What is an organization?
A) A non-systematic arrangement of people brought together to accomplish some specific purpose.
B) A total mess.
C) None of the above.
C) None of the above.
100
What is franchising?
An agreement in which an organization gives another organization the right, for a fee, to use its name and operating methods.
100
What does it mean to organize?
a) function of management that creates the organization's structure
b) responsibility of management to divide task between employees
c) both stated above
d) ya boy
a)
100
What is not one of the steps of the Human Resource Management Process?
A) Recruitment and Downsizing
B) Training and Development
C) Election
D) Safety and Health
C) Election
100
What is control?
Management function that involves monitoring activities to ensure that they're being accomplished as planned and correcting any significant deviations.
200
What are the three characteristics of organizations
Goals, people and structure.
200
What is not discussed in the book?
A) Utility of ethics
B) Rights view of ethics
C) Theory of justice view of ethics
D) Code of ethics
A) Utility of ethics
200
Explain departmentalization.
How jobs are grouped together.
200
What is recruitment?
Locating, Identifying and attracting capable applicants.
200
What are the 4 steps of the planning control link?
A) Planning Controlling Organizing Selection
B) Planning Controlling Determine Leading
C) Planning Controlling Organizing Leading
D) Planning Controlling Determine Selection
C) Planning Controlling Organizing Leading
300
What are the management levels?
Top managers, middle managers, first-line managers and team leaders.
300
Name 4 types of diversity found in the workplace.
Age, other, gender, GLBT, Religion, Disability/Abilities, race and ethnicity.
300
Explain chain of command.
Line of authority extending from upper organizational levels to lover levels which clarifies who reports whom.
300
What does RJP mean?
Realistic job preview
300
What are the 3 steps in the control process?
Measuring, Comparing and Taking action.
400
Define scientific management.
The use of scientific methods to define the "one best way" for a job to be done.
400
What is the workforce diversity?
Ways in which people in a workforce are similar and different from one another in terms of gender, age etc.
400
Name strengths of simple structure organization.
fast, flexible, inexpensive, clear
400
What are 3 downsizing options? (You have 7)
firing, layoffs, attrition, transfers, reduced workweeks, early retirements, job sharing
400
What is MBWA?
Management by walking around.
500
What is employee engagement?
Ask karakaya.
500
What does it mean contingent workforce?
Part-time, temporary and contract works who are available for hire on an as-needed basis
500
Explain matrix structure organization.
Specialists from different functional departments are assigned to work on projects led by project manager.