1. While good management is basic to starting and growing a business, once some measure of success has been achieved, good management becomes less important. a. True False b 2. Managers are responsible for doing the basic work in the company. True b. False a. 3. Companies that plan have larger profits and faster growth than companies that don't. rue b. False 4. Top managers are the managers responsible for facilitating team activities toward goal accomplishment a. True b. False 5. Typical titles used for top managers are general manager, plant manager, regional manager, and divisional manager. a. True b. False 6. Top managers are responsible for creating a climate for change in an organization. a. True b. False 7. First-line managers are responsible for setting objectives consistent with organizational goals and planning and implementing strategies for achieving these objectives. True b. False a. 8. Middle managers are typically responsible for coordinating and linking groups, departments, and divisions within a company. a. True b. False 9. First-line managers are the only managers who do not supervise other managers. a. True b. False 10. Middle managers engage in plans and actions that typically produce results within a short time period a True b. False 11. The job of team leader would NOT be considered a management position. True False a. b. 12. Team leaders are responsible for managing both internal team relationships and external relationships with other teams, departments, and divisions in a company a. b. True False 13. While strong interpersonal conflict management skills are important for first line managers, it is not a very important skill for team leaders, True b. False 14. The three interpersonal roles are monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson True b. False 15. There are four decisional roles. They are entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator, and spokesperson True b. False a. 16. In the entrepreneur role, managers adapt themselves, their subordinates, and their units to incremental change. a. True b. False 17. Companies look for a total of four sets of skills in individuals to identify potential managers. These desired skills are technical skills, human skills, conceptual skills, and motivation to manage True b. False a. 18. Technical skill refers to the ability to see the organization as a whole, how the different parts affect each other, and how the company fits into or is affected by its environment. True b. False a. 19. Conceptual skills are most important for lower-level managers to possess. a. True b. False 20. Upper-level managers may actually spend more time dealing with people than lower level managers. True b. False a. 21. The motivation to manage tends to be higher among managers at higher levels in the organization than it is among managers at lower levels in the organization True b. False a. 22. The number one mistake made by managers who were derailed from their fast track up the managerial ranks was that they didn't develop or possess the necessary technical skills. a. True b. False 23. A management study discovered that companies that invest in their people will create long-term competitive advantages difficult for other companies to duplicate. a. True b. False