1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an analysis of a situation
B) It is closely related to evaluation
C) It involves choosing
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D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem ✔✔ Ans: C
Feedback: Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluation and has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
1. Which represents the management functions that are incorporated into the management process?
A) Planning, directing, organizing, staffing, and evaluating
B) Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling
C) Organizing, planning, staffing, directing, and evaluating
D) Organizing, staffing, planning, implementing, and controlling ✔✔ Ans: B
Feedback:
Management functions include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. These are incorporated into what is known as the management process.
What is the advantage of recruiting from outside the organization?
A. Promotes long-term retention of employees
B. Tends to increase the number of candidates
C. Provides well-motivated candidates
D. Attracts well-qualified candidates ✔✔ Ans: B
Feedback: recruiting from outside the organization provides an opportunity to increase the pool of candidates for positions but is no guarantee that these canddidates will be more qualified or motivated than those who come from within the organization.
Which information is too much in flux to identify on an organizational chart?
A) Grapevine lines of communication
B) Line and staff authority
C) Span of control
D) Scalar chains ✔✔ Ans: A
Feedback:
The grapevine lines of communication cannot be placed on an organizational chart because they are constantly in flux. The remaining information is stable and so identified on the chart.
Which statement best describes mentorship?
A) The intensity and duration of relationships are similar in mentorship and [Show Less]