Multiple Choice

1. _______ is the means we use to accomplish organizational goals, trying to do so cost-effectively.

a. Sobriety b. Efficiency

c. Eponymous

d. Alacrity

e. none of the above

2. Poppys Pancake House opened its 500^th store in 2018, just as its founder planned. This is an example of:

a. coping with a changing environment

b. working with & through others

c. making the most of limited resources

d. achieving an organizational objective

e. getting lucky

3. Mo earned his B.A. after retaking four courses, changing his major five times, and spending twice what his family budgeted for tuition. In terms of the definition of management, Mo was a. ineffective and inefficient

b. super effective and super efficient

c. %%%^&$#@

d. effective but not efficient

e. none of the above

4. _____ workers generate and interpret information. They are hard to hire, harder to retain, more important every year.

A. HR

B. Hospitality

C. Security

D. Knowledge

5. Natural disasters, and weather events like tornadoes, hurricanes and volcanoes erupting impact manufacturing managers around the world especially because of the effects on

a. gorgons

b. solar flares

c. corporate culture

d. product design

e. transportation & shipping logistics/supply chain

6. Apple, Dell, Seagate, and other U.S. companies have been criticized for sending manufacturing jobs to other countries to cut down on costs. Sending jobs overseas is called ____________.

a. automaton

b. offshoring

c. sustainability

d. product development

e. just-in-time manufacturing

7. _________ means achieving the right results, and successfully implement decisions to achieve the correct organizational goals.

a. Offshoring

b. Peristalsis

c. sustainability

d. Effectiveness

e. Cornucopia

8. _____ - set goals and decide how to achieve goals.

a. Controlling

b. Organizing

c. Planning

d. Leading

e. Prognosticating

9. _____ - arrange people, tasks and other resources to accomplish the work.

a. Controlling

b. Organizing

c. Planning

d. Leading

e. Prognosticating

10. _____ - motivate, direct, and otherwise influence people to work hard to achieve organizational goals.

a. Controlling

b. Organizing

c. Planning

d. Leading

e. Prognosticating