Vocab
Project Management
Management and Administration
Organization
Planning
100

The lines of authority for an organization, who reports to whom

What is Chain of Command?

100

The process of planning, organizing and managing resources to achieve a project's goal

What project management?

100

Finding the right number of applicants is the key to?

What is recruiting?

100

Top Level Managers do what 2 things? 

What are set goals and plan for the future 

100

Setting company goals and deciding what needs to be done falls under what function

What is planning?

200

The number of employees who report to a managerial position is called_______________.

What is Span of Control?
200

Rules and regulations for keeping a project on track

What is Governance Mechanisms?

200

Process Improvement Specialists and Call Center Supervisors are __________management positions

What is operations?

200

What function assigns managers different tasks and coordinating activities  

What is organizing? 

200

Type of plan that identifies alternative courses of action that can be implemented if and when the original plan proves inadequate because of changing circumstances

What is a Contingency plan?

300

The duty to carry out an assignment or conduct a certain activity

What is responsibility? 

300

Three factors traditionally recognized as restraints on project management are scope, time and reduction

a)True

b) False

False

300

Type of business management and administration career is all about people

What is human resources management?

300

Increased confusion/stress on 2-boss employees and increased power conflicts are disadvantages of this type of organizational design

What are Matrix Structures?

300

Which is the first step of effective managerial planning is:

a) Use a systematic approach to establish objectives

b) Evaluate the quality of various processes

c) Establish criteria to evaluate strategies

What is (a) Use a systematic approach to establish objectives?

400

Process of assigning a task to a subordinate along with the commensurate responsibility and authority to carry out the task 

What is delegation?

400

Type of plan a business should implement when the original plan fails to produce the desired results 

What is contingency plan?

400

Primary purpose of developing organizational goals is to:

a) establish loyalty

b) 

What is providing direction?

400

Document drafted in the planning stage of project management

What is work breakdown structure?

400

Characteristics of tactical planning are:

a) long-term and specific

b) long-term and vague

c) short-range and specific

d) short-range and vague

What is (c) short-range and specific?

500

________________    is the
direct control of a business or
enterprise. it means working with
people and using resources
effectively and efficiently to
accomplish organizational goals

What is business management? 

500

Project management stage determining when project tasks are performed

What is scheduling?

500

The number of employees that a manager can effectively supervise is their __________?

What is span of control?

500

Functional Structures, Divisional Structures, Lateral Relations and Matrix Structures are types of :

What is Organizational Design?

500

Goals established by a company should be:

a) linked to punishments

b) set for every single aspect of the business

c) specific and measurable

What is (c) specific and measurable?