Mana 3311 Exam 1
Management - answer1.Process-series of activities
2.Resources-assembling and using
3.Tasks-acting in a goal-directed manner to accomplish
4Activites-carried out in an organizational setting
Managerial Challenges - answer Managing Change
Managing Resources
Managing Strategically
Managing Entrepreneurially
Managing Change - answer Most persistent pervasive and powerful challenge for
managers
Requires managers to gain employee acceptance
Causes of Change - answer Technology & Globalization
managing resources - answer Financial capital
Human resources
Physical resources
Technology
Managing Strategically - answerformulating and implementing strategies that allow an
organization to develop and maintain a competitive advantage
Managing Entrepreneurially - answerSearching for new opportunities, identifying new
ideas for new markets, and emphasizing actions to take advantage of uncertainty
Historical approaches to Management - answerAncient China-art of warfare
Ancient Egypt-building of pyramids
Roman Empire-building of roads and viaducts
Industrial Revolution-modern managment
Frederick Taylor - answerFather of modern management
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth - answertime and motion studies
Chester Barnard - answerExecutive
Mary Parker Follett - answerleadership
Douglas McGregor - answerTheory X and Theory Y
, Managerial Activities - answerFunctions managers serve
Roles in which managers operate
Dimensions of each manager's job
Managerial Functions - answerplanning, organizing, directing, controlling
Planning involves - answerEstimation future conditions and circumstances
Making decisions
Organizing - answerpaying attention to:
Structure of relationships among positions
People occupying those positions
Linking that structure to the overall strategic direction of the organization
Directing - answerMotivating
Interacting
Communicating
Controling - answerRegulating the work of those for whom a manager is responsible,
including:
Setting standards
Monitoring
Assessing
Feeding back
Mintzberg's Managerial Roles - answerinterpersonal roles, informational roles,
decisional roles
Interpersonal Roles - answerfigurehead, leader, liaison
Informational Roles - answermonitor, disseminator, spokesperson
Decisional Roles - answerentrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator,
negotiator
Managerial Job Dimensions - answerdemands, constraints, choices
Demands - answerwhat the older of a particular managerial position must do
Constraints - answerfactors that limit the response of the manager
Choices - answerdiscretionary behavior
Skills managers need - answertechnical, interpersonal, conceptual
Management - answer1.Process-series of activities
2.Resources-assembling and using
3.Tasks-acting in a goal-directed manner to accomplish
4Activites-carried out in an organizational setting
Managerial Challenges - answer Managing Change
Managing Resources
Managing Strategically
Managing Entrepreneurially
Managing Change - answer Most persistent pervasive and powerful challenge for
managers
Requires managers to gain employee acceptance
Causes of Change - answer Technology & Globalization
managing resources - answer Financial capital
Human resources
Physical resources
Technology
Managing Strategically - answerformulating and implementing strategies that allow an
organization to develop and maintain a competitive advantage
Managing Entrepreneurially - answerSearching for new opportunities, identifying new
ideas for new markets, and emphasizing actions to take advantage of uncertainty
Historical approaches to Management - answerAncient China-art of warfare
Ancient Egypt-building of pyramids
Roman Empire-building of roads and viaducts
Industrial Revolution-modern managment
Frederick Taylor - answerFather of modern management
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth - answertime and motion studies
Chester Barnard - answerExecutive
Mary Parker Follett - answerleadership
Douglas McGregor - answerTheory X and Theory Y
, Managerial Activities - answerFunctions managers serve
Roles in which managers operate
Dimensions of each manager's job
Managerial Functions - answerplanning, organizing, directing, controlling
Planning involves - answerEstimation future conditions and circumstances
Making decisions
Organizing - answerpaying attention to:
Structure of relationships among positions
People occupying those positions
Linking that structure to the overall strategic direction of the organization
Directing - answerMotivating
Interacting
Communicating
Controling - answerRegulating the work of those for whom a manager is responsible,
including:
Setting standards
Monitoring
Assessing
Feeding back
Mintzberg's Managerial Roles - answerinterpersonal roles, informational roles,
decisional roles
Interpersonal Roles - answerfigurehead, leader, liaison
Informational Roles - answermonitor, disseminator, spokesperson
Decisional Roles - answerentrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator,
negotiator
Managerial Job Dimensions - answerdemands, constraints, choices
Demands - answerwhat the older of a particular managerial position must do
Constraints - answerfactors that limit the response of the manager
Choices - answerdiscretionary behavior
Skills managers need - answertechnical, interpersonal, conceptual
