Management Fundamentals
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Course Introduction
Management Fundamentals introduces students to the essential principles and practices of effective management within organizations. The course covers core topics such as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, while exploring the roles and responsibilities of managers in diverse environments. Students will learn about decision-making processes, strategic management, organizational structure, motivation, teamwork, and communication. Through case studies and real-world examples, the course equips students with foundational skills and knowledge required to understand and analyze management challenges in various business settings.
Recommended Textbook Management 10th Edition by Warren R. Plunkett
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Chapter 1: Management: An Overview
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Q1) Many small businesses that call their customers neighbors cannot escape influences from abroad which would include the following <b>except</b>:
A)raw materials.
B)supplies.
C)retail inventories
D)manufacturers overhead.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is not one of the skills required of managers?
A)human
B)conceptual
C)technical
D)all of these skills are required
Answer: C
Q3) Managers must be able to sense the need for change in themselves,the need for change in their areas of influence and organization to be successful.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Management Thought: Past and Present
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Q1) The first management theory that gave specific attention and concern to Employees was the ____________ school.
A)classical scientific
B)classical administrative
C)behavioral
D)quantitative
Answer: C
Q2) Individual contributors to the classical schools of management thought include all of the following <b>except</b>:
A)Henri Fayol.
B)Mary Parker Follett.
C)Frederick Taylor.
D)Abraham Maslow.
Answer: D
Q3) Henri Fayol contends that all workers should report to one and only one boss,i.e. ,unity of command.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Managers Environment
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Q1) The primary resource of all organizations is ____________.
A)information
B)money
C)facilities
D)employees
Answer: D
Q2) The forces that create challenges,risks,opportunities,and changes for every organization are called:
A)indirectly interactive.
B)natural.
C)sociocultural.
D)environmental.
Answer: D
Q3) The lower level of management in a company provides the primary framework for an organization's culture.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Planning and Strategy
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Q1) Policies,procedures,and rules can apply to many different organizational activities.
A)True
B)False
Q2) prospector strategy
A)a business-level strategy to keep tight controls over expenses
B)a strategy to acquire similar products or services
C)a strategy to accept the status quo
D)a business unit with low market share and low market growth rate
E)the processes associated with putting the strategic plan into motion
F)a strategy element that identifies the current position and its relationship to competitors
G)a strategy to explore "uncharted waters"
H)a planning tool grouping businesses based on market growth rate and market share
I)a strategy to reduce the size or scope of activities
J)major organizational departments such as marketing and human resources are critical to this strategy
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Chapter 5: Managements Commitments to Quality and Productivity
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Q1) Falling prices for needed raw materials can translate into higher production costs and lower profits.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Middle managers are most active in planning and coordinating quality and productivity efforts.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Reengineering applies only to organizations,and not individuals.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Quality features originate with an organization's __________.
A)external designers
B)users
C)customers
D)all of the above
Q5) A benchmark is the product to meet or beat in terms of design,manufacture,performance,and service.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Making Decisions
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Q1) Which of the following is not an important contributing factor of successful brainstorming?
A)no interruptions
B)feeling of freedom of expression
C)no idea is too outlandish
D)groupthink
Q2) Which of the following is not one of the types of approaches to personal decision making?
A)rational
B)logical
C)predisposed
D)disposed
Q3) Decision making is a common component in all five functions of management.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Sources for decision alternatives are very limited in most situations.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Organizing Principles
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Q1) informal organization
A)direct authority between managers and subordinates
B)an obligation to accomplish assigned tasks
C)a graphic illustration of the formal positions and functional work areas of the company
D)the authority to serve in an advisory capacity
E)the degree to which group members bond together
F)the formal right to make decisions
G)the produce or meat department in a grocery store
H)the marketing, shipping & receiving, and accounting departments
I)granting decision-making authority to subordinates
J)the spontaneous and natural network of relationships in an organization
Q2) The informal organization has the potential to be helpful to managers in the following ways<b> except</b>:
A)make the total system effective.
B)provide support to management.
C)discourages improved management.
D)provide stability in the workplace.
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Chapter 8: Organizational Design, Culture, and Change
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Q1) Counting the employees will indicate the size of an organization.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Weekly department discussion meetings regarding important issues would be which type of technique for overcoming resistance to change?
A)advance warning
B)sensitivity
C)security
D)open communication
Q3) Ironically,most organizations with uncommon elements are very similar.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Single-looped learning situations deal with multiple alternatives.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Organizational change means altering the work environment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Management Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Q1) Concerned employees who bring wrongdoing to the attention of authorities are called:
A)whistle-blowers.
B)stakeholders.
C)top management.
D)leaders.
Q2) Organizations can only exert negative influences.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The enforcement of many laws that protect consumers depends more on ________ than on ____________.
A)governmental agencies,individuals
B)individuals,governmental agencies
C)watch dog activist,individuals
D)CEOs,workers
Q4) Corporations should not be held ethically responsible to all stakeholders.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Staffing the Workforce
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Q1) personnel manager
A)an employee departs from a company
B)the "extras" or fringe rewards granted to top managers
C)"Why don't you and I have drinks at my house tonight so we can discuss your potential pay raise?"
D)total authority of staffing function
E)any criterion used for employment decisions
F)searching for and encouraging qualified candidates to apply for employment
G)the total process of attracting, developing, and retaining satisfied employees
H)a horizontal employment move
I)a formal, structured process of comparing employee accomplishments with expectations
J)introducing and acclimating new employees to their work environment
K)evaluating and determining the best fit of qualified employment candidates
L)to move up in the organization
M)providing employees with knowledge, skills, and proper attitudes to improve
Q2) The function of staffing actually starts with planning.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Communication: Interpersonal and Organizational
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Q1) Compromising situations that require participants to give-and-take are handled best with impersonal communication techniques.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Spoken or written words are ____________ mediums.
A)unaccomplished
B)nonverbal
C)face-to-face
D)verbal
Q3) Formal communication networks are ____________ links between people and equipment.
A)electronic
B)outdated
C)overused and abused
D)external
Q4) Team members generally engage in three types of communication.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Human Motivation
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Q1) The study and understanding of motivation attempts to answer the "____________" questions regarding human behavior.
A)why
B)what
C)who
D)when
Q2) McClelland reveals that high achievers:
A)prefer others to set their goals.
B)shun responsibility for solving problems.
C)act uncontrollably.
D)solicit feedback.
Q3) Punishment reinforcement techniques apply to positive consequences.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Avoidance reinforcement focuses upon the desired behavior(s),not the flawed behavior(s).
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Leadership
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Q1) When sports coaches listen to players' suggestions and feedback during game intermissions,they are using ____________ leadership.
A)free-rein
B)general
C)absolute
D)participative
Q2) The two variables that the Ohio State University studies revealed were_______ structures.
A)simple and complex
B)process and content
C)consideration and initiating
D)passive and active
Q3) The first of nineteen leadership behaviors categorized by Gary Yuki dealt with emphasis on performance.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Meaningful leadership behavior should be measurable.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Team Management and Conflict
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Q1) Most effective organizational teams have less than six (6)members.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Managers should take care that the company's mission and objectives are solid,well defined,and accepted throughout the organization before building teams.
A)True
B)False
Q3) One advantage of using teams is free riders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The formal,horizontal organizational team that does not disband immediately after it accomplishes its pre-set objectives is the ____________ team.
A)task force
B)horizontal group
C)command performance
D)cross-functional
Q5) Normally,team decisions are made by compromising.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Information Management Systems
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Q1) The difference between a MIS and DSS is that a decision maker can interact directly with a DSS.
A)True
B)False
Q2) transactional processing
A)an MIS built upon computer hardware and software
B)unprocessed facts and figures
C)the use of IT by people who are free from control by top management
D)a unit within a decentralized CIS that operates to serve its unit's members with their own sets of hardware, software, and specialists
E)the mechanical machine capability to learn, sense, and think
F)software programs designed to execute specific sets of tasks
G)an analytical model that couples the manager's experience, judgment, and intuition with the computer's data access, display, and calculation processes.
H)also known as a data bank
I)a computer procedure in which data are received about a company's ongoing operations and entered into data banks as each transaction occurs.
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Chapter 16: Control: Purpose, Process, and Techniques
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Q1) A production department in a factory is an example of a ____________ center.
A)standard cost
B)profit
C)investment
D)revenue
Q2) Control costs must be measured against the benefits provided by those controls.This is the concept of:
A)concurrent
B)integration.
C)timeliness.
D)economic feasibility.
Q3) Bottom-up budgeting is also known as grassroots budgeting.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Controls must be controlled!
A)True
B)False
Q5) Assessing the investment worth of employees is called human asset accounting. A)True
B)False
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