MGMT TEST 2 SIMOON CANON

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MGMT TEST 2- SIMOON CANON |

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Question 1: Authority typically is associated with a

particular

• person rather than a particular position.
• person rather than a particular department.
• department rather than a particular team.
• position rather than a particular person.
• department rather than a particular person.

CORRECT ANSWER : position rather than a particular

person.

Question 2: The ________blank dimension of an

organization's structure refers to issues as reporting relationships, authority, responsibility, and related ideas.

• lateral
• transcendental
• vertical
• unilateral

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• horizontal

CORRECT ANSWER : vertical

Question 3: For years, Kathleen served as head of the

research and development (R&D) department at Bannerman Pharmaceuticals in Chicago. She enjoyed enormous support from her team, who liked her personally and respected her professionally. Now she has retired, and her place has been taken by Jerome from Bannerman's Cleveland facility. Yet employees continue to sidestep Jerome and come directly to Kathleen for guidance, calling or emailing her at home with questions.What is her best course of action?

• to let employees know that she wishes she were still in

charge, but Jerome is their boss now, and there is nothing anyone can do about that fact

• to call Jerome and offer some advice regarding the

techniques she has developed over the years for winning and keeping employees' loyalty

• to continually direct her former direct reports to Jerome

while emphasizing the fact that, as the new director of

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R&D, he has authority over, and responsibility for, the team

• to let team members know that failure to respect

Jerome will be regarded as a breach of protocol, and that they should no longer contact her

• to willingly offer guidance to her former direct reports,

as well as her replacement, and encourage them to involve her in settling any disputes

CORRECT ANSWER : to continually direct her former

direct reports to Jerome while emphasizing the fact that, as the new director of R&D, he has authority over, and responsibility for, the team

Question 4: Lawrence and Lorsch found that highly

differentiated firms were successful if they had ________blank levels of integration.

• increasing
• varied
• minimal
• high
• moderate

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CORRECT ANSWER : high

Question 5: It is generally accepted that having fewer

hierarchical levels creates greater operating efficiency.

• true
• false

CORRECT ANSWER : true

Question 6: Dante, an operations manager at Therma-Pro

Insulation, has been put on a big project with a tight deadline. He distributes half the work to two other supervisors, taking care of the bigger aspects of the project himself. This is an example of

• unity of command.
• specialization.
• delegation.
• differentiation.
• span of control.

CORRECT ANSWER: delegation.