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The Excle file - Quiz 2 to 4 (totally 100 mc quections)

The COURSE SCHOLARLY PAPER with the syllabus and requirements provided.

Organization and Management Theory - Course

Syllabus

COURSE OVERVIEW

This course allows you to look at the broader management issues. It is the most general of the modules offered within MBA programme and provides a theoretically grounded coverage of key conceptual and practical developments across wider range of management disciplines including human resources management, operations management, leadership, etc.

This Course addresses the unique managerial experience. The goal is to provide a solid background with practical application of important concepts applicable to general management. Students will need to draw upon their business education and experience, and apply it to the management philosophies that are being taught through this module. Students are expected to interact with the business community, advisors, be able to work effectively in teams, and be active participants in classroom discussions and exercises.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

- To possess a well-grounded understanding of essential management principles.

- To develop an understanding of important managerial issues for different

- business ventures.

- To identify, appreciate, and assess the knowledge, attitudes, and skills of a

- manager.

- To study and observe managerial settings and managerial role models through

- exposure to actual business settings and experiences.

- To establish a level of confidence and sound knowledge in terms of operations

- management

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK

Management, 11th Edition, Robbins & Coulter, 2012. Pearson Prentice Hall Publishing Co., Upper Saddle River, NJ. ISBN-10: 0132163845.

ISBN- 13:9780132163842

COURSE SCHOLARLY PAPER

For this course you should choose any company but preferably the company currently you are working for and by making use of the concepts provided in this course evaluate any of its operational facets and provide improvement suggestions. Case studies from the end of the chapters may be used if you are unable to find a suitable real company.

When writing your research paper, please note the following guidelines:

- Select a topic that interests you and is related to the contents of this course. Write no less than 2000 words scholarly paper (excluding the title page, bibliography and appendices) on this topic. Please e-mail your professor an outline of this paper, prior to starting it. In addition to your primary text, you are required to use a minimum of 10 additional references from professional journals and books to produce your scholarly paper.

- Your research paper must adhere to the style and format requirements set forth in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Your paper must include a title page, headings and a bibliography. Footnotes are not needed. The bibliography is to be used to reference quotes and other

Quiz 1:

Question 01

is the process of getting activities completed efficiently and effectively with and through other people.

Answers:

a. Leading
b. Management
c. Supervision
d. Controlling

Question 2

The distinction between a managerial position and a nonmanagerial position is .

Answers:

a. planning the work of others
b. coordinating the work of others
c. controlling the work of others
d. organizing the work of others

Question 3

Today. the basic management functions are considered to be

Answers:

a. planning. coordinating. staffing. and directing
b. planning. organizing, leading, and directing
c. commanding, organizing. leading. and staffing
d. planning. organizing, leading, and controlling

Question 4

A manager resolving conflict among organizational members is performing what function?
Answers:

a. controlling
b. commanding
c. directing
d. leading

Question 5

The process of monitoring. comparing. and correcting is called

Answers:

a. controlling
b. coordinating
c. leading
d. organizing

Question 6

According to Mintzberg's management roles. the roles are those that involve people and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature.

Answers:

a. informational
b. interpersonal
c. technical
d. decisional

Question 7

In the Wealth of Nations. Adam Smith described the breakdown of jobs into narrow and repetitive tasks and called this .

Answers:

a. assembly lines
b. work denomination
c. division of labor
d. greatest common factor of work

Question 8

Which of the following was a major result of the Industrial Revolution?

Answers:

a. cottage industry
b. water power
c. factory manufacturing
d. critical thinking

Question 9

Which of the following phrases is most associated with scientific management?

Answers:

a. management relations
b. one best way
c. supply and demand
d. quality control

Question 10

Fayol was interested in studying . whereas Taylor was interested in studying

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a. senior managers: effective managers
b. all managers: first-line managers
c. bureaucratic structures: chains of command
d. administrative theory macroeconomics

Question 11

Bureaucracy is defined as a form of organization characterized by

Answers:

a. division of labor
b. clearly defined hierarchy
c. detailed rules and regulations
d. all of the above

Question 12

General administrative theorists devoted their efforts to

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a. developing mathematical models to improve management
b. improving the productivity and efficiency of workers
c. making the overall organization more effective
d. emphasizing the study of human behavior in organizations

Question 13

The omnipotent view of management states that

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a. the top manager is the only person in charge
b. managers are directly responsible for an organization's success or failure
c. that there is only one boss in the organization. and she or he is responsible for delegating orders
d. managers have little or no responsibility for an organization's success or failure

Question 14

Which of the following most accurately reflects the symbolic view of management?

Answers:

a. Managers are directly responsible for an organization's success or failure.
b. Managers have little or no responsibility for an organizations success or failure.
c. External forces are directly responsible for an organization's success or failure.
d. Employees are directly responsible for an organization's success or failure.

Question 15

The culture of an organization is analogous to the of an individual.

Answers:

a. skills
b. personality
c. motivation
d. ability

Question 16

Employees in organizations with strong cultures

Answers:

a. are more committed to their organizations
b. are more likely to leave their organizations
c. are more willing to perform illegal activities
d. are more likely to follow directives from peers

Question 17

External environment refers to

Answers:

a. forces outside the organization that limit the organization's performance
b. factors and forces outside the organization that affect the organization's performance
c. forces and institutions inside the organization that affect the organization's performance
d. forces inside the organization that increase the organization's performance

Question 18

The main forces that make up an organization's specific environment are

Answers:

a. suppliers. legislators. customers. and employees
b. customers. suppliers. competitors. and pressure groups
c. employees. competitors. pressure groups. and regulators
d. suppliers. employees. competitors. and legislators

Question 19

The Internet is having an impact on determining whom an organization's competitors are because it has .

Answers:

a. defined the common markets for organizations
b. made certain products invaluable to customers
c. virtually eliminated the need for shopping malls
d. virtually eliminated geographic boundaries

Question 20

The classical view of social responsibility holds that managements only social responsibility is to .

Answers:

a. maximize organizational profits for stockholders
b. maximize adherence to the laws for stockholders
c. maximize organizational profits for stakeholders
d. minimize adherence to the laws for stockholders

Question 21

The socioeconomic view is that management's social responsibility goes beyond making profits to include .

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a. placing members of society on welfare
b. protecting and improving societys welfare
c. minimizing the welfare of society in exchange for profits
d. protecting and improving the organization's profits

Question 22

is defined as a business firm's obligation. beyond that required by law and economics. to pursue long-term goals that are good for society.

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a. Social obligation
b. Social responsibility
c. Social screening
d. Values-based management

Question 23

The recognition of the close link between an organization's decisions and activities and its impact on the natural environment is referred to as

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a. corporate social responsibility
b. social responsiveness
c. shared corporate values
d. the greening of management

Question 24

is an approach to managing in which managers establish. promote. and practice what an organization stands for and believes in.

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a. Cause-related marketing
b. Values-based management
c. Ethical marketing
d. Belief management

Question 25

is a personality attribute that measures the degree to which people believe they control their own fate.

Answers:

a. Ego strength
b. Locus of control
c. Social responsibility
d. Social obligation

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