Test Bank For MGMT 2009 2nd Edition Chuck Williams
Chapter 1—Management
TRUE/FALSE
- While good management is basic to starting and growing a business, once some measure of success has been achieved, good management becomes less important.
ANS: F
Good management is basic to starting a business, growing a business, and maintaining a business once it has achieved some measure of success.
PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 2 TOP: AACSB Analytic
KEY: Leadership Principles
- Managers are responsible for doing the basic work in the company.
ANS: F
The manager’s job is not to do the basic work in the company, but to help others do their work.
PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 3 TOP: AACSB Analytic
KEY: Leadership Principles
- Companies that plan have larger profits and faster growth than companies that don’t.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 5
TOP: AACSB Analytic KEY: Leadership Principles | Strategy
- Top managers are the managers responsible for facilitating team activities toward goal accomplishment.
ANS: F
Top managers are executives responsible for the overall direction of the organization; team leaders are the managers responsible for facilitating team activities toward goal accomplishment.
PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 6-9 TOP: AACSB Analytic
KEY: Leadership Principles
- Typical titles used for top managers are general manager, plant manager, regional manager, and divisional manager.
ANS: F
These are typical titles for middle managers, not top managers.
PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 7 TOP: AACSB Analytic
KEY: Leadership Principles
- Top managers are responsible for creating a context for change in the organization.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 6
TOP: AACSB Analytic KEY: Leadership Principles
- First-line managers are responsible for setting objectives consistent with organizational goals and planning and implementing subunit strategies for achieving these objectives.
ANS: F
This is the responsibility of middle managers.
PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 7 TOP: AACSB Analytic
KEY: Leadership Principles
- Middle managers are typically responsible for coordinating and linking groups, departments, and divisions within a company.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 7
TOP: AACSB Analytic KEY: Leadership Principles
- First-line managers are the only managers who do not supervise other managers.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 8
TOP: AACSB Analytic KEY: Leadership Principles
- Middle managers engage in plans and actions that typically produce results within two weeks.
ANS: F
First-line managers engage in such plans and actions. Middle managers plan 6 to 18 months out.
PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 8 TOP: AACSB Analytic
KEY: Leadership Principles
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