Deck 1: Managers and Managing

Question 1

For employees who like their current work, moving into management means they can no longer spend much time doing that work.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

There are a number of activities that must be performed by all managers no matter what the type or size of the company.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The primary work of all managers can be grouped within four functions: planning, organizing, implementing, and budgeting.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

A manager who spends most of the time on one management function or is responsible for a specific part of the company's operations is known as a middle manager.

Question 5

Supervisors work directly with employees and are responsible for translating the company's plan into action.

Question 6

Middle managers spend most of their management time leading and monitoring results of their work team.

Question 7

All managers perform some of the same activities.

Question 8

The manager who knows how to plan, organize, staff, lead, and control is ready to make the decisions needed to operate a business successfully.

Question 9

Many employees of a business complete tasks that could be considered management activities.

Question 10

The levels of management in an organization can be described as a management triangle.

Question 11

Executives spend more time controlling than planning.

Question 12

Between 2000 and 2050, the percentage of Asian workers will increase more than the percentage of Hispanic workers declines.

Question 13

Classical management is the careful, objective study of management decisions and procedures in order to improve the operation of businesses and organizations.

Question 14

Frederick W.Taylor is closely associated with behavioral management.

Question 15

The percentage of workers age 25 to 54 will rise significantly between 2000 and 2050.

Question 16

Elton Mayo discovered the Hawthorne effect.

Question 17

A management strategy is a carefully developed overall approach to leading an organization.

Question 18

In 2014, e-commerce retail sales represented more than 6 percent of total retail sales.

Question 19

When it comes to production efficiency, some businesses located outside the United States have an advantage.

Question 20

Given all of the characteristics and options, each organization must develop its own management strategy.

Question 21

The process of accomplishing the goals of an organization through the effective use of people and other resources is

A)planning
B)supervision
C)management
D)implementation

Question 22

The function being performed when a manager is determining how plans can be accomplished most effectively is

A)planning
B)organizing
C)organizing.
D)budgeting

Question 23

Analyzing information and making decisions about what needs to be done is the management function known as

A)planning
B)organizing
C)leading
D)projecting

Question 24

To be considered a manager, you must

A)regularly complete all five management functions
B)have authority over other jobs
C)have authority over other people
D)all of the responses

Question 25

People in the first (or beginning)level of management in a company are known as

A)executives
B)supervisors
C)middle managers
D)trainees

Question 26

Classical management was widely accepted and implemented in businesses during the

A)first part of the 21st century
B)early to mid-1800s
C)1950s and 1960s
D)late 1800s and early 1900s

Question 27

Who is most closely associated with the theory of management that focuses on identifying the most effective practices for organizing and managing a business?

A)Deming
B)Fayol
C)Mayo
D)Taylor

Question 28

In the near future, the percentage of women in the U.S.workforce will be about

A)40%
B)45%
C)50%
D)55%

Question 29

The Industrial Revolution began in

A)Ancient Egypt
B)Detroit, Michigan
C)Hawthorne, Illinois
D)Western Europe

Question 30

By 2050, the total number of workers in U.S.workforce is expected to be close to

A)50 million
B)100 million,
C)150 million,
D)200 million.

Question 31

Today, working in teams is

A)common
B)declining
C)rare
D)unusual

Question 32

In today's economy, which types of businesses require management?

A)small, part-time businesses
B)large global corporations
C)new entrepreneurial ventuers
D)all of the responses

Question 33

To reduce turnover in his factories, Henry Ford began offering which of the following to his employees?

A)shares of stock and free lunches
B)fewer hours and higher pay
C)health insurance and pension plans
D)profit sharing and paid vacations

Question 34

Dividing a large sales territory into two smaller territories and assigning managers and salespeople to the territory is part of which management function?

A)controlling
B)leading
C)organizing
D)planning

Question 35

At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, factory workers

A)were expected to take on management functions
B)were closely involved in business decisions
C)formed strong, powerful labor unions
D)lost power and control over their work

Question 36

As a result of Henry Ford's innovations, which of the following became standard in American factories?

A)quality control teams
B)a 35-hour workweek
C)strong labor unions
D)an 8-hour work day

Question 37

The shape of the management pyramid helps illustrate

A)the number of and relationship among the levels of management
B)the time allotted to various management functions
C)the reporting structure within an organization
D)all of the responses

Question 38

What percentage of job openings require some education beyond high school?

A)less than 25%
B)close to 45%
C)close to 60%
D)almost 90%

Question 39

Who originated the idea of paying employees using a piece rate?

A)Douglas McGregor
B)Frederick W.Taylor
C)Henri Fayol
D)W.Edwards Deming

Question 40

The response of people behaving differently when they are receiving attention is known as

A)Esprit de corps
B)Hawthorne effect
C)Stockholm Syndrome
D)Theory Y

Question 41

Matching

-A carefully developed overall approach to leading an organization.

A)administrative management
B)behavioral management
C)business competition
D)classical management
E)controlling
F)executive
G)Industrial Revolution
H)management
I)management science
J)management strategy
K)manager
L)middle manager
M)quality management
N)supervisor

Question 42

Matching

-A total commitment by everyone in an organization to improve the quality of procedures and products by reducing waste, errors, and defects.

A)administrative management
B)behavioral management
C)business competition
D)classical management
E)controlling
F)executive
G)Industrial Revolution
H)management
I)management science
J)management strategy
K)manager
L)middle manager
M)quality management
N)supervisor

Question 43

Matching

-The era of the 18th and 19th centuries in which machine power replaced human and animal power in the production process.

A)administrative management
B)behavioral management
C)business competition
D)classical management
E)controlling
F)executive
G)Industrial Revolution
H)management
I)management science
J)management strategy
K)manager
L)middle manager
M)quality management
N)supervisor

Question 44

Matching

-Management theory directed at organizational improvement through understanding employee motivation and behavior.

A)administrative management
B)behavioral management
C)business competition
D)classical management
E)controlling
F)executive
G)Industrial Revolution
H)management
I)management science
J)management strategy
K)manager
L)middle manager
M)quality management
N)supervisor

Question 45

Matching

-Management theory that identifies the most effective practices for organizing and managing a business.

A)administrative management
B)behavioral management
C)business competition
D)classical management
E)controlling
F)executive
G)Industrial Revolution
H)management
I)management science
J)management strategy
K)manager
L)middle manager
M)quality management
N)supervisor

Question 46

Matching

-Management theory that studies the way work is organized and the procedures used to complete a job in order to increase worker productivity.

A)administrative management
B)behavioral management
C)business competition
D)classical management
E)controlling
F)executive
G)Industrial Revolution
H)management
I)management science
J)management strategy
K)manager
L)middle manager
M)quality management
N)supervisor

Question 47

Matching

-Person who completes all five management functions on a regular basis and has authority over other jobs and people.

A)administrative management
B)behavioral management
C)business competition
D)classical management
E)controlling
F)executive
G)Industrial Revolution
H)management
I)management science
J)management strategy
K)manager
L)middle manager
M)quality management
N)supervisor

Question 48

Matching

-The careful, objective study of management decisions and procedures in order to improve the operation of businesses and organizations.

A)administrative management
B)behavioral management
C)business competition
D)classical management
E)controlling
F)executive
G)Industrial Revolution
H)management
I)management science
J)management strategy
K)manager
L)middle manager
M)quality management
N)supervisor

Question 49

Matching

-The process of accomplishing the goals of an organization through the effective use of people and other resources.

A)administrative management
B)behavioral management
C)business competition
D)classical management
E)controlling
F)executive
G)Industrial Revolution
H)management
I)management science
J)management strategy
K)manager
L)middle manager
M)quality management
N)supervisor

Question 50

Matching

-The rivalry among companies for customers.

A)administrative management
B)behavioral management
C)business competition
D)classical management
E)controlling
F)executive
G)Industrial Revolution
H)management
I)management science
J)management strategy
K)manager
L)middle manager
M)quality management
N)supervisor