All of the following statements are true regarding the role of IT in empowering employees,
EXCEPT:
Selected Answer: it expands employees' job knowledge.
Correct Answer: it reduces the scope of employees' job responsibilities.
Feedback: Information technology is being increasingly used to empower employees
because it expands employees' job knowledge and increases the scope of
their job responsibilities.
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms Taxonomy: Comprehension
Difficulty: Moderate
Jones - Chapter 01 #79
Learning Objective: 01-5
Topic: Empowerment and Self-Managed Teams
Page: 18
Question 2 1 out of 1 points
When a manager produces a product that customers want, but that is too expensive for
them to buy, the manager is said to have:
Selected Answer: low efficiency/high
Correct Answer: low efficiency/high
Feedback: This example fits the description of low efficiency and high effectiveness
effectiveness.
effectiveness.
(Figure 1.1).
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Blooms Taxonomy: Application
Difficulty: Hard
Jones - Chapter 01 #46
Learning Objective: 01-1
Topic: What Is Management?
Page: 5
Question 3 0 out of 1 points
When a manager groups workers into departments based on the tasks that they perform, it
is called:
Selected Answer: leading.
Correct Answer: organizing.
Feedback: Organizing people into departments according to the kinds of job-specific
tasks they perform lays out the lines of authority and responsibility among
different individuals and groups.
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms Taxonomy: Knowledge
Difficulty: Easy
Jones - Chapter 01 #54
Learning Objective: 01-2
Topic: Organizing
Page: 9
Question 4 1 out of 1 points
A manager who chooses the wrong goals for the organization and makes poor use of the
organization's resources in pursuing these goals is