Exam 1: Management and Organizations

From a business perspective, a company's ability to achieve its business goals and increase long-term shareholder value by integrating economic, environmental, and social opportunities into its business strategies is known as ________.

Which of the following types of managerial positions is most likely to involve clerical duties?

The engineers have to be informed that, ________ are the people who direct the activities of others in an organization.

An individual who works with and through other people by coordinating their work activities in order to accomplish organizational goals is ________.

Which of the following changes has resulted in the shifting of organizational boundaries?

Many of the engineers in the group are unclear about what managers actually do.Your training materials should explain that a manager's job focuses on ________.

Conceptual skills are less important to top managers.

Katz proposed that managers need ________ skills.

Technical skills become less important as a manager moves into higher levels of management.

An automobile manufacturer increased the total number of cars produced keeping the production cost the same.The manufacturer ________.

Which of the following represents one of the rewards of being a manager?

The fact that Brenda completes her projects is an indication of her ________ as a manager.

Social media is a communications tool which should not be used to ________.

Describe and provide examples of first-line, middle, and top managers.

Management is universally needed in all organizations.

Organizing includes ________.

Which of the following is true for Adam after his promotion?

After the merger, the management then makes a deliberate arrangement of people to accomplish specific purposes.Such an arrangement makes up a(n) ________.

In order for organizations to survive successfully, managers must create a customer-responsive organization.

Brenda's ability to produce the same amount of product with fewer personnel is a reflection of her ________.