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is the management function concerned with monitoring employees' activities, keeping the organization on track toward its goals, and making corrections as needed. a. Planning b. Resource allocation c. Controlling d. Organizing e. Efficiency 15. Conceptual, human, and technical skills are important to which managerial level? a. Top managers b. Middle managers c. First-line managers d. General Managers e. All of these 16. A manager's people. a. conceptual b. Human c. technical d. leading e. controlling skill is demonstrated in the way a manager relates to other 17. Today's middle manager is responsible for creating a flow of information up and down the hierarchy. a. vertical chain b. horizontal network. c. diagonal system of communication rather than managing the d. spiral network e. chaos-based evaluation system 18. Carolyn is executive vice president of Operations at a large chemical manufacturer. She most likely falls within which management level? a. CEO b. Line employee c. Staff manager d. Top manager e. Middle manager 19. is considered the "father of scientific management." a. Frank B. Gilbreth b. Elton Mayo c. Henry Gantt d. Douglas McGregor e. Frederick W. Taylor 20. Max Weber felt selection of employees should be based on: a. education b. Competence c. connections d. political skills e. efficient systems 21. Mary Parker Follett contributed to which field? a. Humanistic approach b. Scientific management approach c. Total quality management approach d. Quantitative approach to management e. Systems approach to management 22. Peter Drucker's book "The Concept of the Corporation" and "The Practice of Management" emphasized the corporation as a? a. Humanistic system approach b. Scientific management approach c. Total quality management approach d. Quantitative system to management e. Social and Human Institution of systems 23. Which of the following has been called the "father of African-American management"? a. Max Weber b. Frank B. Gilbreth c. Peter Drucker d. Charles Clinton Spaulding e. Frederick Winslow Taylor 24. The refers to a chain of authority extending from top to the bottom of the organization and including every employee. a. Unity of command b. Division of labor c. Unity of direction d. Scalar chain e. None of these is the management function concerned with monitoring employees' activities, keeping the organization on track toward its goals, and making corrections as needed. a. Planning b. Resource allocation c. Controlling d. Organizing e. Efficiency 15. Conceptual, human, and technical skills are important to which managerial level? a. Top managers b. Middle managers c. First-line managers d. General Managers e. All of these 16. A manager's people. a. conceptual b. Human c. technical d. leading e. controlling skill is demonstrated in the way a manager relates to other 17. Today's middle manager is responsible for creating a flow of information up and down the hierarchy. a. vertical chain b. horizontal network. c. diagonal system of communication rather than managing the d. spiral network e. chaos-based evaluation system 18. Carolyn is executive vice president of Operations at a large chemical manufacturer. She most likely falls within which management level? a. CEO b. Line employee c. Staff manager d. Top manager e. Middle manager 19. is considered the "father of scientific management." a. Frank B. Gilbreth b. Elton Mayo c. Henry Gantt d. Douglas McGregor e. Frederick W. Taylor 20. Max Weber felt selection of employees should be based on: a. education b. Competence c. connections d. political skills e. efficient systems 21. Mary Parker Follett contributed to which field? a. Humanistic approach b. Scientific management approach c. Total quality management approach d. Quantitative approach to management e. Systems approach to management 22. Peter Drucker's book "The Concept of the Corporation" and "The Practice of Management" emphasized the corporation as a? a. Humanistic system approach b. Scientific management approach c. Total quality management approach d. Quantitative system to management e. Social and Human Institution of systems 23. Which of the following has been called the "father of African-American management"? a. Max Weber b. Frank B. Gilbreth c. Peter Drucker d. Charles Clinton Spaulding e. Frederick Winslow Taylor 24. The refers to a chain of authority extending from top to the bottom of the organization and including every employee. a. Unity of command b. Division of labor c. Unity of direction d. Scalar chain e. None of these

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17 The correct answer is b horizontal network Explanation Todays middle manager is often responsible for creating a horizontal network rather than man... View the full answer