MGT Midterm Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

MGT Midterm Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Management - ANSWER -attainment of organizational goals in an effective and efficient manner through planning, organizing, leading, and controlling organizational resources. Planning - ANSWER -the management function concerned with defining goals for future performance and how to attain them. Organizing - ANSWER -assigning tasks, grouping tasks into departments, and allocating resources. Leading - ANSWER -using influence to motivate employees to achieve the organization's goals. Controlling - ANSWER -concerned with monitoring employees' activities, keeping the organization on track toward meeting its goals and making corrections as necessary Organization - ANSWER -social entity that is goal directed and deliberately structured Efficiency - ANSWER -pertains to the amount of resources (raw materials, money and people) used to produce a desired volume of output Effectiveness - ANSWER -refers to the degree to which the organization achieves a stated goal Performance - ANSWER -defined as the organization's ability to attain its goal by using resources in an efficient and effective manner Conceptual skill - ANSWER -cognitive ability to see the organization as a whole and the relationship among its parts 2 | P a g e Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved. Human skill - ANSWER -refers to a manager's ability to work with and through other people and to work effectively as part of a group Technical skill - ANSWER -understanding of and proficiency in the performance of specific tasks Top manager - ANSWER -one who is at the apex of the organizational hierarchy and is responsible for the entire organization First line managers - ANSWER -managers at the first or second level of the hierarchy and are directly responsible for overseeing groups of production employees Functional manager - ANSWER -manager responsible for a department that performs a single functional task such as financing or marketing General manager - ANSWER -manager responsible for several departments that perform different functions Social forces - ANSWER -aspects of a society that guide and influence relationships among people such as their values, needs and standards of behavior Political forces - ANSWER -influences of political and legal institutions on people and organizations Economic forces - ANSWER -affect the availability, production and distribution of a society's resources Classical perspective - ANSWER -modern management, took a rational, scientific approach to management and sough to turn organizations into efficient operating machines Scientific management - ANSWER -sub field of the classical perspective; emphasized scientifically determined changes in management practices as to the solution to labor productivity 3 | P a g e Created by Grace Amelia © 2025, All Rights Reserved. Bureaucratic organizations approach - ANSWER -emphasizes management on an impersonal, rational basis through elements such as clearly defined authority and responsibility, formal record keeping and separation of management Administrative principles approach - ANSWER -sub field of classical perspective ; focuses on the total organization rather than the individual worker human relations movement - ANSWER -stresses the satisfaction of employees' basic needs as the key to increased productivity human resources perspective - ANSWER -suggests that jobs should be designed to met peoples highers level needs by allowing employees to use their full potential behavioral science approach - ANSWER -draws from psychology, sociology, and other social sciences to develop theories about human behavior and interaction in an organizational setting management science - ANSWER -quantitative perspective; mathematics, statistical techniques and computer technology to facilitate management decision making, for complex problem