Saylor BUS208 Principles of Management || Possible Questions
Accurately Answered.
Which of the following is NOT a role of a manager? correct answers Submitting payroll.
According to your readings in this unit, what is a manager's primary challenge? correct answers
Solving problems creatively.
What are the primary responsibilities of functional managers? correct answers Overseeing a
specific area or department of the organization.
What is the primary difference between a staff manager and a line manager? correct answers A
staff manager oversees all activities to ensure that everything is in place for overall products and
services to be developed, while a line manager is responsible for overseeing a specific product.
To be an effective manager, an individual must be able to successfully influence others. What are
the two basic influencing modes that managers can use? correct answers Push and pull.
Assuming that employees are able to effectively carry out various tasks and responsibilities
themselves, why is a manager needed at all? correct answers Managers enable operations to run
more effectively and efficiently.
How can a manager ensure that an organization's operations are heading in the appropriate
direction? correct answers The manager can develop a strategic plan.
Why is it important for managers to understand the different types of learning styles? correct
answers So that managers can adapt training programs to meet the individual needs and
preferences of employees.
How can a manager confront the issue of employee absenteeism? correct answers By
investigating the causes of an individual employee's absenteeism.
, Which of the following statements about managers and attitudes is true? correct answers
Promoting a positive attitude about work will enable a manager to be more effective.
In which situation would you find business contacts who compartmentalize their personal and
business relationships? correct answers Low-contact cultures.
What strategy should a manager consider when his or her company wants to expand into a
foreign market but lacks the expertise or resources to do so? correct answers Strategic alliances.
Which 20th-century theory states that there is no one "best way" to manage? correct answers
Contingency Approach.
Which early management theorist developed the 14 Principles of Management? correct answers
Henri Fayol.
Which economic concept must a manager consider when determining which products to produce
domestically, which products to import from other countries, and which products to export to
other countries? correct answers Absolute Advantage.
Which management theory came about as a result of Frederick Winslow Taylor's "time studies"?
correct answers Scientific Management Theory.
Which of the following practices enables companies to have effective organizational structures
when operating in a global marketplace? correct answers Disbursing regional and local business
centers.
Which of the following practices have NOT been a factor in Coca-Cola's global success? correct
answers Shipping all products from bottling plants in the U.S.
Accurately Answered.
Which of the following is NOT a role of a manager? correct answers Submitting payroll.
According to your readings in this unit, what is a manager's primary challenge? correct answers
Solving problems creatively.
What are the primary responsibilities of functional managers? correct answers Overseeing a
specific area or department of the organization.
What is the primary difference between a staff manager and a line manager? correct answers A
staff manager oversees all activities to ensure that everything is in place for overall products and
services to be developed, while a line manager is responsible for overseeing a specific product.
To be an effective manager, an individual must be able to successfully influence others. What are
the two basic influencing modes that managers can use? correct answers Push and pull.
Assuming that employees are able to effectively carry out various tasks and responsibilities
themselves, why is a manager needed at all? correct answers Managers enable operations to run
more effectively and efficiently.
How can a manager ensure that an organization's operations are heading in the appropriate
direction? correct answers The manager can develop a strategic plan.
Why is it important for managers to understand the different types of learning styles? correct
answers So that managers can adapt training programs to meet the individual needs and
preferences of employees.
How can a manager confront the issue of employee absenteeism? correct answers By
investigating the causes of an individual employee's absenteeism.
, Which of the following statements about managers and attitudes is true? correct answers
Promoting a positive attitude about work will enable a manager to be more effective.
In which situation would you find business contacts who compartmentalize their personal and
business relationships? correct answers Low-contact cultures.
What strategy should a manager consider when his or her company wants to expand into a
foreign market but lacks the expertise or resources to do so? correct answers Strategic alliances.
Which 20th-century theory states that there is no one "best way" to manage? correct answers
Contingency Approach.
Which early management theorist developed the 14 Principles of Management? correct answers
Henri Fayol.
Which economic concept must a manager consider when determining which products to produce
domestically, which products to import from other countries, and which products to export to
other countries? correct answers Absolute Advantage.
Which management theory came about as a result of Frederick Winslow Taylor's "time studies"?
correct answers Scientific Management Theory.
Which of the following practices enables companies to have effective organizational structures
when operating in a global marketplace? correct answers Disbursing regional and local business
centers.
Which of the following practices have NOT been a factor in Coca-Cola's global success? correct
answers Shipping all products from bottling plants in the U.S.
