Description : Which of the following is not among the reasons for complexity of decisions? (a) Individuals have different risk propensities. (b) There are many criteria for making choices. (c) Decisions have immediate, short-term impact. ; (d) Managers often share decisions.
Last Answer : (c) Decisions have immediate, short-term impact. ;
Description : How can one be more content with the status quo when needs be?
Last Answer : It's about being comfortable with your choice. If you make the choice based on a careful consideration of all the factors, then you are more likely to be comfortable with it. If you keep second-guessing ... of yet. You have to figure out what that is so you can include it in your calculation.
Description : A mission statement can benefit a company in all of the following ways EXCEPT A)giving it clear purpose and direction. B)describing its unique focus. C)keeping it focused on customer ... D)providing specific direction and guidelines to top managers. E)providing a detailed plan for implementation.
Last Answer : E)providing a detailed plan for implementation.
Description : Which of the following is a characteristic of distributive bargaining? (a) I win, you win ; (b) long-term focus ; (c) convergent or congruent interests (d) opposed to each other
Last Answer : (d) opposed to each other
Description : What are the advantages of the functional structure? a) It enhances communication between top and low level managers. b) It makes communication easy among people from different functions. c) It ... easy among people from the same specialists. d) It enhances team spirit throughout the organization.
Last Answer : It makes communication easy among people from the same specialists
Description : Select the incorrect statement. Harrison and Pelletier argued that managers should learn to avoid ... (a) Treating decisions with uncertain outcomes as though they had predictable results (b) ... and non-routine decisions. (d) Treating ad-hoc decisions as though they were everyday occurrences
Last Answer : (c) Mixing routine and non-routine decisions.
Description : The Hawthorne studies: (a) Found that to increase worker efficiency, management must analyze and minimize the motions required to complete a task. (b) Found that when workers know they are ... that workers accept a managerial directive only if it is acceptable in terms of their personal interests.
Last Answer : (b) Found that when workers know they are being watched, their productivity increases.
Description : Which of the following is true about a project manager? Select one: a. Project managers analyze work processes and explore opportunities to make improvements. b. Project managers are focused ... . d. Project managers are goal oriented. e. Project managers standardize the work processes.
Last Answer : d. Project managers are goal oriented.
Description : The ethical roots of the classical model of corporate social responsibility are found in which statement: A. The idea that the interests of stakeholders are as important as the interests of a corporation' ... C. The ethical imperative to cause no harm. D. The ethical imperative to prevent harm.
Last Answer : B. The free market theory which holds that managers are ethically obliged to ace as much money as possible for their stockholders because to do otherwise would undermine the very foundations of our free society.
Last Answer : Answer: De Lorean
Description : What were the hobbies and interests of Nostradamus?
Last Answer : Trying to keep his head on his shoulders. Literally. In that era people who made predictions of the future could be called out as a witch or a warlock. And then you have a hot time on the old town tonight.
Description : What were claudette colvin's interests and hobbies?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : Is the East Coast getting battered to the quick every season of the year getting to be status quo?
Last Answer : answer:As one who lived in New England for a few decades, I don't see it as any worse there than it was back in the late-70s. Well, aside from those places that couldn't be rebuilt, like ... So regardless of which coast gets hit worse by nature, the West Coast will be the one that gets devastated.
Description : Suppose you won the lotto. Would you maintain the status quo?
Last Answer : answer:Seriously, I would start a charity helping young people pay off student loans. I would totally let them refinance through me, at absurdly easy terms. 1) I would feel like I was helping the community 2) I would be exposed to attractive people way too young for me as I settle into old age.
Description : Do you believe in a status quo in regards to gender roles?
Last Answer : answer:Such roles are ridiculous to me, and where I live and work we've certainly moved a great deal past that. I am not saying there is full gender equality, but things have certainly ... , they may just not know better from cultural restrictions. The culture itself may be sexist by definition.
Description : What will happen if I challange the status quo (relationships)
Last Answer : 1. How old are you? 2. Do your friends every ask why you don't date? 3. Why don't you date? Your role in society is not to be the guy who doesn't date. Who is that benefiting? What are ... Why does that worry you? I have never met a person who is completely comfortable with dating. Go for it. :)
Description : What do leaders do? A. Inspire, trust, and challenge the status quo. B. Dictate the team C. Direct people and behavior. D. Control people
Last Answer : A. Inspire, trust, and challenge the status quo.
Description : pricing strategy aimed at paying current or past due bills is 1. Survival pricing 2. Brand pricing 3. Status quo pricing 4. Due bill pricing 5. None of these
Last Answer : Survival pricing
Description : A firm establishes which of the following pricing objectives to maintain or increase its product's sales in relation to total industry sales? A)Cash flow B)Sales potential C)Product quality D)Market share E)Status quo
Last Answer : D)Market share
Description : Which pricing objective de -emphasises price and can lead to a climate of nonprice competition in an industry? A)Status quo B)Return on investment C)Market share D)Survival E)Cash flow
Last Answer : A)Status quo
Description : What type of pricing objective might an organisation set if it was already in a favourable financial position and desired nothing more? A)Return on investment B)Cash flow C)Profit D)Status quo E)Survival
Last Answer : D)Status quo
Description : According to Hofstede, which dimension of a national culture measures the acceptability of a large difference in status and power among its citizens? A. Individualism versus collectivism B. Masculinity versus femininity C. Uncertainty avoidance D. Power distance
Last Answer : Power distance
Description : Are you intensely saddened by the fact Oprah's talk show is ending in a few days?
Last Answer : I am so bereft that I can barely lift a fork to my mouth.
Description : When the indication for surgery is without delay, the nurse recognizes that the surgery will be classified as a) emergency. Emergency surgery means that the patient requires immediate attention and the ... there is an indication for surgery, but failure to have surgery will not be catastrophic.
Last Answer : a) emergency. Emergency surgery means that the patient requires immediate attention and the disorder may be life-threatening.
Description : What is meant by focused differentiation? A. Providing a high perceived value service or product to a selected market segment that justifies a substantial price premium B. ... differentiation D. Concentrating on differentiation as the primary means of achieving competitive advantage
Last Answer : Providing a high perceived value service or product to a selected market segment that justifies a substantial price premium
Description : Strategic Mission ------------------ : A. Is a statement of a Firm's unique purpose & scope of Operations B. Is an internally focused affirmation of the Organizational, Societal and Ethical ... the Co. intends to compete D. Is developed by a Firm before the Firm develops it's Strategic Intent
Last Answer : Is a statement of a Firm’s unique purpose & scope of Operations
Description : The Behavioral approach to management focused on: (a) The worker ; (b) The manager ; (c) The owner ; (d) None of the above.
Last Answer : (a) The worker ;
Description : Do you guys know the hobbies and interests from Joseph Kony (Leader off the LRA)?
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Description : Men: what are your hobbies and interests?
Last Answer : answer:Skateboarding was always a constant. I got my first one when I was about five years old. (only four broken bones!) Around 8 I got into computers and baseball. Around 12 it was all ... girls. Around 21 got back into computers while still skateboarding. By 26 it was mostly girls and computers.
Description : Women: what are your hobbies and interests?
Last Answer : answer:I paint because it's cheaper than therapy. I sew because it's a useful skill that provides instant gratification. I cook because it reminds more that there are some things I DO have complete control ... managing my life for me. But, none of those people are involved with my life any more.
Description : Do you have any unique hobbies (interests), that other may find odd or unusual?
Last Answer : Geocaching
Description : What's the difference between "hobbies" and "leisure time interests"?
Last Answer : answer:A hobby is narrower and more specific in terms of activities: birdwatching, building model airplanes. A leisure time interest could be reading, bike riding.
Description : According to ---------- the managers and workers should work together as partners and of equal importance for the organizations success (a) X theory (b) Y theory ; (c) Z theory ; (d) 2 Factor theory
Last Answer : (c) Z theory ;
Description : Which of the following management substitutes is characterized by formalization, inflexibility, and closely knit work groups? (a) Characteristics of subordinates. ; (b) Characteristics of managers. (c) Characteristics of the organization. ; (d) Characteristics of task.
Last Answer : (c) Characteristics of the organization. ;
Description : According to Robert Katz, when managers have the mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations, they possess _____________ skills. (a) Technical ; (b) Leadership ; (c) Problem-solving ; (d) Conceptual
Last Answer : ; (d) Conceptual
Description : When we classify managers according to their level in the organization they are described as _______. (a) Functional, staff and line managers (b) Top managers, middle managers and supervisors (c) High level and lower level managers ; (d) General managers and administrative managers
Last Answer : (b) Top managers, middle managers and supervisors
Description : Only managers can be true leaders, because they have the ability to influence others. (a) True ; (b) False
Last Answer : (b) False
Description : According to the five factors model, an attractive industry would have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT: A. Low barriers to entry. B. Suppliers with low bargaining power. C. A moderate degree of rivalry among competitors. D. Few good product substitutes.
Last Answer : Low barriers to entry.
Last Answer : A moderate degree of rivalry among competitors.
Description : Which of the following is not an argument for the assumption of social responsibility by business? (a) Long-run profits ; (b) Stockholder interests ; (c) Ethical obligations ; (d) Costs
Last Answer : (b) Stockholder interests ;
Description : Leaders who inspire followers to transcend their own self-interests for the good of the organization, and are capable of having a profound and extraordinary effect on followers are _____ leaders. (a) Transactional ; (b) Transformational ; (c) Democratic ; (d) Autocratic
Last Answer : (b) Transformational ;
Description : Which of the following is focused to examine the end results of care or finding the changes in Patient’s health status? a. Experimental research b. Outcome research c. Quasi experimental research d. Cross sectional research
Last Answer : b. Outcome research
Description : The ideal strategic management team DOES NOT includes…. A. Chief executive officer (CEO) B. Product managers C. Heads of functional areas D. Shop-floor managers
Last Answer : Shop-floor managers
Description : Which statement is true, with respect to Corporate Level Managers' (CEO's, VP's etc)? A. Translate action-oriented, corporate level direction and intent into concrete objectives and strategies for SBU' ... level of Technical Skills C. Demand a high level of Human Skills D. None of these options
Last Answer : None of these options
Description : What is the purpose of the CAGE framework? a) The CAGE framework investigates to what extent home demand, home factor conditions and domestic rivalry are important to multinational firms. ... d) The CAGE framework a checklist for forecasting political, economic, strategic or technological factors.
Last Answer : The CAGE framework analyses bilateral differences and commonalities between two countries.
Description : PESTLE analysis is: a) a broad framework to help managers understand the environment in which their business operates. b) a checklist to ask how political, economic, strategic or ... strategic or technological factors. d) a framework for strategic analysis of internal and external environment
Last Answer : a broad framework to help managers understand the environment in which their business operates.