Exam 8: Control, Change, and Entrepreneurship

A worker at a motorcycle plant comes up with a new way to attach the fuel injection system to the motor,increasing the efficiency of the assembly process.Always on the lookout for ways to standardize procedures,managers instruct all employees to attach fuel injection systems the same way.If all workers followed the rule to the letter,every car would come off the assembly line with its fuel injection system attached in the new way and there would be no need to check exhaust pipes at the end of the line.Which of the following forms of control is being used by the managers of the motorcycle plant?

Managers typically use three primary measures to assess the output performance of their organizations.Write a brief note on these three types of measures.

A divisional manager's performance is evaluated on the basis of the difference between the sales revenues generated by that division and the cost of making those goods and services.On the basis of which of the following budget approaches is the divisional manager being remunerated?

The managers of a division are given a fixed budget and are then evaluated on the basis of their ability to produce goods or services.Which of the following budget approaches is being implemented by the organization?

Beswick Widget Ltd.sets up a system to monitor unit sales of its products to measure changes taking place in customer tastes and the possible resulting impact on future sales.Which of the following control systems is being used by Beswick Widget Ltd.?

The first step in the control process is to evaluate results in terms of performance standards.

What type of control do managers use at the output stage?

Which of the following processes involves comparing one company's performance on specific dimensions with the performance of high-performing organizations to decide how successful a change effort has been?

Which of the following ratios is computed by dividing the difference between current assets and inventory by current liabilities?

Management by objectives is a mechanism of control for which of the following types of organizational control systems?

Management by objectives (MBO)is one way that managers can use to evaluate the performance of subordinates.Discuss the steps involved in using this technique.

A divisional manager is evaluated based on the operating income of his division.On the basis of which of the following budget approaches is the divisional manager being remunerated?

The least powerful form of behavior control is direct supervision of a subordinate by a manager.

Using the controlling function,managers monitor and evaluate the organization's strategy to evaluate whether it is working as intended.

Organizational control procedures can give managers feedback about the quantity,but not the quality,of products produced by the organization.

Managers use feedforward control to anticipate problems.

In an adaptive culture,employees often receive rewards based on:

An inert culture is one that controls employee behavior and attitudes through its strong and cohesive organizational culture.

Ben,the production manager of Pace Shoes,sets a production target of 220 shoes to be distributed among 20 employees in a week.In the context of the control process,Ben is:

In management by objectives (MBO),which of the following is established first?