Exam 7: Management and Leadership in Today’s Organizations

Which of the following represents the four primary functions of management?

What basic type of management is typically performed by middle managers?

Management needs to be prepared to deal with problems and seize opportunities as they arise.A company often identifies alternative courses of action to be taken if events undercut a strategic or tactical plan.Which of the following type of planning is this?

Which of the following represents the process of guiding the development,maintenance,and allocation of resources to attain organizational goals?

Feedback is an important part of which of the following functions of management?

When your boss gives you a raise,he or she is using which of the following type of power?

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.What is his style of leadership?

A manager who delivers financial reports to local bankers and analysts and disseminates stories to the newspaper is performing an ____________________ role.

What is the ability to view an organization as a whole,to understand how the various parts fit together,and how it relates to other organizations?

Leadership is the process of guiding and motivating others toward the achievement of organizational goals.

Which of the following concepts means giving employees increased autonomy and discretion to make decisions as well as control over the resources needed to make those decisions?

Which of the following provides the structure of people,positions,departments,and activities within which the company objectives can be accomplished?

What is the first step in the control process?

Naif Afasi is a middle manager.He has the ability to negotiate,to impress the right people,and to make the right connections.Afasi has which of the following skills?

Jack Welch,former CEO of General Electric,was known by his employees as "Bloody Jack" because of the downsizing and restructuring he insisted the company do.Knowing this nickname,you can assume that Welch used which type of power to accomplish his goals for GE?

Reader's Digest Association,Inc.has published Reader's Digest magazine for over 80 years,and many believe the publication is dated and can no longer attract many readers.Which of the following plans would be needed to revamp the magazine's content,editorial staff,and readership?

What is the first step in controlling?

A manager's ability to operate in diverse cultural environments depends primarily on his or her human relations skills.

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.Which of the following would be necessary to determine what resources are needed to achieve this goal?

Dividing up the tasks (division of labour)is an important part of organizing.