Oh What Fun(ctions)!
Pyramids
Competition in all its glory
I Get By with a Little Help from my Associates
It's all about the money
100

This function of a manager involves hiring the right people for the right jobs.

What is staffing?

100
How many levels of management are in the management pyramid?

What is three?

100
There are no competitors in this business environment?

What is a monopoly?

100

Entrepreneurs typically start these.  The most common business form.

What is a sole-proprietorship?

100

This is the driving factor for all businesses in a capitalist economy.

What is maximizing profit?

200

This function of a manager involves the process of choosing goals and actions to pursue, what strategies to use to achieve them, and what actions to take to get there.

What is planning?

200

This level of management sits at the top and often includes a CEO, CFO, and COO.

What is executive?

200

Electric companies, telecommunication companies, and other utilities are traditionally these due to high start up cost and infrastructure.

What is a natural monopoly?

200

These are run by two or more people who share in the work, the profits, and the liability for the company.

What is a partnership?

200

This is the company we studied who was convicted of being a monopoly.

What is Google (Alphabet)?

300

This function of a manager involves setting the vision and motivating people to do achieve it.  

What is leading?

300

This level of management has a level above and a level below.  Most never rise above this level.

What is middle management?

300
When just a few businesses control the market for a product.  OPEC is one.

What is an oligopoly?

300

These partnerships have limited liabilities for some partners and unlimited liabilities for at least one partner.

What is a limited partnership?

300

Form of intellectual property that is a business name, symbol, or phrase. Protected for the life of the business if renewed on time.

What is a trademark.

400

This function of a manager involves establishing processes, plans, and schedules to make sure organizational goals are accomplished.

What is organizing?

400

This level of management is the first level of management.  Most start out as this.

What is supervisor(y)?

400

This law established the group who promotes competition and protects consumers.  It's also the name of the agency.

What is the Federal Trade Commission Act?

400
These corporations are established to limit liability for owners while taking advantage of lower personal tax rates by having them report the income on their personal tax returns.

What are S-Corporations.

400

The acronym for both Social security and Medicare taxes.  The name of the act that established these.

What is FICA.

500

This function of a manager involves evaluating results as compared to goals and objectives.

What is controlling?

500

In a corporation, executive management reports to this group.

What is the Board of Directors?

500

This is the original anti-trust law, signed in 1890.

What is the Sherman Act?

500

Large corporations who can issue stock and who are double taxed but have no liability for the owners.

What are C corporations?

500

The form used to determine allowances for employees.  

What is a form W-4?

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