MAN 3025 QUIZ QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Organization - Answer-Group of individuals who work together in a coordinated and
structured way to achieve common goals
Management - Answer-Involves a set of activities that use an organization's resources
to achieve organizational goals
Managers - Answer-Individuals charged with carrying out the management process
Levels of Management - Answer-top managers, middle managers, first-line managers
Top Managers - Answer-Handful of executives who manage the organization. Set goals,
strategies, & policies, & represent the organization to the external environment. (Chief
officer, president, Vice President)
Middle Managers - Answer-Implement plans and policies developed by top managers &
coordinate & supervise lower managers. Largest group of managers in most
organizations. (Plant managers, division heads, & operation managers)
first-line managers - Answer-Coordinate & supervise activities of lower-level employees,
& they handle administrative duties. They spend a lot of their time supervising their
subordinates work. (Supervisors, office managers, & coordinators)
Areas of Management - Answer-Marketing, Finance, Operations, Human Resources,
Administrative
Marketing manager - Answer-Charged with activities designed to get consumers to buy
the organization's offering. Oversee product development, promotion, and distribution
finance manager - Answer-In charge of the organization's finances, and they oversee
accounting, investments, and cash management
operations manager - Answer-In charge of the systems that actually create the
organization's products & services. They oversee the control of production, quality, &
inventory, & they are involved in site selection & plant layout
Human Resource Managers - Answer-In charge of hiring & development, & they
oversee recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, & discharge of
employees
Administrative managers - Answer-Do not have a single management specialty; they
tend to be generalists who are familiar with most of the functional areas
, Management Functions - Answer-planning, organizing, leading, controlling
Planning - Answer-Setting goals & deciding how to achieve them. The process of
planning involves decision making - choosing from among multiple alternative courses
of action
Organizing - Answer-Determining how the company's resources and activities will be
grouped
Leading - Answer-motivating, directing, and otherwise influencing people to work hard
to achieve the organization's goals
Controlling - Answer-monitoring performance, comparing it with goals, and taking
corrective action as needed
Management Skills - Answer-technical, interpersonal, conceptual, diagnostic,
communication, decision making, time management
technical skills - Answer-consist of the job-specific knowledge that is necessary to work
in a specific field. Particularly important for first-line managers, who must know how to
do the task they assign in order to train & supervise their subordinates
interpersonal skills - Answer-Ability to work well with other people
conceptual skills - Answer-Ability to think analytically, visualize the organization as a
whole, & understand how the parts work together
diagnostic skills - Answer-Ability to visualize what response is most appropriate in a
given situation
Communication skills - Answer-Ability to effectively convey ideas to others & understand
information received from others
decision-making skills - Answer-Ability to recognize problems or opportunities & select
the best course of action
time management skills - Answer-Ability to prioritize & delegate work & to work
efficiently
Effect management - Answer-Both a science and an art because managers blend hard
data and facts with intuition and subjective perceptions
Management is a science - Answer-Many management problems can be approached in
a logical, systematic way. Scientific perspective managers technical, diagnostic and
decision making skills are particularly important
ANSWERS
Organization - Answer-Group of individuals who work together in a coordinated and
structured way to achieve common goals
Management - Answer-Involves a set of activities that use an organization's resources
to achieve organizational goals
Managers - Answer-Individuals charged with carrying out the management process
Levels of Management - Answer-top managers, middle managers, first-line managers
Top Managers - Answer-Handful of executives who manage the organization. Set goals,
strategies, & policies, & represent the organization to the external environment. (Chief
officer, president, Vice President)
Middle Managers - Answer-Implement plans and policies developed by top managers &
coordinate & supervise lower managers. Largest group of managers in most
organizations. (Plant managers, division heads, & operation managers)
first-line managers - Answer-Coordinate & supervise activities of lower-level employees,
& they handle administrative duties. They spend a lot of their time supervising their
subordinates work. (Supervisors, office managers, & coordinators)
Areas of Management - Answer-Marketing, Finance, Operations, Human Resources,
Administrative
Marketing manager - Answer-Charged with activities designed to get consumers to buy
the organization's offering. Oversee product development, promotion, and distribution
finance manager - Answer-In charge of the organization's finances, and they oversee
accounting, investments, and cash management
operations manager - Answer-In charge of the systems that actually create the
organization's products & services. They oversee the control of production, quality, &
inventory, & they are involved in site selection & plant layout
Human Resource Managers - Answer-In charge of hiring & development, & they
oversee recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, & discharge of
employees
Administrative managers - Answer-Do not have a single management specialty; they
tend to be generalists who are familiar with most of the functional areas
, Management Functions - Answer-planning, organizing, leading, controlling
Planning - Answer-Setting goals & deciding how to achieve them. The process of
planning involves decision making - choosing from among multiple alternative courses
of action
Organizing - Answer-Determining how the company's resources and activities will be
grouped
Leading - Answer-motivating, directing, and otherwise influencing people to work hard
to achieve the organization's goals
Controlling - Answer-monitoring performance, comparing it with goals, and taking
corrective action as needed
Management Skills - Answer-technical, interpersonal, conceptual, diagnostic,
communication, decision making, time management
technical skills - Answer-consist of the job-specific knowledge that is necessary to work
in a specific field. Particularly important for first-line managers, who must know how to
do the task they assign in order to train & supervise their subordinates
interpersonal skills - Answer-Ability to work well with other people
conceptual skills - Answer-Ability to think analytically, visualize the organization as a
whole, & understand how the parts work together
diagnostic skills - Answer-Ability to visualize what response is most appropriate in a
given situation
Communication skills - Answer-Ability to effectively convey ideas to others & understand
information received from others
decision-making skills - Answer-Ability to recognize problems or opportunities & select
the best course of action
time management skills - Answer-Ability to prioritize & delegate work & to work
efficiently
Effect management - Answer-Both a science and an art because managers blend hard
data and facts with intuition and subjective perceptions
Management is a science - Answer-Many management problems can be approached in
a logical, systematic way. Scientific perspective managers technical, diagnostic and
decision making skills are particularly important
