Management Tasks, Responsibilities, and Practices

Question 1

Define a manager’s value

Answer 1

Values are likes, dislikes, shoulds, oughts, judgments and prejudices.

Question 2

T or F. A managers value is often subconsciously.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

How many Value orientations are there

Answer 3

6

Question 4

what are the six value orientations

Answer 4

theoretical, economic, aesthetic, social, political, and religious

Question 5

Define management

Answer 5

Management is the process undertaken by one or more persons to coordinate the activities of other persons to achieve results not achievable by one person acting alone.

Question 6

What are the three approaches to management.

Answer 6

Classical, behavioral, management science

Question 7

Most modern approach in management is.

Answer 7

Management science approach

Question 8

Type of organization that is associated with the classical approach and characterizes functional groups under a direct chain of command.

Answer 8

Line organization

Question 9

Type of organization that is associated with the behavioral approach and includes staff positions which are not generally elements in direct chain of command.

Answer 9

Line and Staff Organization

Question 10

Type of organization that is associated with the management science approach and tends to be goal oriented and most commonly used on single project basis.

Answer 10

Matrix organization

Question 11

Who is considered the father of the administrative theory

Answer 11

Henri Fayol

Question 12

Fayol. how many principles of management are there?

Answer 12

14

Question 13

some of the principles in fayol’s principles are.

Answer 13

Division of labor, authority, discipline, unity of command.

Question 14

How many functions of management are there.

Answer 14

8

Question 15

What are the eight functions of management

Answer 15

Planning, Organizing, Directing, Staffing, Coordinating, Reporting, Budgeting, Evaluating.

Remember the acroynm PODSCORBE

Question 16

What are the two types of managers.

Answer 16

Old school and New school

Question 17

Which two people were associated with the Need Theory?

Answer 17

Maslow and McGregor

Question 18

Physiological, Safety, Social, Esteem, and Self-actualization is directly connected to who’s theory? think hierarchy

Answer 18

Maslow

Question 19

Who’s theory involved two types of employees

Theory X: dislikes work, directed, coerced, lacks ambition, self centered,

Theory Y: gives effort, self directed, rewards of achievement, seeks responsibility, creative.

Answer 19

McGregor

Question 20

Who was responsible for the two-factor theory

Answer 20

Herzberg

Question 21

What are those two factors

Answer 21

Motivational and Hygiene

Question 22

Interpersonal, peers, supervisors, subordinates, job security, etc.. are apart of which factor? Motivational or Hygiene.

Answer 22

Hygiene

Question 23

Achievement, work itself, recognition, advancement, growth potential and responsibility are apart of which factor? Motivational or Hygiene.

Answer 23

Motivational

Question 24

What are some motivational factors for people in the workplace.

Answer 24

Money, recognition, achievement, advancement, responsibility, work-itself

Question 25

what a person is trying to accomplish

Answer 25

Goal

Question 26

People responsible for the Reinforcement theory

Answer 26

Pavlov and Skinner

Question 27

Reward with praise, Clearly inform, Feedback, Job well done, and differentiate rewards are associated with who’s theory.

Answer 27

Skinner

Question 28

often considered the leadership model.

Answer 28

Ohio state model

Question 29

What are the leaders in the ohio state model.

Answer 29

Task management, country club, impoverished, middle of the road, and team management

Question 30

common goal for the good of the group, NOT for the individual of sharing ideas for the good of all is?

Answer 30

Teamwork.

Question 31

primarily concerned for people and only incidentally concerned for production

Answer 31

Country club

Question 32

compromise between high production and employee satisfaction

Answer 32

middle of the road

Question 33

concerned for neither production nor people

Answer 33

impoverished

Question 34

achieve high production through the effective use of participation and involvement of people and their ideas.

Answer 34

team management

Question 35

primarily concerned for production and only minimally concerned for people

Answer 35

Task management

Question 36

What are some team building pitfalls

Answer 36

hire like yourself and dream team

Question 37

T or F team leaders have to be experts in their fields

Answer 37

False

Question 38

T or F Team leaders must be participative, Self-confident, flexible, open minded, cooperative with subordinates.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Is the sharing of authority and responsibility between two or more people.

Answer 39

Delegation

Question 40

T or F Delegation takes place whenever another person assumes responsibilities for tasks assigned to an individual at a higher level.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

Occurs when a supervisor accepts responsibility for a task which belongs to a subordinate.

Answer 41

Reverse delegation

Question 42

When do you not delegate

Answer 42

counseling, delegated to you, entrusted, evaluations

Question 43

What are the goals of management

Answer 43

Effectiveness, efficiency, economy, employee, span of control, management glossary.