Involves analyzing information and making decisions about what needs to be done.
What is planning?
100
Completes all four management functions on a regular basis.
What is a manager?
100
Employees who are often promoted from the area where they work.
Who are supervisors?
100
An important management tool.
What is a management information system?
100
A difficult situation requiring a solution.
What is a problem?
200
Evaluating results to determine if company objectives have been accomplished or carried out as planned.
What is controlling?
200
Executive
Who is a top-level manager who spends all of his her time on management functions and has other managers report to them?
200
Helps company control the costs of doing business.
What is using resources wisely?
200
Helps managers control business operations.
What are computers?
200
Identify the problem
What is the first step in the decision making process?
300
Implementing
What is carrying out plans and helping employees to work efficiently?
300
First level of management in a company.
Who are supervisors?
300
Employees like to ____________ a supervisor who is ____________.
What is work for and interested in them?
300
Two common areas of research to aid in decision-making.
What are marketing and product development?
300
One method for identifying possible solutions.
What is brainstorming?
400
Determining how plans can be accomplished most effectively and arranging resources to complete work.
What is organizing?
400
Performs work similar to a manger.
Who is a non-management employee?
400
An important management skill for supervisors who must set priorities for the most important work and ensure that it is completed properly and on time.
What is time management?
400
Invoices, Expense Reports, Sales Forecasts
What are information provided by Management Information Systems?
400
Symptom
What is a sign or indication of something that appears to be a problem?
500
Management
What is the process of accomplishing goals of an organization through the effective use of people and other resources?
500
Mid-Manager
Who is spends most of his/her time on one management function such as planning or controlling or is responsible for a specific part of the company's operations?
500
One of the most difficult problems facing new supervisors.
What is accepting that they must spend more time on management functions and/or less time on non-managerial activities?
500
Data must be ____________, _______________, and _____________ so managers can make decisions quickly and efficiently.