Exam 1: Management and Organizations

Technical skills include ________.

Which of the following represents one of the challenges of management?

Katz proposed that managers need ________ skills.

Middle managers are responsible for making organization-wide decisions and establishing the plans and goals that affect the entire organization.

Efficiency is described as "doing things right."

Which of the following is not an example of an interpersonal role according to Mintzberg?

Briefly describe the importance of innovation and sustainability to the manager's job.

The four contemporary functions of management are planning,organizing,leading,and controlling.

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

When Michael manages the employees who produce the product,he is utilizing his ________.

Whereas ________ is concerned with the means of getting things done,________ is concerned with the ends,or attainment of organizational goals.

Supervisor is another name for which of the following?

________ have titles such as executive vice president,chief operating officer,and chief executive officer.

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

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

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

If Brenda accomplishes her projects with high-quality results,but takes more time than other managers in the process,as a manager she is ________.

In successful organizations,________.

McKenna is a ________.

A portion of a manager's job,especially at lower organizational levels may entail duties that are often more clerical than managerial.