MGT 316T Wk 1 – Practice: Knowledge Check

When Juanita meets regularly with her workers to provide encouraging words so that they work hard to achieve the company’s goals, she is engaged in the management function of controlling.

In the management process, the organizing stage includes setting goals and deciding how to achieve them.

When building a new residential development or mall, a national real estate organization typically does not remove many trees, basing its decision on the belief that natural resources are limited, and we need to not compromise the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This management philosophy is known as

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• social capital.
• green values.
• enviroethics.
• natural ethics.
• sustainability.

The classical management viewpoint emphasized

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• ways to increase flexibility.
• company diversity.
• ways to manage work more efficiently.
• MBO.

Gamma Manufacturing employs some of the top professionals in its field, and because of their skills and experience, Gamma is highly efficient and outperforms its competitors. Gamma Manufacturing has a(n) ____ over its competition.

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• effectiveness advantage
• competitive advantage
• synergistic advantage
• quality mark
• collaborative advantage

Hayley, a restaurant manager, has been observing and analyzing the work process of the cooks, servers, and bussers because she would like to increase their productivity. Hayley is engaging in ____ management.

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• quantitative
• systems
• contingency
• scientific
• administrative

Abraham Maslow’s listing of physiological, safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization needs, and his belief that some of these needs must be satisfied before others, was proposed in his

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• Theory X.
• hierarchy of human needs.
• Theory Y
• development process approach.
• hierarchy of human psychology.

Omar works diligently to accomplish the company goals in an efficient and effective manner, utilizing his employees through planning, organizing, leading, and controlling company resources. Omar is

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• delegating.
• vision planning.
• managing.
• entrepreneuring.
• developing synergy.

Efficiency and effectiveness mean using resources—people, money, raw materials, and the like—wisely and cost-effectively.

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