Exam 9: Management and Leadership in Today’s Organizations

Yanjing is a Chinese brewery that decided to open manufacturing plants outside mainland China with the goal of being one of the world's top 10 beer producers in 2010.The development,maintenance,and allocation of resources to achieve its goal required which of the following management functions?

What is the relatively small group of managers at the head of an organization that establishes overall strategy and long-range goals?

Managerial skills fall into four basic categories.What are they?

The three participative leadership styles are autocratic,democratic,and socialistic.

What is the first step in the control process?

Which of the following involves the creation of long-range,comprehensive objectives and the development of long-term courses of action?

Which of the following managers are concerned with implementing the plans and policies of top managers and supervising lower-level managers?

Resa Patel gave her subordinate,Craig Milan,a substantial bonus for closing a $10 million sale.Patel was using which type of power?

As a retired CEO from a large corporation,Mike Lindsey makes all major decisions in his small construction company.The information and decision making goes in one direction,and he asks for no input from his employees.Which of the following leadership styles is demonstrated by Lindsey's activities?

Which of the following is one of the five key types of power?

Which of the following skills refer to the manager's ability to operate in diverse cultural environments?

Which of the following is an element of controlling?

Dean Jager is in charge of the volunteer staff at the Booth Western Art Museum.He makes the work assignments,determines work schedules,and makes sure the museum uses all of its volunteer staff efficiently.What type of manager is he?

The first step in setting up a control process is to measure performances.

Which of the following processes involves arranging the structures and relationships of human and material resources to carry out an organization's plans?

Luca Villanova has a major decision to make about how to increase attendance for the professional soccer team he owns.He wants to call his players and coaches together,generate alternatives,and come up with a solution by mutual agreement and vote.Villanova is an example of which style of participative leader?

A supervisor who possesses the ability to view an organization as a whole and understand how the various parts are interdependent has conceptual skills.

List the five primary sources or bases of power.

Which of the following statements best describes corporate culture?

What is the first step in making a nonprogrammed decision?