Introduction to Management Week 6

Which function in management involves monitoring improvements and taking corrective actions whenever needed?

• Planning

• Organizing

• Leadership

• Controlling

What is the difference between a traditional manager and a current manager?

• total experience gained by the manager

• the way the manager implements traditional management functions

• total number of traditional management functions implemented

• only traditional managers will implement traditional management functions

What are the new element or elements in the current management functions that do not clarify the functions of traditional management

• realization of wok

• facing competition

• managing individuals, projects and processes

• leading

Whose responsibility is it to set objectives that are consistent with an organisation's objectives as well as plan and implement the objectives?

• top management

• middle management

• lower level mangement

• team leader

Which of the following is NOT a step involved in the realization of work?

• determining the objectives that need to be achieved

• planning how to achieve the objectives specified

• collecting and managing the required information to make the best decision

• evaluate the competition levels in the market

Who is responsible for the forming of tactical plans?

• top level managers

• middle level managers

• lower lever managers

• none

What type of departmentalization coordinates the work and employees in different units based on product and services?

• product

• functional

• geographic

• virtual

What is the flow of information received by the receiver from the message sender referred to?

• decoding

• feedback

• encoding

• noise

"This model assumes that people are motivated towards lower level needs that have not yet been fulfilled" What model of motivation is referred to above?

• Goals

• Two-factor

• Hierarchy of needs

• Hygiene factors

Which of the following roles of manager according to Sumantra Ghoshal and Christopher Bartlett?

• Role as an initiator

• Role as spokesperson

• Role as leader

• Role as a liaison officer