - Answer-False
As the economy move from manufacturing to services, the need for engaging worker's
minds and hearts became more important - Answer-True
Global trends affect both the style and substance of management - Answer-True
Managing diversity is a major challenge facing organizations today - Answer-True
What is linked to gaining a competitive advantage? - Answer-Managing human
resources
The changing demographics are most important to which major challenge: - Answer-
Managing diversity
People in high power, distant, societies expect: - Answer-Unequal power distribution
People in societies where uncertainty avoidance is high: - Answer-Want strict rules,
laws and policies
Leaders of an organization set the moral tone of the organization - Answer-True
5 dimensions of national culture os a framework created by Geert Hofstede - Answer-
True
Ethics implies deciding on a course of action when clear decision rules are available -
Answer-False
The scientific advantage to management is come times referred to as: - Answer-
Taylorism
Operating in global markets is a new concept for business organization - Answer-False
Unethical behavior stems from: - Answer-Cultural Differences, personal Differences,
and Relativism
The nature vs. nurture debate is focused on: - Answer-The origin of personality
ANSWERS
Corporate Social Responsibility involves: - Answer-Actions to improve the inactive
relationship between the corporation and it's business environment
a) actions designed to protect and improve society.
b) actions designed to protect and improve the corporation's own interests.
c) actions to improve the inactive relationship between the corporation and it's business
environment.
d) all of the above. *
The four functions of management are: - Answer-Planning, leading, organizing, and
controlling
The principals of management are drawn from a number of academic fields, principally,
the fields of: - Answer-leadership, management, and strategy
The different types of planning used in the function of management are: - Answer-
strategic, tactical, operational
Three key managerial skills are: - Answer-conceptual, human, and technical
To be successful, empowerment requires: - Answer-Motivated, skilled workers and
managers focused on employee development and power sharing
Effective controlling requires the existence of plans, since planning provides the
necessary: - Answer-performance standards or objectives
Managers do not spend all of their time managing - Answer-true
Reducing waste and pollution is a key indicator of performance - Answer-true
To be effective at leading, managers music first understand their employees
personalities, values, attitudes, and emotions - Answer-True
There are two major functions that all successful managers perform - Answer-False
Planning is a function of management that involves setting objectives and determining a
course of action for achieving these objectives - Answer-True
Only supervisors are effected by the principals of management - Answer-False
, Empowerment is the process of asking the individual to think, behave, take action, and
control work and decision making in an organization - Answer-False
Leadership involves the use of power and authority, while management involves the use
of non-coercive influence. - Answer-False
Countries with low collectivism: - Answer-Emphasize individual acheivement
People who behave unethically have a character flaw - Answer-False
As the economy move from manufacturing to services, the need for engaging worker's
minds and hearts became more important - Answer-True
Global trends affect both the style and substance of management - Answer-True
Managing diversity is a major challenge facing organizations today - Answer-True
What is linked to gaining a competitive advantage? - Answer-Managing human
resources
The changing demographics are most important to which major challenge: - Answer-
Managing diversity
People in high power, distant, societies expect: - Answer-Unequal power distribution
People in societies where uncertainty avoidance is high: - Answer-Want strict rules,
laws and policies
Leaders of an organization set the moral tone of the organization - Answer-True
5 dimensions of national culture os a framework created by Geert Hofstede - Answer-
True
Ethics implies deciding on a course of action when clear decision rules are available -
Answer-False
The scientific advantage to management is come times referred to as: - Answer-
Taylorism
Operating in global markets is a new concept for business organization - Answer-False
Unethical behavior stems from: - Answer-Cultural Differences, personal Differences,
and Relativism
The nature vs. nurture debate is focused on: - Answer-The origin of personality
