Exam 1: Introducing Modern Management: Concepts and Skills

A manager is considered efficient and effective if the manager ________.

As one moves from lower-level management to upper-level management, conceptual skills become more important and technical skills less important.

People-related activities within an organization include ________.

Explain the evolutionary stages of a career. Do these stages appear in every employee's career and can an individual's career continue even after the last stage? Explain you answer.

An organization that wants to ________ an employee may find that it needs to assist that employee's spouse in his or her career development as well.

As a manager in a manufacturing plant, Rex is not utilizing all his resources during the production process, but due to the high demand for the plant's products, he can get an extremely high price per unit sold and thus absorb inefficiency costs. In this scenario, as a manager Rex is ________.

When devising goals for his team to achieve, which of the following points should Kevin consider most important?

Neil is the plant manager at Serieux Manufacturing. He has just been given the production targets for the month and has determined the activities necessary to achieve these. He now has to decide who will perform the various activities best so that the output will be maximized, and must assign the activities to those workers. Neil is performing the ________ function of management.

________ skills involve determining how to use personnel and resources to accomplish a task efficiently

People in the ________ stage may find it difficult to maintain prior performance levels, perhaps because they have lost interest in their careers or have failed to keep their job skills up-to-date.

Sarah's team is relatively new and inexperienced. As the manager, she needs to motivate the team and encourage them to cooperate with each other to perform better. According to Katz, this involves using ________ skills.

An organization that wants to retain an employee may need to assist that employee's spouse in his or her career development as well.

________ resources refer to the machines used during the manufacturing process.

________ skills involve checking with people before making decisions that affect them, encouraging participation in decision making, and using the ideas and suggestions of others.

The second stage in career evolution is the establishment stage, during which individuals about 25 to 45 years old start to become more productive, or higher performers.

Which of the following is an error managers make during the organizing stage of management?

In an organization, task-related activities include ________.

Briefly explain the three major activities that modern managers typically perform.

Gayle has not established appropriate performance standards for her team. This is a fault in the ________ function of management.

Which of the following situations best demonstrates an error made during the organizing stage of management?