ACE 231 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers 100% Pass
When are the "Packback #2" submissions due? - Answers Before 11:59 pm Monday, February 7, 2022
Which is true? Textbook... - Answers The textbook for this course is optional
How many exams will be given in this course? - Answers 3
Which is true about quizzes in this course? - Answers Each quiz may be taken once, and only once
Which is true about quiz scores being dropped before calculation of a student's final grade? - Answers A
student's lowest single score from quizzes 2 through 8 will be dropped. The scores from quizzes 1, 9, and
10 cannot be dropped
Which is true? A students weighted average ... - Answers A students weighted average score for the
course, rounded to the nearest whole number using Excel, is used to assign the final grade for this
course
When are in class assignments due? - Answers The Syllabus doesn't specifically say, so apparently it will
be important to attend class to learn how and when they're given, and when they're due
Select the correct statement: in class assignments - Answers The in class assignments are unannounced
Dan Pink cites research that shows that contingent motivators, such as telling an employee, "If you do
this, then you get that. - Answers Work in some circumstances, but not others
Elizabeth Lyle says that we're changing almost everything about how organizations work, but we're still
measuring and rewarding workplace behaviors base on old metrics. Why does she say this happens? -
Answers Because changing those systems takes time
Dan Pink says that business is out of synch with what science knows regarding - Answers Intrinsic versus
extrinsic motivators
Elizabeth Lyle suggests a solution to the problem she describes in the video. She says - Answers There
need to be more coaches in the workplace to coach the daily interactions and feedback sessions
between middle and senior managers
What term does Dan Pink use to describe the urge to direct our own lives? - Answers Autonomy
Elizabeth Lyle says that, figuratively speaking, John should ask to - Answers fly the plane
What term or phrase does Dan Pink use to describe the desire to get better at something? - Answers
Mastery
An example Elizabeth Lyle cites about the old-fashioned style of management is - Answers The senior
leader who rose to that position based on exceptional individual performance
, What term or phrase does Dan Pink use to describe the yearning to do what we do in service to
something larger than ourselves? - Answers Purpose
Dan Pink says that productivity increases, worker engagement increases, worker satisfaction increases,
and employee turnover decreases in - Answers A Results Only Work Environment or "ROWE"
The function of management that focuses on using influence to motivate employees - Answers Leading
First line managers focus on - Answers Tactical considerations
If Professor Stoddard writes a book someday about the three things he hears a lot from students he
supervises as they do summer internships, one of these three things is - Answers The old people don't
use the technology at all, or if they do use it, they fail to use it to its fullest benefit and this hurts growth
and income prospects for the company
One advantage of a bureaucratic organization that was mentioned in class is - Answers A bureaucratic
organization will have carefully prescribed hiring practices that have to be used in all cases, so all
applicants receive equal consideration and there is less likely to be explicit or implicit discrimination in
hiring
Managers have to focus on innovation because - Answers It's a huge competitive advantage
When researchers from the University of Minnesota studied the Results Only Work Environment at the
headquarters of Best Buy in Minneapolis, they found - Answers Turnover decreased
The function of management that focuses on monitoring activities and making corrections is - Answers
Controlling
An approach to management that focuses on serving the needs of employees and developing them is
called - Answers Servant Leadership
Getting the job done and providing a product or service that customers value is - Answers Organizational
effectiveness
Achieving an organizational goal with the minimum possible expenditure of resources such as land,
labor, and capital - Answers Organization efficiency
The function of management that focuses on selecting goals and way to attain them - Answers Planning
Coaching your direct reports is an example of which type of skill? - Answers Human
The lowest level of manager is referred to as - Answers First - line manager
Senior managers focus on - Answers Strategical considerations
The "Peter Principle" says employees rise in a company - Answers To the level of their incompetence
When are the "Packback #2" submissions due? - Answers Before 11:59 pm Monday, February 7, 2022
Which is true? Textbook... - Answers The textbook for this course is optional
How many exams will be given in this course? - Answers 3
Which is true about quizzes in this course? - Answers Each quiz may be taken once, and only once
Which is true about quiz scores being dropped before calculation of a student's final grade? - Answers A
student's lowest single score from quizzes 2 through 8 will be dropped. The scores from quizzes 1, 9, and
10 cannot be dropped
Which is true? A students weighted average ... - Answers A students weighted average score for the
course, rounded to the nearest whole number using Excel, is used to assign the final grade for this
course
When are in class assignments due? - Answers The Syllabus doesn't specifically say, so apparently it will
be important to attend class to learn how and when they're given, and when they're due
Select the correct statement: in class assignments - Answers The in class assignments are unannounced
Dan Pink cites research that shows that contingent motivators, such as telling an employee, "If you do
this, then you get that. - Answers Work in some circumstances, but not others
Elizabeth Lyle says that we're changing almost everything about how organizations work, but we're still
measuring and rewarding workplace behaviors base on old metrics. Why does she say this happens? -
Answers Because changing those systems takes time
Dan Pink says that business is out of synch with what science knows regarding - Answers Intrinsic versus
extrinsic motivators
Elizabeth Lyle suggests a solution to the problem she describes in the video. She says - Answers There
need to be more coaches in the workplace to coach the daily interactions and feedback sessions
between middle and senior managers
What term does Dan Pink use to describe the urge to direct our own lives? - Answers Autonomy
Elizabeth Lyle says that, figuratively speaking, John should ask to - Answers fly the plane
What term or phrase does Dan Pink use to describe the desire to get better at something? - Answers
Mastery
An example Elizabeth Lyle cites about the old-fashioned style of management is - Answers The senior
leader who rose to that position based on exceptional individual performance
, What term or phrase does Dan Pink use to describe the yearning to do what we do in service to
something larger than ourselves? - Answers Purpose
Dan Pink says that productivity increases, worker engagement increases, worker satisfaction increases,
and employee turnover decreases in - Answers A Results Only Work Environment or "ROWE"
The function of management that focuses on using influence to motivate employees - Answers Leading
First line managers focus on - Answers Tactical considerations
If Professor Stoddard writes a book someday about the three things he hears a lot from students he
supervises as they do summer internships, one of these three things is - Answers The old people don't
use the technology at all, or if they do use it, they fail to use it to its fullest benefit and this hurts growth
and income prospects for the company
One advantage of a bureaucratic organization that was mentioned in class is - Answers A bureaucratic
organization will have carefully prescribed hiring practices that have to be used in all cases, so all
applicants receive equal consideration and there is less likely to be explicit or implicit discrimination in
hiring
Managers have to focus on innovation because - Answers It's a huge competitive advantage
When researchers from the University of Minnesota studied the Results Only Work Environment at the
headquarters of Best Buy in Minneapolis, they found - Answers Turnover decreased
The function of management that focuses on monitoring activities and making corrections is - Answers
Controlling
An approach to management that focuses on serving the needs of employees and developing them is
called - Answers Servant Leadership
Getting the job done and providing a product or service that customers value is - Answers Organizational
effectiveness
Achieving an organizational goal with the minimum possible expenditure of resources such as land,
labor, and capital - Answers Organization efficiency
The function of management that focuses on selecting goals and way to attain them - Answers Planning
Coaching your direct reports is an example of which type of skill? - Answers Human
The lowest level of manager is referred to as - Answers First - line manager
Senior managers focus on - Answers Strategical considerations
The "Peter Principle" says employees rise in a company - Answers To the level of their incompetence
