Exam 2: Managing

Organization members routinely challenge the way business is done and the thought processes people use to solve organizational problems.This is known as ________.

Lynn is a manager in a company that manufactures optical fibre cables.She follows the Fayol principle of "esprit de corps" in her interactions with her team.Which of the following does this imply?

Jane,a manager in a soda company,believes that the classical approach to management will help her schedule her employees' tasks and handle people better.But using only the classical approach may not be an ideal approach because ________.

The scientific method dictates that scientists must test the model by performing an experiment on ________.

What is the behavioral approach to management?

________ to management emphasizes that what managers do,in practice,depends on the given set of circumstances.

The management science approach emphasizes "if-then" relationships: "If" this situational variable exists,"then" a manager probably would take this action.

A ________ is an organization that does well in creating,acquiring,and transferring knowledge,and in modifying behavior to reflect new knowledge.

Under classical management theory,comprehensive analysis of management concerns the entire range of managerial performance.The primary contributor to this category was ________.

The behavioral approach to management emphasizes increasing production through an understanding of people.

According to the guidelines suggested by L.Thomas Hopkins for anyone conducting system analysis,the nature of the part and its function is determined by its ________.

A drawback of the classical approach is that it does not adequately emphasize human variables.

A closed system is not influenced by,and does not interact with,its environment.

Motion study consists of reducing each job to the most basic movements possible.

Dress codes are a contentious subject in workplaces.Gen Y workers favor a more casual style than older workers,who are often uncomfortable with the idea of wearing casual clothes to work.Human resources departments often find it difficult to enforce company dress codes appropriately.Managers find that one of the ways to address this situation is by using the contingency approach.Which of the following is the best example of the contingency approach to management?

Which of the following did Gantt advocate in addition to Taylor's piece-rate compensation system for workers?

________ emphasize systematic problem solving,experimenting with new ideas,learning from experience and past history,learning from the experiences of others,and transferring knowledge rapidly throughout the organization.

Every Monday morning,the hundred-odd employees at Axis Systems Ltd.meet to discuss the work situation.The managers of various departments summarize what their departments have done over the past week.Employees can track the various stages of any project and understand how their tasks fit into the whole process.Which of the following aspects of a learning organization does this scenario illustrate?

Because of his writings on the elements and general principles of management,Henri Fayol is usually regarded as the pioneer of ________.

One of the phases of the Hawthorne studies was the relay assembly test room experiments.The experimenters believed that if they studied productivity long enough,under different working conditions,they would discover the working conditions that maximized production.Thus,the orientation that these experiments originally had was of ________.