IHRM 2

A manager engaged in the management function of------ is monitoring progress toward goal achievement and taking corrective action when needed.

• planning

• organizing

• leading

• controlling

Southern Living magazine was forced to pull an issue off newstands and mail warnings to 2.5 million subscribes after it became clear that a receipe for dinner rolls described as " little pillows from heaven" was considered controversial. The management function of ------ was used when the warnings were mailed to subcribers.

• planing

• organizing

• controlling

• motivating

As the HR Managers for Spring Engineering and Manufacturing Corp in Canton, Michigan, Kim Radeback had to find inexpensive ways to reward and to motivate high performing employees and bloster morale during a sales- flattening economic downturn. Radeback had to engage in which management function?

• Planning

• Organizing

• Leading

• Controlling

Jane is in charge of her Rotary Club 's annual fund- raising auction. She will decide who will ask local bussiness for prizes, and she will determine the site, and she will decide who will sell tickets to customers, and who will work the night of the auction. She is engaged in the management fuction of:

• Planning

• Controlling

• Leading

• Organizing

Robert Rothschild Farm boosted morale and showed its gratitude its 75 employees at its retail store, by hosting its first employee appreciation week. Its used the management function of------- to boost morale.

• Leading

• Comanding

• Organizing

• Controlling

To achieve its goal of increased market share, Krispy Kreme launched a program in Palm Beach Country, Florida, that awards grade-school students a free doughnut for every A on their report cards. Creating this program was primarily the function of which management function? Which management function was used to create this program?

• Controlling

• Leading

• Planning

• organizing

Nestle was unsuccessful in early attempts to sell its chocolate in India. It discovered its chocolate bars were not suitable for the Indian markets because the candy had to sit in direct sunlight without benefit of air conditioning and become messy. Nestle adopted an innovation strategy, and developed Chocostick, a liquid chocolate, which is very popular. Solving this problem involved what management function?

• Planning

• meeting the competition

• making things happen

• leading

A manager engaged in the management function of ----- is determing organizational goals and the means for achieving them

• Planning

• Organizing

• Leading

• Controlling

After the markets of Wonder bread, declared bankruptcy, their objectives were to increase its revenues by at least 5 % and reduce its net losses by at least 80%. Which management function was used to set these goals and will help the company meet them?

• Planning

• Organizing

• Controlling

• Leading

A business school administrator who is determing what classes will be offfered in which rooms and who will teach each specific class is involved in which classical management function?

• organizing

• controlling

• motivating

• leading