What is ob? 1

Which of the following is best defined as a consciously coordinated social unit, composed of two or more people, which functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals?

• unit

• team

• organization

• community

Which of the following is least likely to be considered a manager?

• the mayor of a large city

• an administrator in charge of fund-raising activities in a non-profit organization

• a doctor who acts as head of the physiotherapy department at a public hospital

• an IT technician who enables communication between all of a company’s employees

Which of a manager’s primary roles requires the manager to define an organization’s goals, establish an overall strategy for achieving these goals and develop a comprehensive hierarchy of plans to integrate and coordinate activities?

• controlling

• leading

• planning

• staffing

Mintzberg concluded that managers perform 10 different, highly interrelated roles. Which of the following is one of the broad categories into which these roles could be grouped?

• decisional

• intrapersonal

• affective

             

• institutional

As a manager, one of Joe’s duties is to present awards to outstanding employees within his department. Which Mintzberg managerial role is Joe acting in when he does this?

• monitor role

• liaison role

• spokesperson role

• figurehead role

According to Mintzberg, when a manager searches the organization and its environment for opportunities and initiates projects to bring about change, the manager is acting in which role?

• monitor

            

• entrepreneur

• negotiator

• resource allocator

A manager is valued by her colleagues for her ability to perform effective break-even analysis on upcoming ventures. In this case, her colleagues value her for competencies that fall within which of Katz’s essential management skills categories?

• conceptual

• human

• technical

• communication

According to Fred Luthans and his associates, which of the following is considered a part of traditional management?

          

• disciplining

• decision making

• acquiring resources

• investing

According to Katz, when managers have the mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations, they possess _____ skills.

• technical

• problem-solving

• conceptual

• leadership

While the Functions, Roles, Skills, and Activities approaches to management all differ, they all recognize that effective and successful managers must develop which of the following?

• efficiency

• technical skills

• ability to network

• people skills