MNG2601 Assignment 1 Semester 2 ( complete answers) due date 04 September 2024

MNG 2601
ASSIGNMENT 1 SEMESTER 2
DUE DATE 04 SEPTEMBER 2024



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Time taken 11 mins 17 secs
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Question 1 _____ is based on four pillars, namely the systems approach, a customer focus, people involvement and a process of continuous
Correct improvement.
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a. Total Quality Management
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b. Quantitative management
c. The systems approach to management
d. Contingency management




Question 2 UN Sustainable Development Goal _____ concerns biodiversity loss.
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Mark 1.00 out of a. 15
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b. 10
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question c. 4
d. 13




Question 3 A student was asked to explain the three levels of management. The student gave the following answer: “Top managers establish
Incorrect organisational goals and they decide how different departments should interact. Middle managers are responsible for finding the best way
Mark 0.00 out of to organise human and other resources to achieve the organisation’s goals. First-line managers are responsible for increasing
1.00 effectiveness”. What is wrong with the answer?
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question a. There is one mistake. The first-line level was incorrectly explained. Instead, the student actually explained middle level of
management.
b. There are two mistakes. The first-line and top levels were explained incorrectly.
c. Nothing is wrong with the answer. All three levels where correctly explained by the student, with no mistakes.
d. The student did not explain any of the three areas correctly.




Question 4 (i) _____ is achieved when an organisation formulates, pursues and attains appropriate (or stated) goals; whilst (ii) _____ is achieved by using
Correct the fewest inputs to generate a maximum amount of output.
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1.00 a. (ii) Efficiency; (ii) synergy
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question b. (i) Profitability; (ii) effectiveness
c. (i) Effectiveness; (ii) efficiency
d. (i) Productivity; (ii) effectiveness




Question 5 Who coined the term stakeholder and defined the term as ‘those groups without whose support the organisation would cease to exist’?
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Mark 1.00 out of a. R. Edward Freeman
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b. Milton Friedman
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question c. Archie Carroll
d. Clarkson




Question 6 The four functions of a manager are (i) _____; (ii) _____; (iii) _____; and (iv) _____.
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Mark 1.00 out of a. goal-setting; organising; directing; motivating
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b. envisioning; determining reporting lines; communicating; reporting
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question c. planning; organising; co-ordinating; directing
d. planning; organising; leading; controlling

, Question 7 Which one of the following statements is correct with regards to climate change? Climate change is _____.
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Mark 1.00 out of a. caused by human activity
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b. reversable
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question c. not causing other changes in the natural environment
d. a result of earth’s natural processes




Question 8 Which one of the following researchers was best known for his/her contribution to the bureaucratic approach to management?
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Mark 1.00 out of a. Frank Gilbreth
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b. Lillian Gilbreth
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question c. FW Taylor
d. Max Weber




Question 9 _____ refers to the constant monitoring of performance and action to ensure that it conform to plans in order to attain the predetermined
Correct organisational goals.
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1.00 a. Organising
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question b. Leading
c. Planning
d. Controlling




Question 10 _____ refers to the creation of the optimum level of return for all stakeholders of an organisation.
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Mark 1.00 out of a. Shareholder return
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b. Stakeholder profitability
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question c. Stakeholder return
d. Stakeholder value




Question 11 When two or more subsystems are working together to produce more than they are working apart, it is known as _____.
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Mark 1.00 out of a. entropy
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b. productivity
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question c. quality
d. synergy




Question 12 _____ management represents the relatively small group of managers who control the organisation and with whom the final authority and
Correct responsibility for executing the management process rests.
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a. Supervisory
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question b. Top
c. Lower
d. Middle




Question 13 The structuring of an organisation into a hierarchy, where the organisation and its members are governed by clearly defined rational
Correct decision-making rules is known as _____ management.
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a. total quality
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question b. bureaucratic
c. systems