Why are well-run meetings essential in construction projects? They are a formality with no real impact. They are primarily for socializing. They are an essential means of communication. They are only necessary for large projects.

They are an essential means of communication.

What is one of the most difficult tasks for a project manager? Designing the project layout. Managing the budget. Coordinating the work of all parties. Hiring subcontractors.

Coordinating the work of all parties.

How do isolated construction sites affect project scheduling? They have no impact on scheduling. They make planning material deliveries difficult. They simplify the scheduling process. They reduce the need for coordination.

They make planning material deliveries difficult.

What largely determines the effectiveness of project management on a project? The size of the project team. How well the project management system is set up. The location of the project site. The budget allocated for the project.

How well the project management system is set up.

Which of the following is NOT a part of the subcontractor buyout process? The subcontractor's scope of work. The subcontract's final contract terms. The subcontractor's final profit margin. The subcontractor's price.

The subcontractor's final profit margin.

Is pulling construction permits always the responsibility of the superintendent? Yes, it is always their responsibility. No, it is not always their responsibility. Only for residential projects. Only for commercial projects.

No, it is not always their responsibility.

What is the best project management style regarding staff independence? Micromanaging every task. Allowing staff to work independently. Making staff conform to a rigid system. Delegating all decisions to the team.

Allowing staff to work independently.

What is the essence of strategic management according to a prescriptive view? Finding market opportunities and developing competitive advantage over time. Identification of the purpose of the organisation and the plans and actions to achieve that purpose. Linking internal resources with external relationships. Responding to suppliers, customers, and competitors.

Identification of the purpose of the organisation and the plans and actions to achieve that purpose.

How is strategic management described from an emergent view? Identification of the purpose of the organisation and the plans and actions to achieve that purpose. Finding market opportunities, experimenting, and developing competitive advantage over time. The pattern of major objectives, purposes or goals. The match between internal capabilities and external relationships.

Finding market opportunities, experimenting, and developing competitive advantage over time.

What decisions are made at the general corporate or headquarters level? Decisions about the organisation's internal resources and external environment. Basic decisions about what business the company is in or should be in. Decisions about competing for customers and generating value. Decisions about the match between internal capabilities and external relationships.

Basic decisions about what business the company is in or should be in.

How can corporate-level strategy be defined in terms of strategic management? The linking process between internal resources and external relationships. Competing for customers and generating value from resources. The pattern of major objectives, purposes or goals and essential policies or plans for achieving those goals. The match between internal capabilities and external relationships.

The pattern of major objectives, purposes or goals and essential policies or plans for achieving those goals.

What is the focus of strategic management at the business level? Basic decisions about what business the company is in. The linking process between internal resources and external relationships. Competing for customers and generating value from resources. The organisation's internal resources and external environment.

Competing for customers and generating value from resources.

What does business-level strategy focus on in strategic management? Basic decisions about what business the company is in. Competing for customers and generating value from resources. The match between internal capabilities and external relationships. The linking process between internal resources and external relationships.

The match between internal capabilities and external relationships.

What does the modern consensus view of strategic management involve? Major intended and emergent initiatives taken by general managers on behalf of owners. Finding market opportunities and developing competitive advantage over time. The linking process between internal resources and external relationships. The pattern of major objectives, purposes or goals.

Major intended and emergent initiatives taken by general managers on behalf of owners.

What are the main topics covered in strategy according to strategic management? Competing for customers and generating value from resources. The linking process between internal resources and external relationships. Basic decisions about what business the company is in. The organisation's internal resources, external environment, and ability to add value.

The organisation's internal resources, external environment, and ability to add value.

How can strategic management be seen as a linking process? Competing for customers and generating value from resources. Basic decisions about what business the company is in. Linking internal resources with external relationships with customers, suppliers, and competitors. The organisation's internal resources and external environment.

Linking internal resources with external relationships with customers, suppliers, and competitors.

What do the resources and capabilities of an organisation include? The match between internal capabilities and external relationships. Human resource skills, investment, and capital in every part of the organisation. The organisation's internal resources and external environment. The linking process between internal resources and external relationships.

Human resource skills, investment, and capital in every part of the organisation.

What theory attempts to explain how and why gender is acquired through socialization? Gender x Symbolic Interactionism Gender x Functionalism Biological Determinism Gender x Conflict

Gender x Symbolic Interactionism

What are the Five Pillars of Islam? Zakat, Hajj, Prayer (Salat), Ramadan (Sawm), Shahada Zakat, Hajj, Prayer, Charity, Shahada Prayer, Fasting, Charity, Pilgrimage, Shahada Zakat, Hajj, Fasting, Charity, Shahada

Zakat, Hajj, Prayer (Salat), Ramadan (Sawm), Shahada

What is likely to happen to an organization that has grown rapidly but lacks a clearly defined, shared culture? The organization's success will be difficult to sustain without a clearly defined, shared culture The organization will automatically develop a strong culture over time Cultural differences will work themselves out, and shared cultural values will naturally emerge over time The organization will continue to grow without any cultural challenges

The organization's success will be difficult to sustain without a clearly defined, shared culture

Which of the following is a key characteristic of a high-performance culture? Consistent, unchanging values that form the bedrock of the organization Individual employee ownership of both results and cultural values A flexible, adaptive mission that responds to changes in the external environment Stretch goals that motivate employee performance

Individual employee ownership of both results and cultural values

Which of the following is a reason for some stories to be considered as legends? They encapsulate key cultural values in the form of mottos or mantras The content of the stories is relevant and accurately based on true events The events are historic and may have been embellished with fictional details They are rumors circulated in organizations to mislead competitors

The events are historic and may have been embellished with fictional details

Which of the following is the main focus of the clan culture? A consistency orientation for a stable environment The involvement and participation of the organization's members A clear vision of the organization's purpose The external environment and customer needs

The involvement and participation of the organization's members

What is the best solution to address high employee turnover in a bureaucratic culture? Improve the hiring and training processes to ensure you've found employees who are committed to the organization Implement stricter performance evaluations Adjust the training program and create a rewards system that lets employees know they are appreciated Increase salaries to retain employees

Adjust the training program and create a rewards system that lets employees know they are appreciated

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