Flashcardizz #1: Foundations of Management

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Managers who have responsibility for work activities that make a direct contribution to production of the organization's product or service are called __________.

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Line managers

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Henry Mintzberg identified a set of roles that managers perform. These roles are grouped into which of the following three categories? Interpersonal, strategic, and decisional, Strategic, informational, and authoritarian , Interpersonal, informational, and decisional , Supervisory, authoritarian, and decisional , Supervisory, informational, and strategic

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Interpersonal, informational, and decisional

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The three branches of the classical approach to management are __________.

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Scientific management, administrative management, and bureaucratic organization

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According to McGregor, Theory Y managers tend to see their subordinates as __________.

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Willing to work, willing to accept responsibility, capable of self-direction, capable of self-control, imaginative, and creative

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According to contingency theories, __________.

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There is no one best management approach

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Outgoing, talkative, sociable and assertive are characteristics of which "big five" personality dimension?

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Extraversion

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Personality is determined by a combination of heredity and environment.

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True

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Self-Actualization is the highest level on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

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True

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Top managers are more concerned with the operations of the internal environment than with activities in the external environment.

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False

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An organization is a __________.

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A collection of people working together to achieve a common purpose