Introduction: Management and View Feedback
Which of the following statements about information management is true? | | It is a form of management that appeared with the introduction of computers. | | | Two types of information technology are the cash register and the typewriter. | | | Throughout history, organizations have been reticent to adopt new information technologies. | | | Businesses are not typically interested in information technologies that offer speed. | | | All of these statement about information management are true. | View Feedback | | |
Question 2 | | 1 / 1 point |
A contractor was feeling defeated because the job he was working on was so far behind schedule. As he looked at the job site, he saw one worker moving bricks by carrying two at a time from where they were unloaded to where they were needed. He saw another climbing up a ladder with a few shingles, climbing back down to get more, and then repeating the process. Which management process could be used to determine how the workers could perform their tasks more efficiently? | | Time and motion studies | | | Resource assessments | | | Workload analyses | | | Systems analyses | | | Cost-benefit analyses | View Feedback | | |
Question 3 | | 0 / 1 point |
Which of the following statements about the beginnings of management is true? | | Job enrichment was developed during the last half of the twentieth century. | | | Management as a field of study is only about 125 years old. | | | Information management appeared with the first computers. | | | The use of management functions would have made the building of the Egyptian pyramids more efficient. | | | All of the above statements about the origin of management are true. | View Feedback | | |
Question 4 | | 1 / 1 point |
Which management theorist would most likely have said, "The success of an enterprise generally depends much more on the administrative ability of its leaders than on their
Question 2 | | 1 / 1 point |
A contractor was feeling defeated because the job he was working on was so far behind schedule. As he looked at the job site, he saw one worker moving bricks by carrying two at a time from where they were unloaded to where they were needed. He saw another climbing up a ladder with a few shingles, climbing back down to get more, and then repeating the process. Which management process could be used to determine how the workers could perform their tasks more efficiently? | | Time and motion studies | | | Resource assessments | | | Workload analyses | | | Systems analyses | | | Cost-benefit analyses | View Feedback | | |
Question 3 | | 0 / 1 point |
Which of the following statements about the beginnings of management is true? | | Job enrichment was developed during the last half of the twentieth century. | | | Management as a field of study is only about 125 years old. | | | Information management appeared with the first computers. | | | The use of management functions would have made the building of the Egyptian pyramids more efficient. | | | All of the above statements about the origin of management are true. | View Feedback | | |
Question 4 | | 1 / 1 point |
Which management theorist would most likely have said, "The success of an enterprise generally depends much more on the administrative ability of its leaders than on their