Bussiness Homework

1-A company like Motorola might establish a goal of reducing its inventory by 50 percent over the next year. To ensure that it reaches this goal, the company could monitor its progress on a quarterly or monthly basis. If the managers at Motorola discover that there is a danger of not achieving this goal, they can take corrective action to adjust for the deficiency. This is a description of the managers' ____ - function.?

- Planning

- Directing

- Leading

-organizing

-controlling

2-In 1977, two years after graduating from Yale Law School, Mr. Hyatt founded the firm Hyatt Legal Services with two other lawyers. By 2003, the company had expanded to 200 offices in twenty-two states. With growth, the company has found it easy to recruit staffers; however, it has faced other problems, most noticeably dissatisfaction among staff lawyers. Recently staffers in seven Minneapolis regional offices revolted, writing a memo protesting the firm's emphasis on generating fees at the expense of quality legal work. Mr. Hyatt fired the dissenters. His action toward the dissenters indicates the use of?

-positive reinforcement.

-punishment.

-collaboration.

-negative reinforcement.

-extinction

3-The team member concerned with the emotional needs of others is fulfilling what role?

-Mother hen

-Leadership

-Caregiver

-Socioemotional

-Psychologist

4- Cindy Jones worked as a welder for BCD Company for ten years before it changed its rigid tuition reimbursement policy. This year, the new education support policy will allow her to take any course that interests her, not just a course in her field of employment. She is very excited about this and has enrolled in two management courses. She has always thought she had the ability to become a good manager. Cindy is attempting to satisfy her ____ needs.?

-self-actualization

-Physiological

-Safety

-Social

-esteem

5- Things were terrific at X Bank on Elm Street until an unfortunate incident occurred. Before the incident, the bank had installed hidden cameras, a fancy alarm system, and bars on entrance and exit doors. Nevertheless, the bank was burglarized last week. Although no employees were hurt, one of the bank's most loyal and respected tellers said, "For the first time in five years, I feel a bit uneasy, fearful on the job." The bank may find that for this employee and others, the ____ need must now be met.?

-self-actualization

-Physiological

-Safety

-esteem

-Social

6- The expectancy theory says that people are motivated:?

-by how much they want and the chance they have of getting it.

-by all of the above

-by the satisfaction of doing their job well.

- by receiving pay equal to that of all other employees.

-only by their achievements.

7-As an upper-level manager for IBM, Rodney is one of many people responsible for allocating organizational resources in order to achieve the key goals of the company. Specifically, Rodney is in charge of collecting and analyzing data on consumer preferences in personal computer design and technology and is thus responsible for what general type of resources?

-Informational

-Human

-Material

-System

-Financial

8-Grant is a division manager for a large chemical company. He frequently works to implement the strategies set by the CEO and supervises the activities of the supervisors under him. Grant is a ____ -manager.?

-Financial.

-first-line.

-Middle.

-front-line.

-Top.