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, Table of Content
PART ONE: Management and Managers
Chapter One: The Management Process Today
Appendix: History of Management Thought
Chapter Two Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: The Manager as a Person
PART TWO: The Environment of Management
Chapter Three: Managing Ethics and Diversity
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Chapter Four: Managing in the Global Environment
PART THREE: Planning, Decision Making, and Competitive Advantage
Chapter Five: Decision Making, Learning, and Creativity
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Chapter Six: Planning, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage
PART FOUR: Organizing and Change
Chapter Seven: Designing Organizational Structure
Chapter Eight: Organizational Control and Change
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PART FIVE: Leading Individuals and Groups
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Chapter Nine: Motivation
Chapter Ten: Leaders and Leadership
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Chapter Eleven: Effective Team Management
Chapter Twelve: Building and Managing Human Resources
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PART SIX: Controlling Essential Activities and Processes
Chapter Thirteen: Effective Communication
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Managers at all levels and in all departments are responsible for planning, organizing, leading,
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The outcome of organizing is the creation of a strategy.
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An organization's vision is a short, succinct, and inspiring statement of what the organization
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Top managers are responsible for the performance of a specific department.
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Today, the term "chief operating officer" refers to the chief executive officer.
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Conceptual skills include the general ability to understand, alter, lead, and control the behavior
of other individuals and groups.
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Arien is an exceptional manager in that she is able to create cohesive teams from a diverse group
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Individuals who believe that they are responsible for what happens to them and that their own
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A person who works for a company and works to create new or improved products for that
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Robert and Liam possess the same kinds of technical skills; typically they would become
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Essentials of Contemporary Management, | 10th Edition
by Gareth R. Jones and Jennifer M. George
TU
TO
R
G
U
R
U
, Table of Content
PART ONE: Management and Managers
Chapter One: The Management Process Today
Appendix: History of Management Thought
Chapter Two Values, Attitudes, Emotions, and Culture: The Manager as a Person
PART TWO: The Environment of Management
Chapter Three: Managing Ethics and Diversity
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Chapter Four: Managing in the Global Environment
PART THREE: Planning, Decision Making, and Competitive Advantage
Chapter Five: Decision Making, Learning, and Creativity
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Chapter Six: Planning, Strategy, and Competitive Advantage
PART FOUR: Organizing and Change
Chapter Seven: Designing Organizational Structure
Chapter Eight: Organizational Control and Change
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PART FIVE: Leading Individuals and Groups
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Chapter Nine: Motivation
Chapter Ten: Leaders and Leadership
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Chapter Eleven: Effective Team Management
Chapter Twelve: Building and Managing Human Resources
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PART SIX: Controlling Essential Activities and Processes
Chapter Thirteen: Effective Communication
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Chapter Fourteen Operations Management: Managing Operations and Processes
,Student name:__________
Organizations are efficient when managers maximize the amount of input resources.
true
false
Managers at all levels and in all departments are responsible for planning, organizing, leading,
TU
and controlling.
true
false
TO
The outcome of organizing is the creation of a strategy.
true
false
R
G
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.
true
U
false
R
Top managers are responsible for the performance of a specific department.
U
true
false
Today, the term "chief operating officer" refers to the chief executive officer.
true
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, false
Conceptual skills include the general ability to understand, alter, lead, and control the behavior
of other individuals and groups.
true
false
TU
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
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false
Individuals who believe that they are responsible for what happens to them and that their own
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actions determine important outcomes are said to have an external locus of control.
true
G
false
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A person who works for a company and works to create new or improved products for that
company is an example of an intrapreneur.
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true
U
false
Robert and Liam possess the same kinds of technical skills; typically they would become
members of a specific department.
true
false
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