Managers And Managing

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Managers and Managing
The Evolution of Management
Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: The Manager As a Person
Ethics and Social Responsibility
Managing Diverse Employees in a Multicultural Environment
Managing in the Global Environment
Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
The Manager As a Planner and a Strategist
Value Chain Management: Functional Strategies for Competitive Advantage
Managing Organizational Structure and Culture
Organizational Control and Change
Human Resource Management
Motivation Performance
Leadership
Effective Groups and Teams
Promoting Effective Communication
Managing Conflict, Politics, and Negotiation
Used Advanced Information Technology to Increase Performance

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Organizations are collections of people who work together and coordinate their actions to achieve a wide variety of goals.

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Management is the planning, organizing, leading, and controlling of resources in order to achieve organizational goals both effectively and efficiently.

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Organizational performance is a measure of how efficiently and effectively managers use available resources to satisfy customers and achieve organizational goals.

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Efficiency is a measure of the appropriateness of the goals that managers have selected for the organization to pursue and the degree to which the organization achieves those goals.

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At a recent staff meeting, Jim was praised by his CEO for always choosing the right goals to pursue.The quality that Jim displays here is efficiency.

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Managers affect society directly with their decisions regarding the use of resources.

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The Williams Brothers Company uses a formal system of task and reporting relationships that coordinates and motivates members so they work together to achieve organizational goals.This is an example of an organizational structure.

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As a middle manager, Jessie selects the goals for her team.The process that Jessie uses in selecting goals is called leading.

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As a part of planning, managers establish accurate measuring and monitoring systems to evaluate how well the organization has achieved its goals.

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The performance level of an organization is based on how well its managers plan and develop strategies.

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Categorizing people according to their salary lays out the lines of authority and responsibility between different individuals and groups.

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Managers engaged in the controlling function of management energize their employees and ensure they understand their role in achieving organizational goals.

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First-line managers are responsible for the daily supervision of the nonmanagerial employees who perform the specific activities necessary to produce goods and services.

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First-line managers typically supervise middle managers.

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The importance of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling remains the same irrespective of a manager's position in the managerial hierarchy.

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Question 16

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A(n) _____ is a collection of people who work together and coordinate their actions to achieve a wide variety of goals.

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control group

talent pool

organization

focus group

quality circle

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Question 17

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Shannon's manager is evaluating how well she uses available resources to satisfy customers and whether she is accomplishing organizational goals.This is an example of

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organizational input.

diversification.

organizational performance.

product development.

differentiation.

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Question 18

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Which of the following correctly defines organizational performance?

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It increases with an increase in efficiency and effectiveness.

It increases with a decrease in efficiency and effectiveness.

It remains unchanged with a decrease in efficiency and effectiveness.

It decreases with an increase in efficiency and effectiveness.

It remains unchanged with an increase in efficiency and effectiveness.

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Question 19

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_____ is the measure of how productively an organization uses its resources to achieve a goal.

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Effectiveness

Product differentiation

Efficiency

Empowerment

Product development

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Question 20

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_____ is the measure of the appropriateness of the goals selected by management for the organization and the degree to which the organization accomplishes these goals.

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Efficiency

Task management

Effectiveness

Diversification

Differentiation

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