What is Management?

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

• Planning

• Organisation

• Leadership

• Control

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

• Total experience gained by the manager.

• The way the management implements traditional management functions.

• Total number of traditional management functions implemented.

• Only traditional managers will implement traditional management functions.

What is the new element in the current management functions that does not clarify the functions of traditional management?

• Realisation of work

• Facing competition

• Managing individuals, projects and processes

• Leading

Which of the following is NOT a step involved in the realisation 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.

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

• Top level management

• Middle level management

• Lower level / line management

• Team leader

A new wave manager will not perform classical management functions.

• True

• False

Conceptual skill is the most important skill for managers in the lower levels.

• True

• False

A manager who has made a number of mistakes is excluded from the momentum movement path to the higher level management because he is not sensitive to others.

• True

• False

For most managers, the knowledge, skills and abilities that brought early success in their careers do not necessarily help them in becoming successful managers.

• True

• False

Scientific management focuses on the productivity of an employee.

• True

• False