Contemporary
Management 12th
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Edition 2024 Release
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TEST BANK
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Jennifer M. George
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, Contemporary Management – 12th Edition (2024 Release)
(ISBN 9781264948390)
Jennifer M. George
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Managers and Managing
ST
Chapter 2. The Evolution of Management Thought
Chapter 3. Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture — The Manager as a
Person
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Chapter 4. Ethics and Social Responsibility
Chapter 5. Managing Diverse Employees in a Multicultural Environment
Chapter 6. Managing in the Global Environment
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Chapter 7. Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
Chapter 8. The Manager as a Planner and Strategist
Chapter 9. Value Chain Management — Functional Strategies for Competitive
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Advantage
Chapter 10. Managing Organizational Structure and Culture
Chapter 11. Organizational Control and Change
Chapter 12. Human Resource Management
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Chapter 13. Motivation and Performance
Chapter 14. Leadership
Chapter 15. Effective Groups and Teams
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Chapter 16. Promoting Effective Communication
Chapter 17. Managing Conflict, Politics, and Negotiation
Chapter 18. Using Advanced Information Technology to Increase Performance
Chapter 19. Starting a New Business
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,Student name:__________
1) At a recent staff meeting, Jeremy was praised by his CEO for choosing the right goals to
pursue. The quality that Jeremy displays here is efficiency.
⊚ true
⊚ false
ST
2) Patel Brothers Company uses a formal system of task and reporting relationships that
coordinates and motivates its employees so that they work together to achieve organizational
goals. This is an example of an organizational structure.
UV
⊚ true
⊚ false
IA
3) As a middle manager, Jobeth selects the goals for her team. The function that Jobeth is
demonstrating is called leading.
⊚ true
⊚ false
_A
4) Categorizing people by salary levels lays out the lines of authority and responsibility between
different individuals and groups.
PP
⊚ true
⊚ false
RO
5) Malik supervises the daily work of the employees who help customers and ring up sales in
the shoe department of a major retail store. Malik is a first-line manager.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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6) The importance of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling remains the same
irrespective of a manager's position in the managerial hierarchy.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
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, 7) If you were a manager at an accounting firm and spent your days processing invoices and
payments and ensuring tax compliance, you would be using your technical skills.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) When Tech Innovators needed to reduce costs to meet its annual profitability goal, it reduced
ST
levels in its hierarchy and laid off 9 percent of its workers. This is an example of
restructuring.
⊚ true
UV
⊚ false
9) A self-managed team is a group of employees who work independently but report to their
respective managers about the progress of the team’s work.
IA
⊚ true
⊚ false
_A
10) The building blocks of competitive advantage are efficiency, quality, innovation and
flexibility, and responsiveness to customers.
⊚ true
PP
⊚ false
RO
11) A(n) __________ is a collection of people who work together and coordinate their actions to
achieve a wide variety of goals.
A) control group
B) talent pool
C) organization
VE
D) focus group
E) quality circle
D?
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Management 12th
ST
Edition 2024 Release
UV
TEST BANK
IA
_A
PP
Jennifer M. George
────────────────────────────────────────────────────
RO
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
and Students
VE
© Jennifer M. George.
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All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
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© BooksbyMed
, Contemporary Management – 12th Edition (2024 Release)
(ISBN 9781264948390)
Jennifer M. George
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Managers and Managing
ST
Chapter 2. The Evolution of Management Thought
Chapter 3. Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture — The Manager as a
Person
UV
Chapter 4. Ethics and Social Responsibility
Chapter 5. Managing Diverse Employees in a Multicultural Environment
Chapter 6. Managing in the Global Environment
IA
Chapter 7. Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
Chapter 8. The Manager as a Planner and Strategist
Chapter 9. Value Chain Management — Functional Strategies for Competitive
_A
Advantage
Chapter 10. Managing Organizational Structure and Culture
Chapter 11. Organizational Control and Change
Chapter 12. Human Resource Management
PP
Chapter 13. Motivation and Performance
Chapter 14. Leadership
Chapter 15. Effective Groups and Teams
RO
Chapter 16. Promoting Effective Communication
Chapter 17. Managing Conflict, Politics, and Negotiation
Chapter 18. Using Advanced Information Technology to Increase Performance
Chapter 19. Starting a New Business
VE
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© BooksbyMed
,Student name:__________
1) At a recent staff meeting, Jeremy was praised by his CEO for choosing the right goals to
pursue. The quality that Jeremy displays here is efficiency.
⊚ true
⊚ false
ST
2) Patel Brothers Company uses a formal system of task and reporting relationships that
coordinates and motivates its employees so that they work together to achieve organizational
goals. This is an example of an organizational structure.
UV
⊚ true
⊚ false
IA
3) As a middle manager, Jobeth selects the goals for her team. The function that Jobeth is
demonstrating is called leading.
⊚ true
⊚ false
_A
4) Categorizing people by salary levels lays out the lines of authority and responsibility between
different individuals and groups.
PP
⊚ true
⊚ false
RO
5) Malik supervises the daily work of the employees who help customers and ring up sales in
the shoe department of a major retail store. Malik is a first-line manager.
⊚ true
⊚ false
VE
6) The importance of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling remains the same
irrespective of a manager's position in the managerial hierarchy.
D?
⊚ true
⊚ false
Version 1 1
, 7) If you were a manager at an accounting firm and spent your days processing invoices and
payments and ensuring tax compliance, you would be using your technical skills.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) When Tech Innovators needed to reduce costs to meet its annual profitability goal, it reduced
ST
levels in its hierarchy and laid off 9 percent of its workers. This is an example of
restructuring.
⊚ true
UV
⊚ false
9) A self-managed team is a group of employees who work independently but report to their
respective managers about the progress of the team’s work.
IA
⊚ true
⊚ false
_A
10) The building blocks of competitive advantage are efficiency, quality, innovation and
flexibility, and responsiveness to customers.
⊚ true
PP
⊚ false
RO
11) A(n) __________ is a collection of people who work together and coordinate their actions to
achieve a wide variety of goals.
A) control group
B) talent pool
C) organization
VE
D) focus group
E) quality circle
D?
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