Exam 3: The Changing Environment of Management: Diversity, Global Economy, and Technology

Who tends to get lower pay and no benefits?

Comprehensive diversity programs are meant only for women and minorities.

The head of a cosmetics company who takes a "watch and wait" attitude toward proposed federal legislation limiting the use of additives falls into the ____ category on the political response continuum.

When Quantic Technologies develops a working prototype for a new product, it has achieved which step in the three-step innovation process?

Laws on campaign financing and a 2010 decision by the Supreme Court allow unions and corporations to fund certain election campaign activities.

According to the U.S. Department of labor, older workers are less productive than the average worker.

How would you respond to a manager who made this statement: "Managing diversity is equal employment opportunity, only with a fancy new name"?

Managers foresee and respond to economic and technological issues with the help of issues management.

To enrich the talent pool of future employees, computer-chip maker Intel developed education initiatives including a technology training program for more than 7 million teachers worldwide.

A Tale of Two Managers Renee and Frank are managers of two different departments at Pharma-cost.com, an on-line pharmacy targeted to the Generation X population. The company is facing increased government scrutiny, especially with uncertainties surrounding on-line drug distribution, on-line sales tax, consumer protection regulation, etc. While Renee believes in defending the status quo through lawsuits and lobbying, Frank says Pharma-cost.com should improve performance to avoid government intervention. -Refer to A Tale of Two Managers. Frank and Renee, according to the text discussion, can employ all of these political strategies except

According to experts, an organization can foster intrapreneurship through all of these except

Legal auditing refers to settling legal disputes outside of court.

"Intrapreneurs" are a threat to organizational effectiveness because they tend to work outside the organization's boundaries.

The creation of a working prototype is "product technology" in the three-step innovation process.

Which of these is true about the male-female pay gap in the U.S.?

The ____ law increases penalties for accounting fraud and makes conviction of securities fraud a felony with a stiff prison term.

What percentage of the managerial and administrative positions do women hold in the U.S. civilian workforce?

The ____ is a subtle yet strong barrier that has kept women and minorities from assuming top-executive positions.

The term ____ describes an employee in a large company who takes personal responsibility for pushing an innovation through the organization.

Managers need to use ____ if they want to identify and respond in a timely manner to social and political shifts.