Business Management Final Exam

____________ focuses on carrying out plans and helping employees to work effectively.

• Implementing

• Organizing

• Planning

• Controlling

Today, most managers ___________

• provide little information about the company to workers

• expect employees to follow orders without question

• exert a great deal of authority and control over employees

• work closely with employees and give them greater responsibility

The main difference between managers and nonmanagement employees is that ___________

• managers typically make more money and have more education than nonmanagers

• managers regularly complete all four management functions and have authority over other jobs and people

• nonmanagement employees never develop their own work plans

• nanmanagement employees are not put in positions of leadership

A manager whose main job is to direct the work of emplyees is called a(n)

• supervisor

• executive

• middle manager

• chief executive office

Executives spend most of their time on __________

• implementing

• planning

• organizing

• controlling

The Industrial Revolution ___________

• reduced the number of management positions needed in business

• had its beginnings in the United States

• particularly impacted the textile industry, coal mining, and agriculture

• started in the late sixteenth century

The careful, objective study of management decisions and procedures in order to improve the operation of businesses and organizations is called____________

• classical management

• behavioral management

• adminstrative management

• management science

As part of the __________ function, managers determine the type and number of people needed to carry out a task.

• controlling

• implementing

• planning

• organizing

The labor force includes most people aged 16 or over who are available for work, whether employed or unemployed.

• True

• False

How is the work of supervisors different than the work of middle managers and executives?