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QUESTION 1 4 points Save Answer Ordering office supplies can be described as which of these? Low-involvement decision O Self-awareness decision High-involvement decision Nonprogrammed decision QUESTION 2 4 points Save Answer One of the advantages to group decision making is: O greater commitment to the solution satisficing O groupthink O conformity QUESTION 3 4 points Save Answer The first multinational corporations were located in _. but had branches across Europe. Greece O Egypt O Italy ChinaQUESTION 4 4 points Save Answer As a production manager. Sylviajust received the report that the product output is 20 percent below the projected target. She immediately takes the corrective actions to remedy the crisis. Sylvia is engaging in the role of a O liaison. O disturbance handle. 0 resource allocator. O entrepreneur. QUESTION 5 4 points Save Answer Which of the following describe conditions when we tend to pay more attention to information that agrees with our existing beliefs and less attention to information that is contrary to our beliefs? 0 Conrmation bias 0 Escalation of commitment O Emotional intelligence conditions 0 Time pressures QUESTION 6 4 points Save Answer Which of the following supervise rankandle employees and carry out daytoday activities within departments? 0 Board of directors 0 Middle managers 0 Vicepresidents O Firstline (lowerLevel) managers QU ESTION 7 4 points Save Answer Which of the following describe community relations activity? As a production manager at Garden Tools International (GTI). Ellen frequently gets involved in planning. scheduling. and monitoring 0 the design. development. production. and delivery of garden tools at GTI. 0 As a manager at CBA Rides. Mason's primary responsibility is to bring together the work of others both inside his work unit and out. As a vice-president of regional engagement, Tom's primary responsibility is to cultivate and maintain contacts with representatives 0 from various constituencies outside the company. including state and federal agencies. and local civic groups. Sophia routinely uses her technical expertise to solve her company's problems. acting as an agent for organizationalchange and 0 development at her organization. QUESTION 8 4 points Save Answer Frederick Taylor stressed the idea that if workers produced more than a certain amount. they would be paid more. This idea is called 0 differential piecework. O scalar Chain principle. 0 esprit de Corps, O division of labor. QUESTION 9 4 points Save Answer Elon Musk. CEO of Tesla. is which type of manager? 0 Middle manager 0 First line manager 0 Executive manager 0 Operative manager QUESTION 10 4 points Save Answer For managers _______ skills involve the ability to work with people and understand employee motivation and group processes. 0 longrange O conceptual 0 technical 0 human relations QUESTION 11 4 points Save Answer According to \\X/eber. which type of leadership consisted of familial and religious? O Bureaucratic domination O Feudalism domination O Charismatic domination 0 Legal domination QUESTION 12 4 points Save Answer When Samantha, manager at ABC International, seeks and receives information from both web and industryjournals. she is acting as a O disseminator. 0 monitor. 0 liaison. 0 resource allocator. QUESTION 13 4 points Save Answer Who is known as the father of scientific management? Max Weber Frederick Taylor Adam Smith Elton Mayo QUESTION 14 4 points Save Answer Rick is excited to be named team leader of a project to build new parking garages on the KU Lawrence campus because he knows all the students will love him. Rick will be acting within which level of management? First-line O Rank and file employee Executive QUESTION 15 4 points Save Answer The Kansas state flower is a: sunflower poison ivy dandelion tomato plant