Sample Questions

The midterm consists of ten (10) short answer questions each worth one (1) mark each and one (1) long answer question worth five (5) mark for a total of 15 marks.

Short Answer Questions

PPT 1 (Chapter 1)

1. Define what a manager is.
2. Define an organization.
3. List the four (4) tasks of management.
4. List the three (3) management skills.
5. List four (4) challenges facing managers today.
6. Explain the difference between efficiency and effectiveness.

PPT 2 (Chapter 2)

1. Define personality trait.
2. List the five (5) Big Five Personality Traits.
3. Explain the difference between internal and external locus of control.
4. Explain organizational citizenship behaviors.
5. Define emotional intelligence.
6. List three (3) factors that maintain and transmit organizational culture.

PPT 3

1. Define ethics.
2. List three (3) types of company stakeholders.
3. List the four (4) ethical rules.
4. Define trust.
5. List three (3) sources of an organization's code of ethics.
6. Define diversity and list three (3) characteristics.

PPT 4 (Chapter 5)

1. Define decision-making.
2. Define bounded rationality.
3. List three (3) reasons information is incomplete.
4. Explain satisficing.
5. List three (3) steps in the decision-making process.
6. Explain a learning organization.

PPT 5 (Chapter 6)

1. Define planning.
2. List the three (3) steps in planning.
3. List the three (3) levels of planning.
4. List the four (4) elements of a SWOT analysis.
5. List the four (4) four business-level strategies.
6. Explain vertical integration.

PPT 6 (Chapter 7)

1. Define organizational structure.
2. List the four (4) factors affecting organizational structure.
3. Explain a functional structure for an organization.
4. Explain a divisional structure for an organization.
5. Define a strategic alliance.
6. Explain the difference between tall and a flat organization.

PPT 7 (Chapter 8)

1. Explain what a control system is.
2. List the three (3) types of control.
3. List the four (4) steps in organizational control.
4. Define bureaucratic control.
5. Explain an adaptive culture.
6. List Lewin's three (3) stages of change.

Long Answer Question

PPT 1

1. List the four (4) management functions and explain two (2).
2. List the three (3) management skills and explain one (1).

PPT 2

1. List three (3) of the Big Five Personality Traits and explain two (2).
2. Discuss what values are and how they impact a manager.

PPT 3

1. List three (3) ethical rules and discuss the rule you think is most appropriate for business.
2. Discuss diversity in the workplace.

PPT 4

1. List three (3) steps in the decision-making process, which is the most important and why?
2. Define what a learning organization is, list two principles and explain the most important one.

PPT 5

1. Define planning and provide two (2) reasons why planning is important.
2. List two (2) of the four (4) four business-level strategies and explain both.

PPT 6

1. Discuss organizational structure and explain one (1).
2. What type of structure is best for an electronic gaming company and why?

PPT 7

1. List two (2) steps in organizational control, which is most important and why?

Discuss an organizational control system.