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Essentials of Contemporary Management
Gareth R. Jones and Jennifer M. George
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10th Edition
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IA
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Essentials of Contemporary Management (10th Edition)
Gareth R. Jones and Jennifer M. George
ST
Chapter 1 The Management Process Today
Chapter 2 Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: The Manager as a Person
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Chapter 3 Managing Ethics and Diversity
Chapter 4 Managing in the Global Environment
Chapter 5 Decision Making, Learning, and Creativity
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Chapter 6 Planning, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage
Chapter 7 Designing Organizational Structure
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Chapter 8 Organizational Control and Change
Chapter 9 Motivation
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Chapter 10 Leaders and Leadership
Chapter 11 Effective Team Management
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Chapter 12 Building and Managing Human Resources
Chapter 13 Effective Communication
Chapter 14 Operations Management: Managing Operations and Processes
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, Student name:__________
1) Organizations are efficient when managers maximize the amount of input resources.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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2) Managers at all levels and in all departments are responsible for planning, organizing,
leading, and controlling.
UV
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) The outcome of organizing is the creation of a strategy.
IA
⊚ true
⊚ false
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4) An organization's vision is a short, succinct, and inspiring statement of what the organization
intends to become and the goals it is seeking to achieve.
AP
⊚ true
⊚ false
PR
5) Top managers are responsible for the performance of a specific department.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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6) Today, the term "chief operating officer" refers to the chief executive officer.
⊚ true
⊚ false
ED
7) Conceptual skills include the general ability to understand, alter, lead, and control the
behavior of other individuals and groups.
⊚ true
??
⊚ false
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, 8) Arien is an exceptional manager in that she is able to create cohesive teams from a diverse
group of people. Arien demonstrates good human skills.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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9) Individuals who believe that they are responsible for what happens to them and that their
own actions determine important outcomes are said to have an external locus of control.
⊚ true
UV
⊚ false
10) A person who works for a company and works to create new or improved products for that
IA
company is an example of an intrapreneur.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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11) Robert and Liam possess the same kinds of technical skills; typically they would become
members of a specific department.
AP
⊚ true
⊚ false
PR
12) Innovation takes place when management centralizes control of work activities and creates
an organizational culture that eliminates risk taking.
⊚ true
⊚ false
OV
13) Organizations appoint turnaround CEOs after the organizations become more efficient and
effective.
ED
⊚ true
⊚ false
??
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Essentials of Contemporary Management
Gareth R. Jones and Jennifer M. George
ST
10th Edition
UV
IA
?_
AP
PR
OV
ED
? ?
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Essentials of Contemporary Management (10th Edition)
Gareth R. Jones and Jennifer M. George
ST
Chapter 1 The Management Process Today
Chapter 2 Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: The Manager as a Person
UV
Chapter 3 Managing Ethics and Diversity
Chapter 4 Managing in the Global Environment
Chapter 5 Decision Making, Learning, and Creativity
IA
Chapter 6 Planning, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage
Chapter 7 Designing Organizational Structure
?_
Chapter 8 Organizational Control and Change
Chapter 9 Motivation
AP
Chapter 10 Leaders and Leadership
Chapter 11 Effective Team Management
PR
Chapter 12 Building and Managing Human Resources
Chapter 13 Effective Communication
Chapter 14 Operations Management: Managing Operations and Processes
OV
ED
??
, Student name:__________
1) Organizations are efficient when managers maximize the amount of input resources.
⊚ true
⊚ false
ST
2) Managers at all levels and in all departments are responsible for planning, organizing,
leading, and controlling.
UV
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) The outcome of organizing is the creation of a strategy.
IA
⊚ true
⊚ false
?_
4) An organization's vision is a short, succinct, and inspiring statement of what the organization
intends to become and the goals it is seeking to achieve.
AP
⊚ true
⊚ false
PR
5) Top managers are responsible for the performance of a specific department.
⊚ true
⊚ false
OV
6) Today, the term "chief operating officer" refers to the chief executive officer.
⊚ true
⊚ false
ED
7) Conceptual skills include the general ability to understand, alter, lead, and control the
behavior of other individuals and groups.
⊚ true
??
⊚ false
Version 1 1
, 8) Arien is an exceptional manager in that she is able to create cohesive teams from a diverse
group of people. Arien demonstrates good human skills.
⊚ true
⊚ false
ST
9) Individuals who believe that they are responsible for what happens to them and that their
own actions determine important outcomes are said to have an external locus of control.
⊚ true
UV
⊚ false
10) A person who works for a company and works to create new or improved products for that
IA
company is an example of an intrapreneur.
⊚ true
⊚ false
?_
11) Robert and Liam possess the same kinds of technical skills; typically they would become
members of a specific department.
AP
⊚ true
⊚ false
PR
12) Innovation takes place when management centralizes control of work activities and creates
an organizational culture that eliminates risk taking.
⊚ true
⊚ false
OV
13) Organizations appoint turnaround CEOs after the organizations become more efficient and
effective.
ED
⊚ true
⊚ false
??
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