UIOWA MANAGEMENT FINAL EXAM
Questions & 100% Correct Answers
Defintion of management
✓ ~~> getting work done through others, concerned with efficiency and
effectiveness in the work process
Types of Managers
✓ ~~> Top Managers
✓ Middle Managers
✓ First-Line Managers
✓ Team Leaders
4 Management Functions
✓ ~~> Planning
Organizing
Controlling
Leading
MF1: Planning
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✓ ~~> involves determining organizational goals and a means for
achieving them
MF2: Organizing
✓ ~~> deciding where decisions will be made, who will do what jobs
and tasks, and who will work for whom in the company--determining
how things get done
MF3: Leading
✓ ~~> involves inspiring and motivating workers to work hard to achieve
organizational goals
MF4: Controlling
✓ ~~> monitoring progress toward goal achievement and taking
corrective action when progress is not being made
What is the basic controlling process?
✓ ~~> involves setting standards to achieve goals, comparing actual
performance to those standards and then making changes to return
performance to those standards
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Which Management Function: Assigning team leaders to work on certain
product lines and coordinating efforts and delegating work
✓ ~~> Organizing
Which Management Function: Comparing performance reports to yearly
goals
✓ ~~> Controlling
Which Management Function: Deciding whether to advertise to a new
market or setting a strategic vision
✓ ~~> Planning
Which Management Function: Meeting with senior leaders to inspire them
✓ ~~> Leading
Top 3 Mistakes Managers Make
✓ ~~> 1. Intimidating, Abrasive to others, Bullying Style
2. Cold & Arrogant
3. Betraying Trust
Mangement Skills
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✓ ~~> 1. Technical
2. Human
3. Conceptual
4. Motivation to manage
MS1: Technical Skills
✓ ~~> the specialized procedures, techniquest, and knowledge
required to get job done
Example of Technical Skills
✓ ~~> Ability to find new sales prospects, develop accurate sales
pitches based on customer needs, and close sales
MS2: Human Skills
✓ ~~> the ability to work with others
Who needs to have good Human Skills?
✓ ~~> Top Managers: they spend most of their job dealing directly with
people
MS3: Conceptual Skills
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