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MGT 521 Final Exam

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1. ________ is defined as a business firms
intention, beyond its legal and economic
obligations, to do the right things and act in
ways that are good for society.
Social screening
Social responsibility
Social obligation
Values-based management
2. The balanced scorecard measures organizational
performance against previously established
standards. Which of the four functions of
management relates most closely to setting these
standards?
Controlling
Leading
Organizing
Planning
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3. Budgets can be used as tools within which two
functions of management?
Controlling and organizing
Planning and leading
Controlling and planning
Organizing and leading

4. Indira Patel has been working in her
organizations computer security department for
the past 10 years. If another employee follows
Indiras recommendations in a given situation,
based on her expertise in computer security,
which source of power is Indira using?
Legitimate power
Coercive power
Expert power
Referent power
5. If Carol Reece is a charismatic leader, which
of the following characteristics is she most
likely to possess?
An external locus of control
A sensitivity to environmental constraints and
follower needs
A strong need to be in control
A fear of taking risks
6. According to the Ohio State studies, which of
the following dimensions of leader behavior
refers to the extent to which a leader is likely
to define and structure his or her role and the
roles of group members to meet goals?
Consideration structure
Intelligence structure
Initiating structure
Psychological structure
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7. On Monday, Jims Taco Shop identified a
problem with tainted ground beef that was used to
make tacos and nacho platters for its lunch
customers. If the staff at Jims did not identify
the problem until after the lunch rush, what type
of control would this demonstrate?
Feedforward control
Concurrent control
Proactive control
Feedback control
8. The ________ determines the number of levels
and managers in an organization.
chain of command
span of control
unity of command
delegation of authority
9. During benchmarking, an organization can
compare its processes and products to competitors
in its own industry and to noncompetitors outside
the industry. What is a main benefit of comparing
a firms performance against an organization it
does not consider a competitor?
A noncompetitor may allow an organization to see
its practices more readily than a competitor in
the same industry.
A noncompetitor may be the world leader in a
specific process or practice, and an organization
can learn from it.
A noncompetitor may be easier to find and
benchmark, because the top firms in the world are
so diverse.
There is no benefit to benchmarking a firm
against a noncompetitor.

10. If a manager rationalizes that he or she does
not have time to investigate the source of a
problem and instead resorts to putting out fires,
the manager is missing the use of
________.
bureaucratic control
basic corrective action
concurrent control
immediate corrective action
11. Which leadership theory is derived from the
belief that a leaders job is to remove pitfalls
and roadblocks so followers can achieve their
work goals?
Contingency theory
Fiedlers theory
Leader participation model
Path-goal theory
12. A company that wants to distinguish itself
from the competition in the marketplace is most
likely using which of the following strategies?
Functional strategy
Focus strategy
Differentiation strategy
Generic strategy
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13. When a manager makes use of a SWOT analysis,
one of his or her objectives is to
set specific short-term performance standards for
each department
formulate appropriate strategies to exploit
strengths, protect against threats, and correct
weaknesses
evaluate the desirability of issuing stocks or
bonds in the current financial climate
identify the best employees to fill each position
in the organization
14. What can be said about a manager who believes
she worked hard and met her organizations
productivity goals despite unfavorable
conditions?
She has an external locus of control.
She has a high ego strength.
She has an internal locus of control.
She has a low ego strength.
15. Which of the following is a characteristic of
a matrix organization?
It is free of internal and external
boundaries.
It has formal departments to which employees
return after completing a project
It conforms to the unity of command
principle.
It has a single chain of command for functional
managers to report to.

16. Which of the following is a characteristic of
an organic organization?
Narrow span of controls
High specialization
Cross-functional teams
Rigid departmentalization
17. Conflicts can be resolved by satisfying ones
own needs at the expense of others. This
conflict- management technique is known as
________.
forcing
avoiding
collaborating
compromising
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18. When planning for unexpected events, a
company is using which of the following
techniques?
Contingency planning
Benchmarking
Financial forecasting
SWOT analysis

19. Melvin manages a team of 10 employees,
including Jane and Jared. Jared is leaving the
organization to find a job as a manager in
another field. Meanwhile, due to performance
issues, Melvin terminates Janes employment with
the company. Both of these are examples of what
type of employee behavior?
Job satisfaction
Employee productivity
Absenteeism
Turnover
20. Searching for new ideas beyond an
organizations boundaries and allowing changes to
easily transfer inward and outward is known as
________.
open innovation
strategic partnering
knowledge management
organizational osmosis
21. Which business practice would likely
encourage ethical behavior?
Intense competition for valued rewards
Cultural values for obedience to authority
Strong emphasis on individual productivity
Strong emphasis on leading by example

22. Why are feedforward controls more rarely
implemented as compared to other types of
controls?
Feedforward controls result in wasted time and
money.
Feedforward controls require managers to interact
directly with employees.
Feedforward controls are time-consuming for
managers because they must continually monitor
progress.
Feedforward controls require timely and accurate
information that is hard to obtain.
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23. Which of the following statements is true
about group decision making?
It generates more complete information and
knowledge.
It is most suitable for matters that must be
critically evaluated.
It prevents any one minority from dominating or
influencing the final decision.
It takes less time to reach a solution than it
would an individual.
24. In the ________ approach of going green,
organizations respond to the environmental
preferences of customers.
activist
legal
market
stakeholder

25. Thomas often annoys his coworkers with his
talkativeness and assertive personality.
According to the Big Five Model of personality,
Thomas would be described as high in the trait
of ________.
openness to experience
extraversion
agreeableness
conscientiousness
26. If a firm wanted to identify how much money
was being made for each sale of a given product
(above and beyond the costs associated with
making that product), what type of ratio would it
use?
Liquidity ratios
Activity ratios
Profitability ratios
Leverage ratios
27. It is crucial to determine an acceptable
_____ during the comparing step in the control
process.
written report
measure of organizational performance
ideal standard
range of variation
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28. An organizations ________ goals are official
statements of what an organization says its goals
are.
real
stated
synthetic
implicit
29. Kelly is interviewing candidates to fill a
vacancy on her team. One candidate has a degree
from a prestigious university, and Kelly is
impressed. In speaking with her fellow members of
the interview panel, however, Kelly finds that no
one else enjoyed the interview with the
candidate, finding her to be pompous, aggressive,
and self-serving. In her focus on only the
candidates education, Kelly may have fallen
victim to _______.
stereotyping
the halo effect
assumed similarity
selectivity
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30. Which of the following stages is when the
group structure is in place and accepted by the
group members?
Norming
Storming
Performing
Adjourning

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MGT 521 Week 1 DQ 1 (With 3 Responses)
MGT 521 Week 1 DQ 2 (With 3 Responses)
MGT 521 Week 1 DQ 3 (With 3 Responses)
MGT 521 Week 1 DQ 4 (With 3 Responses)
MGT 521 Week 1 Personal Professional Development
Plan Activity
MGT 521 Week 1 Summary (With 3 Responses)
MGT 521 Week 1 Complete
MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 1 (With 3 Responses)
MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 2 (With 3 Responses)
MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 3 (With 3 Responses)
MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 4 (With 3 Responses)
MGT 521 Week 2 Functional Areas of Business Paper