Test Bank for Essentials of Contemporary Management, 10th Edition by Gareth Jones

Chap 01 10e Jones
1) Organizations are efficient when managers maximize the amount of input resources.
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2) Managers at all levels and in all departments are responsible for planning, organizing,
leading, and controlling.
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3) The outcome of organizing is the creation of a strategy.
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4) An organization's vision is a short, succinct, and inspiring statement of what the organization
intends to become and the goals it is seeking to achieve.
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5) Top managers are responsible for the performance of a specific department.
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6) Today, the term "chief operating officer" refers to the chief executive officer.
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7) Conceptual skills include the general ability to understand, alter, lead, and control the
behavior of other individuals and groups.
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, 8) Arien is an exceptional manager in that she is able to create cohesive teams from a diverse
group of people. Arien demonstrates good human skills.
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9) Individuals who believe that they are responsible for what happens to them and that their
own actions determine important outcomes are said to have an external locus of control.
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10) A person who works for a company and works to create new or improved products for that
company is an example of an intrapreneur.
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11) Robert and Liam possess the same kinds of technical skills; typically they would become
members of a specific department.
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12) Innovation takes place when management centralizes control of work activities and creates
an organizational culture that eliminates risk taking.
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13) Organizations appoint turnaround CEOs after the organizations become more efficient and
effective.
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