Test-Bank-for-Management-7th-Edition-Williams
Test-Bank-for-Management-7th-Edition-Williams
Test-Bank-for-Management-7th-Edition-Williams
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1. Management.
2. History of Management.
3. Organizational Environments and Cultures.
4. Ethics and Social Responsibility.
5. Planning and Decision Making.
6. Organizational Strategy.
7. Innovation and Change.
8. Global Management.
9. Designing Adaptive Organizations.
10. Managing Teams.
11. Managing Human Resource Systems.
12. Managing Individuals and a Diverse Work Force.
13. Motivation.
14. Leadership.
15. Managing Communication.
16. Control.
17. Managing Information.
18. Managing Service and Manufacturing Operations.
Test-Bank-for-Management-7th-Edition-Williams
Chapter 1: Management
TRUE/FALSE
1. While good management is basic to starting and growing a business, once some measure of
success has been achieved, good management becomes less important.
ANS: F
Good management is basic to starting a business, growing a business, and maintaining a business once it
has achieved some measure of success.
PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 6 TOP: AACSBAnalytic
KEY: Creation of Value
2. Managers are responsible for doing the basic work in the company.
ANS: F
The manager’s job is not to do the basic work in the company, but to help others do their work.
PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 7 TOP: AACSB Reflective Thinking
KEY: Creation of Value
3. Companies that plan have larger profits and faster growth than companies that don’t.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 9
TOP: AACSB Reflective Thinking KEY: Creation of Value
4. The classical functions of management are (1) making things happen, (2) meeting the
competition, (3) organizing people, projects, and processes, and (4) leading.
ANS: F
The classical functions of management are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 8 TOP: AACSB Reflective Thinking
KEY: Leadership Principles | HRM | Strategy | Creation of Value
5. According to What Really Works, Meta-Analysis, meta-analysis is a research toolthat combines
the results of a number of research studies.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 10-11
TOP: AACSB Reflective Thinking KEY: Creation of Value
6. According to the What Really Works box, meta-analysis is useful for management theorists and
researchers, but it has little value for the practicing manager.
ANS: F
Meta-analysis is also useful for practicing managers, because it shows what works and the conditions
under which management techniques may work better or worse in the “real world.” [Show Less]