Give me the correct answer of these questions:

1.Which of the following is a factor that determines the amount of a manager's decision-making discretion?

Select one:

a.Characteristics of the stakeholders.

b.Characteristics of the shareholders.

c.Characteristics of the organization.

d.Cohesiveness of the board of directors.

2.The more heterogeneous the top management team, the:

Select one:

a.less diverse the team membership will be.

b.more innovative the team's decisions will tend to be.

c.easier it will be for the team to implement strategies.

d.more likely it is that the team will be cohesive.

3.Normally, the more involved a board of directors is in shaping the firm's strategic direction, the:

Select one:

a.more aggressive the organization is.

b.higher the corporation's performance tends to be.

c.quicker executive decisions can be made.

d.more difficult it becomes to make effective resource decisions.

4.HP CEO Mark Hurd resigned unexpectedly in 2010 amid scandal. At that time, HP did not have a CEO succession plan. Which of the following would have been the best course of action for HP to follow at that time?

Select one:

a.Appoint a competent insider as the new CEO.

b.Appoint an interim CEO until a new CEO is found.

c.Select a successful outsider as the new CEO.

d.Select the chairman of the board as the new CEO.

5.In the current global competitive landscape, top managers need to be able to identify the best managerial and strategic practices regardless of their cultural origin and meld them to create the best strategic approach for their firm wherever they operate across the globe. In other words, they need to be:

Select one:

a.cross-cultural

b.ambicultural

c.polycultural

d.multicultural

6.Exploiting and developing core competencies is part of the key strategic leadership action. Which of the following is most important for developing and using core competencies?

Select one:

a.High-quality human capital

b.Organiztional flexibilty

c.Organizational agility

d.High-quality organzational culture.

7._______________________ capital involves relationships inside and outside the firm that help the firm accomplish tasks and create value for customers and shareholders.

Select one:

a.Social

b.Human

c.Cooperative

d.Knowledge

8.Which of the following is one of the five dimensions thought to characterize an employee's entrepreneurial mindset?

Select one:

a.Assertiveness

b.Reactivity

c.Innovativeness

d.Risk aversion

9.Competitive aggressiveness describe a firm's:

Select one:

a.ability to attack smaller rivals.

b.willingness to allow employees to take risks.

c.tendency to maintain the status quo.

d.propensity to take actions that allow it to outperform rivals consistently and substanially.

10.Managerial actions that support development of an ethical organizational culture includes which of the following?

Select one:

a.Creating an ethics committee

b.Disseminating the code of conduct to all stakeholders to inform them of the firm's ethical standards.

c."Talking the talk" with respect to ethics and ethical issues.

d.Disciplining whistleblowers