FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MGMT 309 EXAM 1

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MGMT 309 EXAM 1

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-Guarantee passing score -150 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: firms must become flexible as a way of managing a diverse workforce, causing the overall org to be more flexible

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systems flexibility argument Question 2: to recognize and define problems and opportunities and then select an appropriate course of action to solve problems and capitalize on opportunities

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decision-making skills Question 3: transcends national boundaries and buys raw materials, borrows money, and manufactures and sells its products in a word wide marketplaxe

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multinational business

Question 4: at respects the rights of others involved

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rights (ethical norms)

Question 5: policies, practices, training, culture

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organizational strategies to managing diversity and multiculturalism Question 6: proposed that workers respond primarily to the social context of work, including social conditioning, group norms, and interpersonal dynamics. mgrs concern for workers would lead to increased worker satisfaction and improved performance.

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human relations movement (behavioral mgmt) Question 7: broad dimensions and forces in an organizations surroundings that create its overall context

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general environment - external Question 8: developed a chart to improve working efficiency through scheduling and planning

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henry gantt (gantt chart) CM - SM

Question 9: stakeholders, natural environment, general social welfare

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areas of social responsibility Question 10: attempted to identify the one best way to manage organizations (classical mgmt)

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universal perspective Question 11: concerned with improving the performance of individual workers. grew out of the industrial revolution's labor shortage at the beginning of the 20th century

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scientific management

Question 12: how to use POLC efficiently and effectively

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controlling (managers)

Question 13: focuses on decision making, economic effectiveness, math models, and the use of computers to solve quantitative problems

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quantitative management Question 14: efficiently using resources wisely and in a cost-effective way and effectively making the right decisions and successfully implementing them

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basic purpose of management Question 15: develop method to know how well employees are performing to determine what has been and what still must be done

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control (managers)

Question 16: coordination activities and resources

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organizing (managers) Question 17: belief that the authority wants to do good for the trustor. want what is best for the person that is putting their trust in you/the org

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benevolence (track record)

Question 18: age distributions, gender, ethnicity

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dimensions of diversity and multiculturalism

Question 19: usable data, information linkages

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information resources Question 20: hard to think of people in society that are 'heroes'. seems everyone has been hurt

by the media. ex: tiger woods, hannah montana

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where have you gone, joe dimaggio? (ethical challenges today)

Question 21: work in areas related to getting consumers and clients to buy the organizations products or services

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marketing managers Question 22: meet legal and ethical obligations. ex: big corporations "matching gifts" programs

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accommodative stance

Question 23: motivating and managing people

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leading (managers) Question 24: uses conceptual, communication, interpersonal, and time mgmt skills to accomplish tasks associated with managerial activities

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art of mgmt Question 25: math may come at expense of other managerial skills, can't create/predict human behavior, can't just focus on the model

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limitations of quantitative mgmt Question 26: reduced the number of movements in bricklaying, increased output by 200%

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frank and lillian gilbreth (18 to 5 steps) CM - SM Question 27: whistleblowers and people not doing their jobs, clinton scandal, enron

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When does it end? (ethical challenges today) Question 28: firms with diverse workforces will generally be more creative and innovative

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creativity argument