Midterm

Question 1

What are the resources needed in order to POLC (5) TFMHI☎️

Answer 1

1. Time
2. Finance
3. Material
4. Human
5. International

Question 2

If it is specific, is it measurable?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

What are the managerial skills ? (5)

C H T A S

Answer 3

Conceptual (global)
Human  skills (build relationships)
Technical (knowledge of job)
Administrative (Paperwork)
Soft skills ( e.i)

Question 4

What is planning ? (3) D, E, D

Answer 4

Define goals, establish strategy and develop plans to coordinate activities

Question 5

What is organizing ? (1) D

Answer 5

Determining what has to be done and who has to do it.

Question 6

What is leading ? D, M

Answer 6

Directing and motivating all involved parties and resolving conflicts

Question 7

What is controlling

M

Answer 7

Monitoring activities to ensure that they are accomplished as planned

Question 8

What are the resources needed in order to POLC

5 TFMHI

Answer 8

TIme Finance, Material Human Informational

Question 9

State two difference between a gant and a pert

Answer 9

1. Gantt is time based while Pert is priority based.

2. Gantt gives you the simultaneity of your tasks to be done, but not the priorities, as pert does.

Question 10

Why is it important to organize as a manager give 5 reasons

D A C A S

Answer 10

Divide job between departments
Assign tasks and responsibilities
Coordinate jobs
Allocate to right resources at the right activités
Setting examples for your employees by planning

Question 11

What are the two approaches to management ?

M O

Answer 11

Mechanistic : Task oriented and very structural approach

Organic: Human resources, cooperation and teamwork oriented

Question 12

Can we say a mission corresponds to what we see in the future

Answer 12

No that is a vision

Question 13

What are the elements to be considered when in a missions

Answer 13

Stakeholders: guests first, then partners and finally employees.

Question 14

Can a first level employee have complex level responsibilities ?

Answer 14

No

Question 15

Do you think a manager can manage 1000 employees ?
( 5 organizational structure)
U P C C L

Answer 15

Unicity of command 
Parity
Complex problems for bigger level managers
Chain of command
Limited number of employees to lead

Question 16

What does parity mean ?

Answer 16

When you haven equal amount of responsibilities for the authority you have

Question 17

What does SMART stands for ?

Answer 17

Specific
Measurable
Achievable 
Realistic
Time efficient

Question 18

Do you think unicty of command is an important principal to respect when you create an organizational structure?

Answer 18

For one employee you should. It allocate to more than one supervisor, also you should never override and cut somebody’s authority

Question 19

Planning is not as important as long as you controlling, do you agree ?

Answer 19

No, it is not true, control is important, but planning is much more imp, it gives you the direction towards what you should control

Question 20

To be measurable an objective always needs of number ?

Answer 20

No

Question 21

In an objective a duration is a time frame ?

Answer 21

A duration is not a time frame, you need an ending time.

Question 22

A GANTT is…

5

Answer 22

A planning, a list of activities, a starting and ending date, shows activités to be held at the same time, gives a globally vision of the activities.