ADMS 1000 MIDTERM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Administrative management
Answer:
Classical approach. Highlights the view that principles should guide the role of a
manager, regardless of the context
Question:
2. Behavioural approaches
Answer:
Refers to managerial perspectives that consider the social or human side of
organizations and address the challenges of managing human beings
Question:
3. Bureaucratic management
Answer:
Classical approach. Reflects the view that organizations must be run according to
a strict set of rules, with a clear hierarchy of authority to ensure accountability and
adherence to the rules
Question:
4. Chester Barnard
Answer:
Interested in organizational structure as social systems. Believed manager's main
functions were to establish and maintain a communication system with employees,
and establish and organize objectives and ensure motivation throughout the
employee's
Question:
5. Classical approaches
Answer:
Assume workers will respond passively. Does not focus on the employees
Question:
6. Compartmentalizing
Answer:
Keeps jobs simple, easy and inexpensive to train workers, stable supply of labour
, Question:
7. Contingency approach
Answer:
Assumes that the best style of management depends on many contingencies
INCLUDES organizational size, routines of task technology, environmental
uncertainty, and employee individual differences
Question:
8. Decisional roles
Answer:
Managers must process information and act as a decision-maker
Question:
9. Disseminator
Answer:
Informational Role. Share or distribute information they have gained from their
role of a monitor
Question:
10. Disturbance handler
Answer:
Decisional Role. Dealing with and attempting to resolve conflict
Question:
11. Entrepreneur
Answer:
Decisional Role. Develop and initiate new projects
Question:
12. Esprit de corps
Answer:
Organizational unity. Spirit and harmony should be encouraged among workers in
order to generate organizational goals
Question:
13. Figure head
Answer:
Interpersonal Role. Ceremonial or symbolic in nature ie. employee of the month
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Administrative management
Answer:
Classical approach. Highlights the view that principles should guide the role of a
manager, regardless of the context
Question:
2. Behavioural approaches
Answer:
Refers to managerial perspectives that consider the social or human side of
organizations and address the challenges of managing human beings
Question:
3. Bureaucratic management
Answer:
Classical approach. Reflects the view that organizations must be run according to
a strict set of rules, with a clear hierarchy of authority to ensure accountability and
adherence to the rules
Question:
4. Chester Barnard
Answer:
Interested in organizational structure as social systems. Believed manager's main
functions were to establish and maintain a communication system with employees,
and establish and organize objectives and ensure motivation throughout the
employee's
Question:
5. Classical approaches
Answer:
Assume workers will respond passively. Does not focus on the employees
Question:
6. Compartmentalizing
Answer:
Keeps jobs simple, easy and inexpensive to train workers, stable supply of labour
, Question:
7. Contingency approach
Answer:
Assumes that the best style of management depends on many contingencies
INCLUDES organizational size, routines of task technology, environmental
uncertainty, and employee individual differences
Question:
8. Decisional roles
Answer:
Managers must process information and act as a decision-maker
Question:
9. Disseminator
Answer:
Informational Role. Share or distribute information they have gained from their
role of a monitor
Question:
10. Disturbance handler
Answer:
Decisional Role. Dealing with and attempting to resolve conflict
Question:
11. Entrepreneur
Answer:
Decisional Role. Develop and initiate new projects
Question:
12. Esprit de corps
Answer:
Organizational unity. Spirit and harmony should be encouraged among workers in
order to generate organizational goals
Question:
13. Figure head
Answer:
Interpersonal Role. Ceremonial or symbolic in nature ie. employee of the month
