Exam 2: The Management Environment

Which demographic do managers pay closest attention to with respect to large-scale trends in the business world?

In the United States the gap between the rich and poor is ________.

This component of an organization's external environment is concerned with scientific and industrial innovations.

The omnipotent view of management holds that good managerial decisions result in an organization's success.

Marta is a dean at Linden State University, a school with an enrollment of almost 20,000 students. In her daily activities, Marta has to deal with problems that involve students, faculty, curriculum, budgets, and a variety of other things. -Marta has turned her attention to cultivating undergraduate students in the near future-three to five years from now.On which generation should she focus her attention?

Marta is a dean at Linden State University, a school with an enrollment of almost 20,000 students. In her daily activities, Marta has to deal with problems that involve students, faculty, curriculum, budgets, and a variety of other things -Marta is currently focusing her efforts on fundraising.She sees this generation as the cohort on which to focus most of her attention.

A TV reality show program essentially puts out the same product episode after episode, year after year, with little change and few rivals.The show exists in a TV industry that has hundreds of different components to keep track of.Where does the show belong on the uncertainty matrix?

The symbolic view of management holds that an organization's performance is based solely on the decisions of managers.

The CEO of a major corporation experiences emotional problems and is prescribed antidepressants by his psychiatrist.The medication has been shown in studies to "cloud judgment." Which of the following do the CEO's stakeholders have the most legitimate right to demand?

The Total Freedom political party is trying to determine its position on climate change.Whom should the party consider as its stakeholders?

The components of an organization's external environment include a technological component and a political component.

Organizational culture affects managers in two main ways: 1)its effect on what employees do and how they behave and 2)________.

Which of the following assets can be used as part of a sharing economy?

How are the "Post-Millennials" likely to be different from previous generations?

In a short essay, describe the difference between a strong and a weak organizational culture and how both affect organizational behavior.

In a short essay, explain the difference between the symbolic and the omnipotent view of management.

How is a corporate ritual different from a corporate story or legend?

According to a recent poll, 50 percent of adults feel that economic inequality is not a problem.

The use of peer-to-peer services such as Uber is an example of this type of economy.

Using special language and unique terms to describe things is part of how culture is communicated.