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1. Which of the following is NOT an example of a constituency that makes up the specific environment?

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Customers

Socio-cultural

Suppliers

Competitors

2. The time period for the construction of pyramids was:

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10 years

15 years

30 years

20 years

3. Which of the following scientist is most closely associated with the Hawthorne studies?

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Adams

Mayo

Lawler

Barnard

4. The process of monitoring performance, comparing it with goals and correcting any significant deviations is known as:

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Planning

Organizing

Leading

Controlling

5. Which of the following encourages efficiency and productivity and is consistent with the goal of profit maximization?

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Utilitarian view

Principled view

Rights view

Theory of justice view

6. Which of the management tasks is the most important for a supervisory manager?

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Planning

Organizing

Controlling

Staffing

7. Which of the following approaches did not study management by dividing it into elements or components?

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Operational approach

Administrative approach

Systems approach

Behavioral approach

8. The Hawthorne studies were initially devised to study:

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Productivity levels of groups versus individuals

The effect of noise on employee productivity

The effect of illumination levels on employee productivity

The effect of competitive organizational environments on productivity

9. What is the best term to describe the process of attempting to influence other people to attain the organization's objectives?

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Planning

Organizing

Leading

Controlling

10. Which of the following is NOT a category of decision making style?

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Directive style

Managerial style

Analytical style

Conceptual style

11. The belief that businesses should be responsible because such actions are right for their own sake is known as which argument for social responsibility?

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Public expectation

Ethical obligation

Public image

Discouragement of government regulation

12. An organization’s specific environment:

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Is unique and changes with conditions

Is the same regardless of the organization’s age

Is determined by the top level of management

Is quantified to determine its existence

13. Agency head or plant manager is most likely associated with which of the following managerial role?

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Team leaders

Middle managers

First-line managers

Top managers

14. Creativity is formed when the elements of creative skills, expertise, and _____ intersect.

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Personality

Experience

Task motivation

Consistency

15. The task environment of organizations consists of constituencies that have a direct impact on managers’ decisions and actions. The main constituencies are made up of customers, suppliers, competitors, and __________.

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Legislators

Pressure groups

Employees

Lawyers

16. Which of the following early advocates of organizational behavior was concerned about deplorable working conditions?

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Robert Owens

Hugo Munsterberg

Mary Parker Follett

Chester Barnard

17. Activities such as taking visitors to dinner and attending ribbon cutting ceremonies come under which of the following management role?

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Leader

Liaison

Figurehead

Negotiator

18. The classical view of social responsibility holds that management’s only social responsibility is to:

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Maximize organizational profits for stockholders

Maximize adherence to the laws for stockholders

Maximize organizational profits for stakeholders

Minimize adherence to the laws for stockholders