Deck 14: Management Development

Question 1

The characteristics approach involves interviewing managers.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The integrated competency model focuses on:

A)Education
B)Experiences
C)Competencies
D)Traits

Answer 2

C

Question 3

A potential disadvantage to short courses offered by colleges and universities is a perceived lack of relevance and practical orientation.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Business degrees are the most popular undergraduate degrees offered in the US.

Question 5

Your text made all of the following points concerning management development EXCEPT:

A)it must be specific to each organization
B)to be effective, it should be outsourced
C)it must provide employees a chance to learn and grow
D)it must be linked to the organization's business strategy

Question 6

The definition of management development includes all of the following except:

A)Providing managers with opportunities to learn and grow
B)A conscious effort by the organization
C)A hope for increasing long term skill levels
D)An analysis of needs

Question 7

Needs assessment in management training is critical to program success.

Question 8

A transformational leader offers us a vision and inspires us to pursue that vision.

Question 9

Needs assessment is unimportant in management development programs.

Question 10

Over one-half of tall raining dollars are spent training nonexempt employees.

Question 11

Based on the need for globally competent managers, Bartlett and Ghoshal argue that the role of a country manager is to:

A)be leaders and talent scouts
B)develop new products
C)sense local threats/opportunities and build local resources
D)coordinate transactions across national borders

Question 12

Research studies done in the 1970's and earlier found:

A)An environment very similar to today's world
B)A very stable environment, unlike today's world
C)A rapidly changing environment
D)None of the above

Question 13

Which of the following is not a component of management development?

A)Mentoring and coaching
B)Management education
C)Management training
D)On-the-job experiences

Question 14

A lot of what we have learned about Management came from the 1970's and the world has changed since then.

Question 15

Behavior modeling typically involves five steps. These five steps include: lecture, taking notes, memorization, repeating and learning.

Question 16

When globalizing organizations 4 categories of managers are needed.

Question 17

When globalizing organizations 4 categories of managers are needed. These types include both business managers and functional managers.

Question 18

Corporate colleges or universities are:

A)seldom used in the U.S.
B)generally offered by Harvard University on weekends
C)reflective of past (older) training concepts
D)expensive, comprehensive, and often very effective

Question 19

Corporate colleges or universities are seldom used in the U.S.

Question 20

The four-dimensional model depicts the managerial role as having all of the following dimensions except:

A)6 function
B)4 roles
C)5 targets
D)12 managerial styles

Question 21

According to Allred and colleagues which of the following is not a skill managers will need in the 21st Century?

A)A knowledge based technical speciality
B)Cross-functional and international experience
C)Self-management skills
D)Computer programming knowledge

Question 22

According to your text, which of the following is associated with the integrated competency model of management training?

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

Question 23

Job experiences can potentially offer us all of the following except:

A)Reinforcing old attitudes
B)Reinforce old behaviors
C)A formal method to change old attitudes and behaviors
D)A chance to learn lessons on their own

Question 24

As a group Managers are:

A)Shrinking in numbers
B)Increasing in numbers
C)Staying even
D)No one knows for sure

Question 25

Which type of manager plays the role of strategist for the organization, coordinator of transactions across national borders and architect for asset configuration?

A)business manager
B)country manager
C)inter-continental manager
D)corporate manager

Question 26

Which of the following is not a guiding principle for making strategic links according to Seibert and colleagues?

A)Put classroom activities in the central role of your plan
B)Put job experiences before classroom activities
C)Be opportunistic
D)Support experience-based learning

Question 27

Prospector, developed by Spreitzer and others is designed to do what?

A)Identify managers with the greatest potential to be international executives
B)Identify potential supervisors
C)Identify managers for US jobs
D)Find new managers for an organization

Question 28

A key characteristic of transformational leaders is:

A)Intelligence
B)Computer knowledge
C)Charisma
D)Decisiveness

Question 29

In Mintzberg's well-rounded model of the managerial job at the center is:

A)The job
B)The person in the job
C)The organization
D)The environment of the job

Question 30

The DCP - Developmental Challenge Profile assesses:

A)Educational level of a manager
B)The developmental components of a job
C)The challenges of a job
D)The potential of a job

Question 31

Behavior modeling typically involves five steps. These are

A)modeling, retention, rehearsal, feedback, and transfer of training
B)modeling, retention, rehearsal, feedback, and correction
C)modeling, retention, rehearsal, feedback, and execution
D)modeling, retention, rehearsal, feedback, and planning

Question 32

Hamburger University is:

A)A cooking school
B)In Paris
C)Attended by all fast food workers
D)McDonald's Management Training School.

Question 33

What is TRUE about action learning?

A)it uses cases developed by universities like Harvard
B)it is basically a case study approach ( where the case is a problem existing in your own organization
C)it is 'hypothetical' and not real to the managers
D)it is losing popularity in today's leaner organizations

Question 34

A learning point is:

A)Telling trainees what to look for during training
B)Learning objectives
C)A great help to learning
D)All of these are true

Question 35

When globalizing organizations 4 types of managers are needed. These types include all of the following except:

A)Business managers
B)Production managers
C)Country managers
D)Functional managers

Question 36

The 4 categories of managers needs in the global business world are:

A)Business, country, functional and government
B)Business, country, ethical and corporate
C)Business, country, functional and corporate
D)Business, country, functional and personal

Question 37

Executive MBA programs normally meet:

A)Daily
B)Once a week on weekends
C)Only on line
D)Once a month

Question 38

McCall and colleagues suggest an effective management development system includes:

A)Encouragement of self motivation
B)Individualism
C)A long term perspective
D)All the above are needed.

Question 39

Mintzberg's problem with previous attempts to define the manager's job is that they:

A)Focus on identifying job elements
B)Focus on the holistic approach
C)Ignore the elements of the job and focus on the big picture
D)Focus on the integrated work of managing

Question 40

The definition of Management development contains all of the following except:

A)It is specific to the organization
B)A conscious effort by the organization
C)A link to organizational strategy
D)A cost effective method of training