This Sample Examination represents the Final Examination that students complete in Week Six. As in the following Sample Examination, the Final Examination includes questions that assess the course objectives. Although the Sample Examination includes one question per objective, the Final Examination includes three questions per course objective.
Refer to the questions in the following Sample Examination to represent the type of questions in the Final Examination. Refer to the weekly readings and content outlines for each week as study references for the Final Examination.
Week One: Organizational Structure
Objective: Summarize the impact of structure on an organization.
1. According to management guru Tom Peters, almost all quality improvement comes from _____ of design, manufacturing, layout, processes, and procedures. a. modification b. stratification c. integration d. separation e. simplification
Objective: Compare and contrast management and leadership.
2. A manager is valued by her colleagues for her ability to perform effective break-even analysis on upcoming ventures. In this case, her colleagues value her for competencies that fall within which of Katz’s essential management skills categories? a. technical b. communication c. human d. conceptual e. education
Objective: Explain how organizational behavior (OB) theories shape management pupose, positions, and essential skills.
3. Group behavior, power, and conflict are central areas of study for _____. a. archaeologists b. sociologists c. anthropologists d. social psychologists e. operations analysts
Week Two: Leading Individuals
Objective: Evaluate how attitudes and emotions influence behaviors.
4. Which of the following is not true concerning emotions? a. Some emotions can reduce employee performance. b. Employees bring an emotional component with them to