Managers who centralize power and tell employees what to do are ______________ managers.
What is "autocratic?"
100
Managers who avoid the use of power and let employees establish their own goals and monitor their own progress are _______________ managers.
What is "free-rein?"
100
The number of employees that a manager supervises is referred to as the ___________________.
What is "span of control?"
100
The amount of authority and responsibility that is delegated to employees or to organizational units is called the degree of _________________.
What is "centralization?"
100
Managers who decentralize power and share it with employees as they work together to achieve goals are __________________ managers.
What is "participative?"
200
An organization that has many level of management can be described with one word: ______________.
What is "tall?"
200
The action of transferring authority and responsibility is called _________________.
What is "delegating?"
200
An organization with few levels of managers may be described in one word: _______________.
What is "flat?"
200
The difference between line positions and staff positions is that line positions are ______________ and staff positions are not.
What is "managerial."
200
Individual employees always conform to the standards of their cultural groups. True or False.
What is "false?"
300
Most employees work best under the _________________ management style.
What is "autocratic?"
300
Every culture and subculture has norms for the _______________ of its memebers.
What is "behavior?"
300
___________________ is the cultural influence identified by the desire to either stay in one place or seak opportunities elsewhere.
What is "permanence of empooyment?"
300
The size of a business and the complexity of its operations is the greatest determining factor of its number of ________________.
What is "managers?"
300
The _______________ managerial style is best in all circumstances.
What is "there isn't one?"
400
A company that is organized into northern, southern and central divisions is organized by _______________.
What is "geography?"
400
A company organized into manufacturing, customer service, and human resources departments is organized by _____________.
What is "function?"
400
A publishing company organized into book, magazine, and newspaper departments is organized by _______________.
What is "product?"
400
The difference between autocratic, participative, and free-rein managers is ____________________.
What is "how they use power?"
400
A ______________ company is formed with the "best of the best" companies for the purpose of reacting quickly to changing international business opportunities.
What is "virtual."
500
Taking preventive and corrective actions is an example of the _______________ function of management.
What is "controlling?"
500
Helping empoyees set goals and and ways to measure them is an action of a _________________ manager.
What is "participative?"
500
Managers need to understand the _____________________ so that they know what they are responsible for and to whom they report.
What is "lines of authority?"
500
A type of manager that exists primarily as a contact person for outsiders would be a ______________ manager.
What is "free-rein?"
500
A ______________ company of an international company provides an organizational structure of local, national, and/or regional subsidiaries that are usually responsible for decision making and customer service.