Final for Principles of Management – Flashcards
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            The sensing versus intuition scale on the Myers-Briggs Types Indicator determines whether as person is oriented
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        toward gathering data or the big picture
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            To reduce dissonance in the workplace, managers are advised to hold _____________  responsible for the causes of the dissonance
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        external factors
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            The fundamental attribution error causes people to tend to attribute
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        successes and failures of others to internal factors
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            Social learning theory involves learning through
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        observing models
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            of the six behaviors that managers focus on, which behavior typically is the most troubling to an organization
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        workplace misbehavior
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            In the global team, team members should be guard against _____________, which can be a source of discord and resentment among team members
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        diversity
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            Low cohesiveness combined with a strong alignment between group goals and organizational goals typically results in this
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        A moderate productivity increase
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            Norming is a stage of group development that occurs when
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        the group develops cohesiveness
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            Teams composed of individuals with skills that are highly complementary to one another are called
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        cross functional teams
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            The only effective way to guard against social loafing is for managers to make special efforts to do this.
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        assess individual contributions of group members
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            Managers find that ______ works best for motivating employees
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        sharing a company profits
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            In equity theory, an underrewarded individual is likely to ________
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        lack motivation because he or she does not receive enough reward for what he or she does
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            Zach is what type of manager?
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        Theory Y- oriented
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            Across cultures the need for achievement seems to correlate with which of the following
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        acceptance of risk
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            The direction of an individual's motivation can be channeled to benefit _______
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        both individual and organization
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            The __________ dimension reflects the degree of trust and respect subordinates had for their leader in Fiedler's model.
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        leader-member relations
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            A leader who pretty much leaves employees on their own is assuming this SLT role
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        delegating
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            A difficult skill for a team leader to learn is knowing when to _________ with the team
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        intervene with
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            Esteban was rated a 5,8 on the managerial grid. A good way to descrive Esteban is
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        high in concern for people, moderate in concern for production
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            Because leading is one of the four basic managerial functions ________ leaders
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        all managers should be
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            Which of the following is a good example of an organization using a learning culture to further its goals?
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        company sharing "tricks" for how to best use a complicated software program
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            A listener's summary of a speakers words shows that the listener correctly understood the speakers message. Which of the following must be true?
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        Either the speaker sent a clear message or listeners was able to interpret an unclear message successfully despite its lack of clarity
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            Which fact best illustrates how disruptive email can be?
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        It takes 64 seconds for a person to regain his or her train of thought following an email interruption
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            Which of the following is a good example of an organization using a learning culture to further its goal?
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        a company sharing "tricks" for how to best use a complicated software program
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            Two main communication challenges of using company internet systems are legal issues and __________
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        lack of personal interaction
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            the transformation process transform
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        inputs into goods and services
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            the typical reason for why an entrepreneur considers implementing employee empowerment in an organization is to make sure that the organization _________
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        stays nimble and flexible
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            The requirement for value chain management that involves better product demand forecasting information
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        organizational process
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            In the second step of control process actual performances can be considered acceptable as long as the performances doesn't fall
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        outside an acceptable range of variation
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            A manager measuring actual performance is like a teacher
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        grading a test
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            The more control system helps an organization _________ the more successful it is judged to
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        meet its goal
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            people who become entrepreneurs often have
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        family members who are entrepreneurs
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            when a budget is used for controlling it provides __________ against which recourse consumption can be compared
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        quantitive standards
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            It is estimated that in the United states about ____________ of all economics output is toward making tangible physical objects
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        20 percent
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            The purpose of operations management is to manage
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        the transformation process
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            In many cases, immediate corrective action rather than basic corrective action is taken by manager because they
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        lack time
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            in evaluating quality, the performance of a product is measured in-
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        how well the product operates
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            A business model is
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        a strategic design for how a company intends to make a profit
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            The durability an expensive pair of shoes provides has value since _________ are willing to _________ it
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        customers pays for it