MGMT 300 TEST 1 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
What organization assigns punishments to companies whose employees are involved in
serious forms of workplace deviance? - Answer-U.S. sentencing commission
Discretionary Responsibility - Answer-Contribute to the community; be a good corporate
citizen
Examples of Ethical responsibility - Answer-To abide by accepted principles of right and
wrong when conducting business.
Which arguments support the need for companies to adopt positions of social
responsibility? - Answer-Organizations must act in a sustainable fashion, in the long
run, what is good for the environment will be good for the organization. Organizations
are responsible for acting's s good citizens in the society in which they operate.
A company using a social responsiveness strategy in which they do less than society
expects is using: - Answer-A reactive strategy
A tobacco company taking a reactive stance to the claims that smoking causes cancer
would: - Answer-Create an advertising campaign suggesting that breathing second
hand smoke was less dangerous than drinking milk
Kantian Ethics - Answer-Two formulations of the categorical imperative: act only
according to that maxim whereby you would will that it becomes universal law.- treat
others always as ends in themselves and never merely(simply) as a means to an end
Max Weber developed bureaucratic management and believed in the division of labor-
that tasks and responsibilities should be: - Answer-Clearly divided and defined
Henri Fayol believed that each employee should report to and receive orders from just
one boss. This is known as: - Answer-Unity of command
Who believed in communication and coordination? - Answer-Mary Parker Follett
Who believed in acceptance of authority and cooperation? - Answer-Chester Barnard
Who believed in impact of managment attention and teams? - Answer-Elton Mayo
Who believed in impact of managment attention and teams? - Answer-Elton Mayo
, Fiedler's theory and others like it are called contingency theories, and they imply that
the most effective management technique: - Answer-Changes with the situation
A committee member is convinced that they can do all of the preparation work without
any assistance from outside agencies. His management approach reflects: - Answer-A
closed system
The idea that no single approach applies to all management issues demonstrates which
of the following theories of management? - Answer-Contingency management
Scientific management - Answer-Thoroughly studying and testing different work
methods to identify the best, most efficient way to complete a job
Frederick W. Taylor(1856-1915) - Answer-Father of scientific management
Soldiering - Answer-When workers deliberately slow their pace or restrict their work
output
Taylor emphasized that the goal of scientific management was to - Answer-Use
systematic study to find the "one best way" of doing each task
Taylor's first principle of scientific management - Answer-Develop a science for each
element of a man's work, which replaces the old rule of thumb method
Taylor's second principle of scientific management - Answer-Scientifically select and
then train, teach and develop the workman, whereas in the past, he chose his own work
and trained himself as best he could
Taylor's third principle of scientific management - Answer-Heartily cooperate with the
men so as to ensure all of the work being done is in accordance with the principles of
science that has been developed
Taylor's fourth principle of scientific management - Answer-There is an almost equal
division of the work and the responsibility between the management and the workmen.
The management take over all the work for which they are better fitted than the
workmen, while in the past almost all of th dowry and the greater part of the
responsibility were thrown upon the men
Motion study - Answer-breaking each task or job into its separate motions and then
eliminating those that are unnecessary or repetitive
While building the ancient pyramids, the Egyptians performed several management
functions. They submitted written requests and consulted staff for advice before making
decisions. The Egyptians peformed which functions of managment? - Answer-
Controlling, planning, and organanizing
CORRECT ANSWERS
What organization assigns punishments to companies whose employees are involved in
serious forms of workplace deviance? - Answer-U.S. sentencing commission
Discretionary Responsibility - Answer-Contribute to the community; be a good corporate
citizen
Examples of Ethical responsibility - Answer-To abide by accepted principles of right and
wrong when conducting business.
Which arguments support the need for companies to adopt positions of social
responsibility? - Answer-Organizations must act in a sustainable fashion, in the long
run, what is good for the environment will be good for the organization. Organizations
are responsible for acting's s good citizens in the society in which they operate.
A company using a social responsiveness strategy in which they do less than society
expects is using: - Answer-A reactive strategy
A tobacco company taking a reactive stance to the claims that smoking causes cancer
would: - Answer-Create an advertising campaign suggesting that breathing second
hand smoke was less dangerous than drinking milk
Kantian Ethics - Answer-Two formulations of the categorical imperative: act only
according to that maxim whereby you would will that it becomes universal law.- treat
others always as ends in themselves and never merely(simply) as a means to an end
Max Weber developed bureaucratic management and believed in the division of labor-
that tasks and responsibilities should be: - Answer-Clearly divided and defined
Henri Fayol believed that each employee should report to and receive orders from just
one boss. This is known as: - Answer-Unity of command
Who believed in communication and coordination? - Answer-Mary Parker Follett
Who believed in acceptance of authority and cooperation? - Answer-Chester Barnard
Who believed in impact of managment attention and teams? - Answer-Elton Mayo
Who believed in impact of managment attention and teams? - Answer-Elton Mayo
, Fiedler's theory and others like it are called contingency theories, and they imply that
the most effective management technique: - Answer-Changes with the situation
A committee member is convinced that they can do all of the preparation work without
any assistance from outside agencies. His management approach reflects: - Answer-A
closed system
The idea that no single approach applies to all management issues demonstrates which
of the following theories of management? - Answer-Contingency management
Scientific management - Answer-Thoroughly studying and testing different work
methods to identify the best, most efficient way to complete a job
Frederick W. Taylor(1856-1915) - Answer-Father of scientific management
Soldiering - Answer-When workers deliberately slow their pace or restrict their work
output
Taylor emphasized that the goal of scientific management was to - Answer-Use
systematic study to find the "one best way" of doing each task
Taylor's first principle of scientific management - Answer-Develop a science for each
element of a man's work, which replaces the old rule of thumb method
Taylor's second principle of scientific management - Answer-Scientifically select and
then train, teach and develop the workman, whereas in the past, he chose his own work
and trained himself as best he could
Taylor's third principle of scientific management - Answer-Heartily cooperate with the
men so as to ensure all of the work being done is in accordance with the principles of
science that has been developed
Taylor's fourth principle of scientific management - Answer-There is an almost equal
division of the work and the responsibility between the management and the workmen.
The management take over all the work for which they are better fitted than the
workmen, while in the past almost all of th dowry and the greater part of the
responsibility were thrown upon the men
Motion study - Answer-breaking each task or job into its separate motions and then
eliminating those that are unnecessary or repetitive
While building the ancient pyramids, the Egyptians performed several management
functions. They submitted written requests and consulted staff for advice before making
decisions. The Egyptians peformed which functions of managment? - Answer-
Controlling, planning, and organanizing
