Management Theory and Practice
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental concepts, theories, and practices in management. Students will explore the evolution of management thought, from classical approaches to contemporary perspectives, and examine key functions such as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Through case studies and real-world examples, the course emphasizes the application of management principles in diverse organizational settings, highlighting topics such as decision-making, motivation, team dynamics, and organizational structure. Students will develop practical skills and a critical understanding of how management theories influence practices in todays dynamic business environment.
Recommended Textbook
Becoming a Master Manager A Competing Values Approach 6th Edition by Robert E. Quinn
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Chapter 1: The Competing Values Approach to Management
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Q1) Which of Fayol's principles required that employees must receive a fair wage for services rendered?
A)Remuneration of personnel
B)Subordination of individual interest to general interest
C)Scalar chain
D)Stability of tenure of personnel
E)Authority and responsibility
Answer: A
Q2) Which management model in the competing values framework focuses on creating and sustaining commitment and cohesion?
A)Rational Goal
B)Internal Process
C)Human Relations
D)Open Systems
E)Emotional Intelligence
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Establishing and Maintaining Stability and Continuity
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Q1) Kaplan and Norton's "balanced scorecard" includes measures that can be related to three of the four quadrants of the competing values framework.Which quadrant is <b><u>NOT</u> </b>included in the balanced scorecard?
A)Open systems
B)Rational goal
C)Internal process
D)Human relations
E)Contingency theory
Answer: E
Q2) What project management tool shows the total project divided into components that can be measured in terms of time and cost?
A)Statement of work
B)Work breakdown structure
C)Program evaluation and review technique
D)Critical Path Method
E)Human resource matrix
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Improving Productivity and Increasing Profitability
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Q1) "Smart" goals are:
A)Specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound
B)Specific, marketable, active, reasonable, time related
C)Specific, measurable, active, rewarded, targeted
D)Special, measurable, assignable, rewarded, targeted
E)Special, marketable, active, rewarded, temporary
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the questions below LEAST reflects the emphasis of the COMPETE quadrant?
A)Who are we as an organization?
B)Where are headed as an organization?
C)What talent will we need to reach our desired destination as an organization?
D)Why are we headed where we are as an organization?
E)Why should our people want to go where we are headed?
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Promoting Change and Encouraging Adaptability
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Q1) As proposed by Kurt Lewin, the force field analysis model
A)Can be used to help managers understand whether a change is needed
B)Can be used to help managers understand whether a change is likely to be successful
C)Can be used to help managers determine whether a change will be resisted
D)All of these
E)Can be used to help managers understand whether a change is needed and whether a change will be resisted, but not whether a change is likely to be successful
Q2) All of the following are misconceptions about power <u>EXCEPT</u>?
A)Power exists when people are dependent on each other.
B)All managers have power
C)Power is something people in higher positions exercise on upon people in lower positions.
D)Middle managers are powerless
E)All of these are myths about power
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Chapter 5: Integration and the Road to Mastery
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Q1) The theoretical roots of the concept of "lift" as described in your text go back to positive psychology and positive organizational studies, two approaches that have only recently emerged in these academic disciplines.What distinguishes these newer approaches from older approaches in psychology and organizational studies?
A)These newer approaches are focused on studying problematic behavior and negative outcomes and finding their causes
B)These newer approaches are normative, rather than descriptive
C)These newer approaches are focused on studying positive outcomes and behaviors and finding their causes
D)These newer approaches are descriptive, rather than normative
E)These newer approaches rely more on anecdotes than on empirical studies
Q2) All of the following are excuses for <b>NOT</b> making changes
<b><u>except</u></b> ?
A)I am going to work on developing my weak areas
B)I am simply not creative
C)I hate details
D)Different people have different talents
E)Working with people is not my thing
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Chapter 6: Creating and Sustaining Commitment and Cohesion
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Q1) Individuals who score high on this factor of the Five-Factor model of personality are described as good-natured, trusting of others, and forgiving of their mistakes.
A)Conscientiousness
B)Thinking
C)Neuroticism
D)Agreeableness
E)Extraversion
Q2) Which barrier to effective interpersonal communication occurs when the sender has motives that he or she prefers not to reveal?
A)Hidden agendas
B)Hostility
C)Inarticulateness
D)Status
E)Difference in communication styles
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