MADM 301: Final Exam Review - Mastering
Management and Organizational Principles
Whether a person begins his or her career at the entry level or as a supervisor, his or her job as a
manager is to do the work. (T/F)? - correct answer ✔✔False
According to Jeffrey Pfeffer, companies that invest in business ideas will create long-lasting competitive
advantages that are difficult for other companies to duplicate. (T/F)? - correct answer ✔✔False
The ___________ is the decisional role that managers play when they discuss schedules, projects, goals,
outcomes, resources, and employee raises. - correct answer ✔✔Negotiator role
___________ increase in importance as managers rise through the management hierarchy. - correct
answer ✔✔Conceptual skills
, In the context of Mintzberg's managerial roles, managers in the __________ share information with
people outside their departments or companies. - correct answer ✔✔Spokesperson role
A Gantt chart indicates what? - correct answer ✔✔A project schedule
One of the practical implications of the contingency approach to management is that management is
much harder than it looks. (T/F)? - correct answer ✔✔True
The contingency approach to management clearly states that all management ideas or practices are
universal. (T/F)? - correct answer ✔✔False
What is a bureaucratic organization? - correct answer ✔✔A form of management that has a pyramidal
command structure
Bureaucracy - the exercise of control on the basis of knowledge, expertise, or experience
- promote employees based on their experience or achievements
- managers should supervise an organization to reduce favoritism
According to Henri Fayol's fourteen principles of management, order can be achieved in an organization
by ___________. - correct answer ✔✔Having a place for everyone
According to Chester Bernard, people will be indifferent to managerial directives or orders if they
__________. - correct answer ✔✔Are consistent with the purpose of an organization
Mary Parker Follett believed that the best way to deal with conflict was ___________. - correct answer
✔✔Integration
What exemplifies a political/legal trend in the general organizational environments? - correct answer
✔✔Regulations concerning the disposal of biological wastes
Hodge finishes his work before its scheduled end date so that he can help his colleagues who are lagging
behind. In the context of scientific management, Hodge is a ____________. - correct answer ✔✔Rate
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Management and Organizational Principles
Whether a person begins his or her career at the entry level or as a supervisor, his or her job as a
manager is to do the work. (T/F)? - correct answer ✔✔False
According to Jeffrey Pfeffer, companies that invest in business ideas will create long-lasting competitive
advantages that are difficult for other companies to duplicate. (T/F)? - correct answer ✔✔False
The ___________ is the decisional role that managers play when they discuss schedules, projects, goals,
outcomes, resources, and employee raises. - correct answer ✔✔Negotiator role
___________ increase in importance as managers rise through the management hierarchy. - correct
answer ✔✔Conceptual skills
, In the context of Mintzberg's managerial roles, managers in the __________ share information with
people outside their departments or companies. - correct answer ✔✔Spokesperson role
A Gantt chart indicates what? - correct answer ✔✔A project schedule
One of the practical implications of the contingency approach to management is that management is
much harder than it looks. (T/F)? - correct answer ✔✔True
The contingency approach to management clearly states that all management ideas or practices are
universal. (T/F)? - correct answer ✔✔False
What is a bureaucratic organization? - correct answer ✔✔A form of management that has a pyramidal
command structure
Bureaucracy - the exercise of control on the basis of knowledge, expertise, or experience
- promote employees based on their experience or achievements
- managers should supervise an organization to reduce favoritism
According to Henri Fayol's fourteen principles of management, order can be achieved in an organization
by ___________. - correct answer ✔✔Having a place for everyone
According to Chester Bernard, people will be indifferent to managerial directives or orders if they
__________. - correct answer ✔✔Are consistent with the purpose of an organization
Mary Parker Follett believed that the best way to deal with conflict was ___________. - correct answer
✔✔Integration
What exemplifies a political/legal trend in the general organizational environments? - correct answer
✔✔Regulations concerning the disposal of biological wastes
Hodge finishes his work before its scheduled end date so that he can help his colleagues who are lagging
behind. In the context of scientific management, Hodge is a ____________. - correct answer ✔✔Rate
Buster
