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1
Which of these refers to teams including employees from different departments within a firm who work on common projects?
A)Multi-level organizations
B)Tactical collaborations
C)Cross-functional teams
D)Groups of workers
E)Cooperative ventures
2
_______ was the first to establish that management's job was to inspire and motivate workers to fully cooperate and learn the principles of their job.
A)Quantitative management
B)Administrative management
C)Quality management
D)Scientific management
E)Bureaucratic management
3
A firm may find that its proprietary technology is copied by joint-venture partners, franchisees, licensees, and former employees who are hired by other firms, encouraged in part by lax enforcement of so-called intellectual property laws. This is an example of which risk associated with the economic environment?
A)Fluctuating exchange rates
B)Taxation
C)Complicated licensing agreements
D)Complicated royalty regulations
E)Industrial espionage
4
The belief that a company has to conduct its affairs ethically in a manner that benefits both employees and larger society is called:
A)Code of ethics
B)Corporate credo
C)Statement of affirmation
D)Stakeholder statement
E)Social responsibility
5
Christine is a highly competent individual who moves from company to company. She will be best suited to which type of culture?
A)Baseball team
B)Club culture
C)Academy culture
D)Fortress culture
E)Deterministic culture
6
In horse racing, when Sarah, after losing a lot of money, borrows more, and keeps playing exhibits which of these?
A)Development of what if scenarios
B)Establishment of directives
C)Assessing external forces
D)Escalation of commitment
E)Establishing performance standards
7
Which of the following is NOT true regarding non-programmed decisions?
A)They are more important than programmed decisions
B)They are more complicated than programmed decisions
C)They have a greater effect on the organization than do programmed decisions
D)They are likely to be delegated to subordinates
E)They are more difficult to make than programmed decisions
8
The segment of the environment in which new knowledge is created and transformed into innovative products, services, or inputs is called _______ environment.
A)ecological
B)technological
C)economical
D)sociological
E)transactional
9
The firm's externally focused definition of what it plans to produce and market, utilizing its internally based core competencies is referred to as strategic
A)mission.
B)vision.
C)goals.
D)competencies.
E)intent.
10
The following ideas are true about typical entrepreneurs, EXCEPT they:
A)do not like to rely on luck.
B)are moderate risk takers.
C)like to gamble.
D)tend to accomplish goals.
E)prefer to do constructive things to improve themselves.
11
If Tasty Foods, Inc. wanted to keep a reasonably standardized operation but at the same time adapt to regional conditions, such as by selling wine with food in France, and spicy pickles with food in India, the company would probably use which approach?
A)Centralized operations
B)Functional approach
C)Network approach
D)Matrix approach
E)Geographic-based divisions
12
The staffing process has three components:
A)recruitment, selection, and specification
B)recruitment, selection, and analysis
C)recruitment, selection, and description
D)recruitment, selection, and socialization
E)recruitment, selection, and preview
13
The advantages of employee diversity include all of the following EXCEPT:
A)new and profitable markets are available
B)the ability to compete internationally rises
C)multiple points of view help resolve problems
D)teams can make better decisions
E)interpersonal tension and conflict are readily reduced
14
According to the expectancy theory, the link between effort and performance on a task is referred to as:
A)instrumentality.
B)valence.
C)expectancy.
D)efficiency.
E)performance level.
15
Which of the following is NOT a situational characteristic, according to the path-goal framework?
A)Task structure
B)Authority system
C)Experience
D)Work group
E)All of the above are situational characteristics
16
A team that is responsible for producing an entire product, component, or service is called a:
A)self-managed team
B)project team
C)parallel team
D)virtual team
E)tactical team
17
When two individuals experience the same message differently because their mental images of the message are not identical, this is called a(n) _______ barrier.
A)feedback
B)encoding
C)decoding
D)perception
E)disposition
18
Formal and process-focused controls consist of bureaucratic control and:
A)subjective control
B)clan control
C)the balanced scorecard approach
D)financial ratios
E)market control
19
An operations management technique that helps reduce the setup costs associated with the production system is called:
A)flexible manufacturing
B)buoyant manufacturing
C)facilities layout
D)order review/release activity
E)disposition control
20
A system that links a company's suppliers, customers, and other key business partners on-line is called:
A)a data warehouse
B)an extranet
C)data sharing
D)real-time data
E)e-mail







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