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Just answer the multiple choices
QUESTION 1
- All of the following are essential managerial functions EXCEPT:
a)leading. | ||
B)organizing | ||
C)controlling | ||
D)demonstrating | ||
G)planning |
QUESTION 2
- An insurance executive who promises a Disney World vacation for the top producers at the end of the year is relying on which of the five bases of power?
Economic | ||
Reward | ||
Procedural | ||
Coercive | ||
Referent |
QUESTION 3
- Which of the following groups of people is not increasing as a percentage of the total workforce in the United States?
Hispanics | ||
Asians | ||
White males | ||
Women | ||
Blacks |
QUESTION 4
- Which of the following is NOT a benefit of valuing diversity?
Access to more perspectives on a problem | ||
Greater homogeneity | ||
Richer ideas | ||
Less interpersonal conflict | ||
Fresh perspectives |
QUESTION 5
- The global economy, generally speaking, has raised___________ and lowered ____________.
quality standards- wage standards | ||
wages; protectionism | ||
financial standards; human tolerance | ||
the cost of capital; prices | ||
tariff barriers; oil costs |
QUESTION 6
- Studies have found a good reputation for corporate social responsibility to be
a cover for major corporate misdeeds. | ||
negatively associated with long-term profits. | ||
a complete replacement for paid advertising. | ||
a good recruiting tool for talented people. | ||
a major drain on corporate finances. |
QUESTION 7
- Why does working in teams result in enhanced performance?
Waste and errors are spread across multiple individuals | ||
Managers lower their performance standards. | ||
Teams pool individual efforts in new ways and strive for continuous improvement. | ||
Team members spend less time in direct contact with customers. | ||
Taller hierarchies improve communication processes. |
QUESTION 8
- Jolene boasts that the members of her work group like one another and really stick together when things get difficult. Her work group can be described as
lateral | ||
sociotechnical | ||
socioemotional | ||
cohesive | ||
semiformal |
QUESTION 9
- What describes a group likely to be victimized by groupthink?
A participative and open-minded leader | ||
Very cohesive | ||
Very large | ||
Open to outside "expert" opinions | ||
Made up of independent thinkers |
QUESTION 10
- The best reason to create teams in an organization is because
the competition is also implementing teams. | ||
teams are always well received by employees. | ||
they can increase productivity almost immediately. | ||
teams make sense for that organization. | ||
teams are increasing in popularity. |
QUESTION 11
- Employers are ____________ for the acts of their supervisors if they knew about or should have known about an act of sexual harassment but did not take action to resolve the harassment.
not liable | ||
sometimes liable | ||
totally liable | ||
mostly liable | ||
only partially liable |
QUESTION 12
- Affirmative action programs involve hiring of women or minorities
in proportion to their representation in the relevant labor market | ||
according to the quotas established by law | ||
in greater numbers | ||
according to existing Executive Orders | ||
in equal numbers |
QUESTION 13
- Which of the following is NOT a human resource management function?
staffing | ||
human resource research | ||
benefits | ||
training and development | ||
compensation |
QUESTION 14
- The basic purpose of human resources in both large and small firms is
to assure that payroll is met. | ||
quite different. | ||
slightly different. | ||
the same. | ||
variable from year to year. |
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Purpose of human resources
Human resource management function
Groupthink
Teams in organization
corporate social responsibility
managerial functions
Q U E S T IO N 1
1.
All of the following are essential managerial functions EXCEPT:
a)leading.
B)organizing
C)controlling
D)demonstrating
G)planning
QU ESTION 2
1.
An insurance executive who promises a Disney World vacation for the top producers at the end
of the year is relying on which of the five bases of power?
Economic
Reward
Procedural
Coercive
Referent
QU ESTION 3
1.
Which of the following groups of people is not increasing as a percentage of the total workforce
in the United States?
Hispanics
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