Business Culture

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(a) refers to the set of alliances formed by senior management $1.49

(a) refers to the set of alliances formed by senior management (b) refers to the overall level of problems and opportunities stemming from munificence, interdependence, and volatility (c) is restricted to the general environment of organizations..

1. The major types of goals for most organizations are ____________. (a) $1.49

1. The major types of goals for most organizations are ____________. (a) Societal, personal, and output (b) Societal, output and systems (c) Personal and impersonal (d) Profits, corporate responsibility, and personal (e) None of the above..

2. Values are ____________. (a) Similar to personality variables (b) Used in place $1.49

2. Values are ____________. (a) Similar to personality variables (b) Used in place of abilities (c) Related to aptitudes (d) Similar to attitudes..

A co-acting group is most likely to use a(n) ____________ communication $1.49

A co-acting group is most likely to use a(n) ____________ communication network. (a) Interacting (b) Decentralized (c) Centralized (d) Restricted..

A common mistake by managers facing crisis situations is ____________. (a) $1.49

A common mistake by managers facing crisis situations is ____________. (a) Trying to get too much information before responding (b) Relying too much on team decision making (c) Isolating themselves to make the decision alone (d) Forgetting to use..

A complex problem is best dealt with by a team using $1.49

A complex problem is best dealt with by a team using a(n) ____________ communication network. (a) All-channel (b) Wheel (c) Chain (d) Linear..

A content theory of motivation is most likely to focus on $1.49

A content theory of motivation is most likely to focus on ____________. (a) Organizational justice (b) Instrumentalities (c) Equities (d) Individual needs..

A leadership prototype ____________. (a) is useful primarily for selection and $1.49

A leadership prototype ____________. (a) is useful primarily for selection and training (b) uses LPC as an important component (c) depicts the image of a model leader (d) emphasizes leadership development..

A lose-lose conflict is likely when the conflict management approach focuses $1.49

A lose-lose conflict is likely when the conflict management approach focuses on ____________. (a) Linking pin roles (b) Altering scripts (c) Accommodation (d) Problem-solving..

A major difference between reinforcement and social learning theory is ____________. (a) $1.49

A major difference between reinforcement and social learning theory is ____________. (a) Reinforcement recognizes the existence of vicarious learning, and social learning does not (b) Reinforcement recognizes objective consequences while social lear..

A major distinction between line and staff units concerns ____________. (a) $1.49

A major distinction between line and staff units concerns ____________. (a) the amount of resources each is allowed to utilize (b) linkage of their jobs to the goals of the firm (c) the amount of education or training they possess (d) their use o..

A manager who spends a lot of time explaining his or $1.49

A manager who spends a lot of time explaining his or her motives and engaging in frank and open dialogue could be described as using ____________. (a) the KISS principle (b) transparency (c) MBO (d) the grapevine..

A manager’s failure to enforce a late-to-work policy the same way $1.49

A manager’s failure to enforce a late-to-work policy the same way for all employees is a violation of ____________ justice. (a) Interactional (b) Moral (c) Distributive (d) Procedural..

A matrix structure ____________. (a) reinforces unity of command (b) is $1.49

A matrix structure ____________. (a) reinforces unity of command (b) is inexpensive (c) is easy to explain to employees (d) gives some employees two bosses (e) yields a minimum of organizational politics..

A person facing an ethical dilemma involving differences between personal values $1.49

A person facing an ethical dilemma involving differences between personal values and the expectations of the team is experiencing ____________ conflict. (a) Personrole (b) Intrasender role (c) Intersender role (d) Interrole..

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