Exam 11: Responsibility, Authority, and Delegation

According to Barnard,the character of communication by which an order is accepted by an individual as governing the actions that individual takes within the system is known as ________.

________ refers to the management philosophy whereby individuals are liable for how well they use their authority or perform their activities,and live up to the responsibility of performing predetermined activities.

Barnard maintains that authority will be accepted under all the following conditions ,EXCEPT when ________.

________ help(s)management to describe the various responsibility relationships that exist in the organization and to summarize how the responsibilities of various managers relate to one another.

The individual who guides and directs the execution of a function through the person accepting operating responsibility has a ________.

In essence,line personnel are the suppliers of workers,and the various organizational departments needing workers are their customers.

Even though a manager may delegate a task to another employee,the manager still remains responsible for the completion of the task.

Describe the characteristics of a responsible manager and explain the method used to determine the degree of responsibility a manager possesses.

Explain the outcomes that are possible when two or more employees are uncertain as to who is responsible for a particular task.

Explain the concepts of line,staff,and functional authority.

Rupert is the business head at Micron Softwares.The firm has set its revenue target for the year at $5 million.Rupert will have to ensure that this financial target is met by providing necessary direction and guidance to the different department heads who are directly responsible for the execution of the work performed by their departments.In this scenario,the organization's various department heads have a(n)________.

________ consists of the right to give orders within a segment of the organization where this right is normally nonexistent.

In terms of their attitude toward and conduct with subordinates,responsible managers ________.

In which of the following roles do staff personnel act as representatives,or agents,of top management?

Bay Industries has a small-scale shoe manufacturing plant which has incurred a high number of product defects in the past several months.The quality control team studies the problem and recommends that the production manager change one of the company's suppliers of leather.Identify the role performed by the staff personnel in this situation.

According to Harold Stieglitz,in which of the following roles do staff personnel use their professional expertise to solve organizational problems?

The three steps in the delegation process are ________.

The self-assumed commitment to handle a job to the best of one's ability is termed ________.

Which of the following outcomes is most desirable in terms of product quality when two or more employees are uncertain as to who is responsible for a particular task?

Which of the following statements regarding staff authority is true?