Principles of Management
TRUE/FALSE
1. The nature of management is to control and dictate others in an organization.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 6
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Motivation Concepts MSC: F
2. In today’s turbulent and hypercompetitive global environment, managers must help their companies innovate more than ever.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 8
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Creation of Value MSC: F
3. The late famed management theorist Peter Drucker is often credited with creating the modern study of management.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 8
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Leadership Principles MSC: F
4. Managers get things done by coordinating and motivating other people.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 9
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Leadership Principles MSC: F
5. The attainment of organizational goals through planning, organizing, leading and controlling reflects the essence of the management process.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 9
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Leadership Principles MSC: F
6. Where the organization wants to be in the future and how to get there defines controlling.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 9
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Leadership Principles MSC: F
7. Organizing means defining goals for future organizational performance and deciding on the tasks and resources needed to attain them.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 9
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Leadership Principles MSC: F
8. Leading is the use of influence to motivate employees to achieve organizational goals.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 9
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Leadership Principles MSC: F
9. The use of influence to motivate employees to achieve organizational goals defines organizing.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 9
NAT: AACSB: Analytic | AACSB: Leadership Principles MSC: F
10. How an organization goes about accomplishing a plan is a key part of the management function of controlling.
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