Exam 7: Management and Leadership in Today’s Organizations

Stuart McFarland is sales manager for a hotel.His job entails leading,motivating,and communicating with employees.What is his main management activity?

At Burger King,the restaurant manager must coordinate tasks,positions,and work units with order takers,food preparers,and cleanup people.Which of the following functions is illustrated by these activities?

____________________ planning is creating long-range,comprehensive objectives and figuring out how to achieve them.

Dean Jager is the supervisor of the volunteer staff at an art museum.He creates the work assignments,determines work schedules,and makes sure the museum uses all of its volunteer staff efficiently.Which of the following types of planning is indicated by Jager's activities?

Management is the process of combining human and other resources to accomplish organizational objectives.

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

The world's largest bank,Deutsche Bank,set as its objective to make its name more recognizable in the United States.The success of its decision to sponsor a PGA golf tournament to accomplish this goal will depend on which of the following management functions?

Aaron Levitch is a plant foreman for a generator manufacturer.He spends his day carrying out operational plans for the ongoing daily activities of the plant.What type of manager is he?

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 indicated by Lindsey's activities?

No matter what the crisis,there are some basic guidelines managers should follow to minimize the negative outcomes.Which of the following is an example of one of those guidelines?

The lowest level of management,which usually carries out the daily operations,is called ____________________ management.

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

Performance standards and feedback are essential goals of the organizing function of management.

A manager who turns over all authority and control to the group is using a ____________________ leadership style.

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

____________________ is the setting of goals and then the design of the strategies,policies,and methods for achieving the goals.

Top management usually performs which of the following tasks?

____________________ is the process of guiding and motivating people toward the achievement of organizational goals.

The manager of a chain of dry-cleaning stores gathers the competitions' advertisements for analysis and review.She needs these data to help the chain devise its own advertising strategy.The manager is acting in which role?

Which of the following is an element of controlling?