Question 1: ABC Company is attempting to decide whether or not to launch a new $10 million advertising campaign for a product whose sales have been lagging well below the projected sales for this product. This represents which type of decision for the organization?
Question 2: When Matsushita sells its TVs and VCRs using the same basic marketing approach in various countries. Matsushita is pursuing:
Question 3: In a meeting, after hearing one member describes a problem to be addressed, all members of a group first wrote down ideas and solutions. After this, everyone shared those suggestions without criticism. The group, one by one, clarified, critiqued, and then discussed the alternatives in the sequence in which they were first proposed. Finally, each member ranked all the alternatives, and the highest-ranking alternative was chosen. This process is called:
Question 4: Which of the following is NOT a part of developing and clearly communicating a sexual harassment policy endorsed by top management?
Question 5: Upon joining a new firm, Carrie understands from her colleagues that the organization places a high value personal integrity and does not tolerate any sort of unethical behavior. Such unwritten, informal codes of conduct are referred to as:
Question 6: A marketing manager wants to budget the advertising for a new product launch. She is trying to determine the amount of money that her company can afford to spend on advertising this new product. Which of the following criterion of decision-making is the marketing manager focusing on?
Question 7: What do managers do to regulate routine activities?
Question 8: TeleTop Corporation is planning to eliminate a few redundant departments and reduce levels in the organizational hierarchy to lower operating costs. This is an example of:
Question 9: Which analysis would assist Terry to formulate a strategy for the company?
Question 10: The Beswick Knife Company aims at a market of hunters, and they try to keep prices lower than competition. Which of the following strategy is Beswick pursuing?
Question 11: The society of the nation of Atlantis has commonly accepted laws against driving while intoxicated. This is an example of:
Question 12: The use of information technology in self-managed teams:
Question 13: The ability of a worker in the accounting department to prepare the organization's balance sheet is an example of a(n):
Question 14: A manager who is effectively managing diversity in the disseminator role would:
Question 15: An organization's accounting department decides to send out a bill to a new customer. What type of decision does this represent?
Question 16: If the product of a major competitor has a large share of the existing market for that product, we say that this product has a large amount of:
Question 17: Pat, a manager, is assessing possible alternatives for the solution of a problem. Pat performs a cost-benefit analysis of several alternatives in order to determine the net financial payoff of each alternative. Which of the following criterion is Pat focusing on?
Question 18: Managers maintain and transmit culture through all of the following EXCEPT:
Question 19: All of the following statements are true regarding the role of IT in empowering employees, EXCEPT:
Question 20: A software firm is considering introducing a new product unlike any previously on the market. Managers cannot estimate the probability of success for the new product. Which of the following best describes the situation?
Question 21: Which of the following is NOT a part of the job of a middle manager?
Question 22: To create a learning organization, managers should empower employees and allow them to experiment, create and explore what they want. This is called developing:
Question 23: All of the following are major managerial functions EXCEPT:
Question 24: The population of the United States is shifting from the Northeast to the Southwest. This is an example of which type of force in the environment?
Question 25: Which of the following statements is true regarding outsourcing?