Instead of autocratic leadership, some organizations are _____? Experimenting with a bossless design. Centralizing decision-making. Implementing strict hierarchies. Increasing managerial oversight.

Experimenting with a bossless design.

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Which of the following types of managers is in charge of the functions that directly advance the core work of an organization?

The degree to which an organization achieves a stated goal refers to _____?

Which of the following managers are responsible for the manufacturing and marketing departments that make or sell the product or service?

If Brady Hak is responsible for maintaining information links both inside and outside organizations by using e-mail, phone calls, and meetings as daily activities, he would be considered a _____?

Keith Erckard, manager of the jewelry division of a major department store, coordinated the work of several people across several departments to accomplish a $500,000 fundraising for an animal shelter. He can best be described in his fundraising activities as a(n) _____?

Nylah is a research analyst who gets things done mostly through her own efforts, relying on herself rather than others. Nylah can best be described as a(n) _____?

Which of the following best describes Sophia's position as a functional manager if she supervises employees with similar training and skills?

Instead of being a controller, an effective manager who helps people do and be their best is a(n) _____?

Roberto, a top-level manager at an advertising agency, spends a significant part of his work day identifying goals for future organizational performance and deciding how to use resources to attain these goals. This involves which of the following management functions?

Instead of autocratic leadership, some organizations are _____?

Georgia Griffith, manager of the finance division, distributes relevant information every day to all her employees enabling them to make quality decisions. Georgia is performing which of the following roles?

The amount of resources—raw materials, money, and people—used to produce a desired volume of output pertains to organizational _____?

The influences of political and legal institutions on people and organizations are known as _____?

Standardization of work and wage incentives are characteristics of _____?

Benjamin believes his employees are responsible, creative, and able to work with minimal direction. He is a _____?

Operations research grew out of World War II groups and is based on _____?

What type of analytics refers to technologies, skills, and processes for searching and examining massive, complex sets of data to uncover hidden patterns and correlations?

A consultant who recommends the effectiveness of sensitivity training to every organization he serves is violating the basics of which of the following perspectives?

Which of these perspectives emphasized a rational, scientific approach to the study of management and sought to make organizations efficient operating machines?

Within his role as a financial accountant, Russell uses the capital asset pricing model and other mathematical tools to help clients keep track of their finances. Which perspective or approach does Russell apply most at his work?

A subfield of the classical management perspective that focuses on the total organization rather than the individual worker, delineating the management functions of planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling is called _____?

Which of the following perspectives provides a broader way of thinking, a way of searching for patterns and determining whether they recur across time periods?

All of the following are characteristics of Weberian bureaucracy except _____?

Frank Gilbreth felt that efficiency equated with _____?

When an organization deals with only a few external factors and these factors are relatively stable, managers experience _____?

A figure who exemplifies the deeds, character, and attributes of a corporate culture is referred to as a _____?

Which environment includes the elements within the organization's boundaries?

Culture can be defined as _____?

Which of the following is a part of Ford's, the U.S. auto manufacturer, task environment?

All of these are a part of an organization's task environment except _____?

Which of the following is included in an organization's task environment?

Jefferson and Squire is an advertising firm that is viewed as having a fast-paced and posh corporate culture. The company uses bold coloring with expensive accents in all office décor. This exemplifies which level of corporate culture?

Which dimension of the general environment represents the demographic characteristics, norms, customs, and values of the population within which the organization operates?

When environmental factors change rapidly, the organization experiences high _____?

Which of the following dimensions of the general environment includes all elements that occur naturally on Earth?

The internal environment within which managers work includes all of the following except the _____?

Due to politically based events or actions by host governments, political risk is defined as an organization's risk of loss of _____?

Jada has a high tolerance for the unstructured, the unclear, and the unpredictable. She can best be described as having _____?

Which country is a rising power in software design, services, and precision engineering?

Liberia recently endured a destructive civil war, which killed more than 250,000 people. It is currently one of the UN's most expensive peace-keeping operations. This is an example of _____?

A person's ability to use reasoning and observation skills to interpret unfamiliar gestures and situations and devise appropriate behavioral responses is known as _____?

Write Pens, Inc. wants to reduce transferring costs by producing closer to the consumer in a foreign country. This will also help in reducing transportation and storage costs. Which strategy would be best given these circumstances?

MNCs that are oriented toward the markets of individual foreign host countries are considered _____?

Rooftop International, Inc., buys insurance against host government takeover when investing in foreign countries. This is an example of which sector of the international environment?

The natural tendency of people to regard their own culture as superior and to downgrade or dismiss other cultural values is known as _____?

Riots, revolutions, civil disorders, and frequent changes in government that affect the operations of an international company show _____?

Recent research by the GLOBE Project has extended whose research and offered new insights for managers?

All of the following countries are considered developed except _____?

Which of the following is not a normative ethics approach?

Behavior that is not always written down and may actually not serve an organization's bottom line is known as _____?

Which of the following is an individual who must make an ethical choice in an organization?

Individuals at which of the following levels are guided by an internal set of values and standards and will even disobey rules or laws that violate these principles?

Which of the following arises in a situation when each alternative choice or behavior is undesirable because of potentially harmful ethical consequences?

A group of executives assigned to oversee the organization's ethics by ruling on questionable issues and disciplining violators is referred to as a(n) _____?

Any group within or outside the organization that has a stake in the organization's performance is known as a _____?

A formal statement of the company's values concerning ethics and social issues is known as a code of _____?

Primary stakeholders of an organization include _____?

With respect to appropriate corporate behavior, society deems which of the following as important?

The ethical decision approach that requires persons to be guided by standards of equity, fairness and impartiality is the _____?

The moral-rights approach that deals with performing experimental treatment on unconscious trauma patients is the _____?

Which of the following defines boundaries within which to make a decision?

The mission is the basis for the strategic level of goals and plans which in turn shape the _____?

"No food and/or drinks in the classroom" is an example of a _____?

The broad statements of where the organization wants to be in the future are known as _____?

Operational goals lead to the attainment of tactical goals, which in turn lead to the attainment of _____?

High Fence Corporation is currently implementing an MBO program. Managers and employees jointly set objectives and develop action plans, and goal achievement is evaluated on an annual basis. High Fence is missing which major activity that must occur in order for MBO to be successful?

The action steps by which an organization intends to attain its strategic goals are known as _____?

Which of the following are used to provide guidance for work-related tasks that are performed repeatedly within the organization?

Managers believe that they are better oriented toward goal achievement when which of the following are used?

A blueprint specifying the resource allocations schedules and other actions necessary for attaining goals is referred to as a(n) _____?

The act of determining the organization's goals and the means for achieving them is known as _____?

A desired future state that the organization attempts to realize is known as a _____?

Which of the following statements is true about the cash cow?

Business decisions such as product design are made on a country-by-country basis in a(n) _____?

Mingles, Inc., concentrates its efforts on its target market of 18- to 25-year-olds. It is using a _____?

Manfred has been assigned to conduct a SWOT analysis for his organization, Acme, Inc. As part of this assignment, Manfred will _____?

Jahzara is the CEO of a privately held software company. In defining corporate-level strategies, which of the following questions would she most likely be concerned with?

Semway, a regional bank, recently announced that it would soon begin offering financial planning services. This is an example of which of these?

In the BCG matrix, the star has a _____?

A business activity that an organization does particularly well relative to its competition is known as _____?

Persuasion, motivation, and changes in cultures and values are examples of which of the dimensions used to implement strategy?

The combination of benefits received and costs paid by the customer is known as _____?

Which of the following strategies pertains to the major functional departments within the business unit?

Managers obtain external information about opportunities and threats from resources including _____?

When managers base decisions on what has worked in the past and fail to explore new options, they are _____?

The classical model of decision making is most valuable when applied to _____?

The classical model of decision making is based on _____?

Feedback is important because _____?

The tendency of people in groups to suppress contrary opinions is known as _____?

Which of these is not a basic assumption of the political model?

Under conditions of _____, statistical analyses are useful.

Which of the following refers to the process of identifying problems and then resolving them?

Gina is collecting data on how well the organization has done since its new strategy was implemented. She is in what stage of the managerial decision-making process?

Intuition is based on experience, but lacks in _____?

Which step in the decision-making process involves using managerial, administrative, and persuasive abilities to translate the chosen alternative into action?

Which of the following is a new trend in decision making that combines intuitive and analytical thought?

Traditionally, what span of management has been recommended?

The biggest advantages to a virtual network approach are _____?

In a bossless upside-down structure, organizational charts move from _____?

Strategy defines what to do, and organizing defines _____?

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