Test Bank for Organization Theory and Design 12th Edition by Richard L. Daft

TRUE/FALSE 1. The nature of management is to control and dictate others in an organization. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: 4 OBJ: LO: 01-01 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension 2. In today’s turbulent and hypercompetitive global environment, managers must help their companies innovate more than ever. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: 5 OBJ: LO: 01-01 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 3. Companies can survive over the long run without innovation. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: 5 OBJ: LO: 01-08 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension 4. Despite the need for companies to control costs in today’s economy, innovation has become the new imperative. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: 5 OBJ: LO: 01-08 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 5. Recognizing the value of employees involves the organizing role of management. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: 6 OBJ: LO: 01-01 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 6. The late famed management theorist Peter Drucker is often credited with creating the modern study of management. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: 6 OBJ: LO: 01-01 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 7. Allocating resources across the organization is part of the organizing management function. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: 8 OBJ: LO: 01-01 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension download full file at Full file at http://testbankinstant.CH/Test-Bank-forManagement,-11th-Edition-Richard-L.-Daft-- 8. How an organization goes about accomplishing a plan is a key part of the management function of controlling. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: 8 OBJ: LO: 01-01 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension 9. Where the organization wants to be in the future and how to get there defines controlling. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: 8 OBJ: LO: 01-01 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 10. The use of influence to motivate employees to achieve the organization's goals refers to controlling. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: 8 OBJ: LO: 01-01 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 11. Organizing means defining goals for future organizational performance and deciding on the tasks and resources needed to attain them. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: 8 OBJ: LO: 01-01 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 12. Controlling involves monitoring employee's activities and taking corrective action as necessary. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: 8 OBJ: LO: 01-01 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 13. Leading is the use of influence to motivate employees to achieve organizational goals. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: 8 OBJ: LO: 01-01 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 14. When an organization is deliberately structured, it is designed to achieve some outcome, such as making a profit. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: 9 OBJ: LO: 01-02 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension 15. An organization is a social entity that is goal directed and deliberately structured. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: 9 OBJ: LO: 01-02 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge download full file at Full file at http://testbankinstant.CH/Test-Bank-forManagement,-11th-Edition-Richard-L.-Daft-- 16. Efficiency refers to the degree to which the organization achieves a stated objective. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: 10 OBJ: LO: 01-02 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 17. All managers have to pay attention to costs and according to research, the best way to improve organizational effectiveness is by severe cost cutting. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: 10 OBJ: LO: 01-02 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 18. The ultimate responsibility of managers is to achieve high performance by balancing efficiency and effectiveness. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: 10 OBJ: LO: 01-02 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 19. Efficiency can be calculated as the amount of resources used to produce a product or service. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: 10 OBJ: LO: 01-02 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 20. To perform effectively, all managers must possess conceptual, human, and technical skills, though the degree of each skill necessary at different levels of an organization may vary. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: 11 OBJ: LO: 01-03 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Comprehension 21. Only the top managers in organizations need conceptual skills since it involves planning. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Moderate REF: 12 OBJ: LO: 01-03 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 22. A manager's ability to work with and through other people and to work effectively as a group member is called human skills. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy REF: 12 OBJ: LO: 01-03 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: DISC: Environmental Influence KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge 23. Technical skills are most important at lower organizational levels while concep