BCOR 370 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
The subdivision of tasks into individual jobs is referred to as:
Work Specialization AKA Division of Labor
The management principle that no person should report to more than one
supervisor is:
Unity of Command
Independent workers that supply organizations with talent for projects or time-
bound objectives are known as:
free agents
Power distance is:
How society deals with inequality
Span of control refers to:
The number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can manage effectively
during an incident.
Entrepreneur is:
- is an enterprising individual who builds capital through risk and/or initiative.
- the term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-
French economist Richard Cantillon in the 19th century.
- is a term applied to a person who is willing to help launch a new venture or enterprise
and accept full responsibility for the outcome.
, A company that maintains significant operations in two or more countries
simultaneously but that is based in one home country is a:
Multinational corporations
According to the textbook, a business strategy that seeks to redesign or augment
an offering in an existing business or management process, such as the
outsourcing of information technology and research is:
value chain venture
A written statement of what the jobholder does, how and why it is done, and
under what conditions, is known as:
job description
According to the textbook, which of the following tools is used to increase the
accuracy of performance appraisals?
Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales
A vertically-organized structure of power relationships where the top-level holds
the most power and resources is referred to as:
hierarchy
Walt Disney exhibited many of the characteristics of the entrepreneur. Which of
the following is NOT one of the entrepreneurial characteristics that Disney and
other entrepreneurs tend to demonstrate?
External locus of control
The framework of jobs and departments that directs the behavior of individuals
and groups toward achieving the organization's objectives is:
Organizational structure
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
The subdivision of tasks into individual jobs is referred to as:
Work Specialization AKA Division of Labor
The management principle that no person should report to more than one
supervisor is:
Unity of Command
Independent workers that supply organizations with talent for projects or time-
bound objectives are known as:
free agents
Power distance is:
How society deals with inequality
Span of control refers to:
The number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can manage effectively
during an incident.
Entrepreneur is:
- is an enterprising individual who builds capital through risk and/or initiative.
- the term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-
French economist Richard Cantillon in the 19th century.
- is a term applied to a person who is willing to help launch a new venture or enterprise
and accept full responsibility for the outcome.
, A company that maintains significant operations in two or more countries
simultaneously but that is based in one home country is a:
Multinational corporations
According to the textbook, a business strategy that seeks to redesign or augment
an offering in an existing business or management process, such as the
outsourcing of information technology and research is:
value chain venture
A written statement of what the jobholder does, how and why it is done, and
under what conditions, is known as:
job description
According to the textbook, which of the following tools is used to increase the
accuracy of performance appraisals?
Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales
A vertically-organized structure of power relationships where the top-level holds
the most power and resources is referred to as:
hierarchy
Walt Disney exhibited many of the characteristics of the entrepreneur. Which of
the following is NOT one of the entrepreneurial characteristics that Disney and
other entrepreneurs tend to demonstrate?
External locus of control
The framework of jobs and departments that directs the behavior of individuals
and groups toward achieving the organization's objectives is:
Organizational structure
