Management Chapter 1 quiz
Question 1 0 out of 1 points
All of the following statements are true regarding the role of IT in empowering employees,
EXCEPT:
Selected Answer: it expands employees' job knowledge.
Correct Answer: it reduces the scope of employees' job responsibilities.
Feedback: Information technology is being increasingly used to empower employees
because it expands employees' job knowledge and increases the scope of
their job responsibilities.
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms Taxonomy: Comprehension
Difficulty: Moderate
Jones - Chapter 01 #79
Learning Objective: 01-5
Topic: Empowerment and Self-Managed Teams
Page: 18
Question 2 1 out of 1 points
When a manager produces a product that customers want, but that is too expensive for
them to buy, the manager is said to have:
Selected Answer: low efficiency/high
Correct Answer: low efficiency/high
Feedback: This example fits the description of low efficiency and high effectiveness
effectiveness.
effectiveness.
(Figure 1.1).
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Blooms Taxonomy: Application
Difficulty: Hard
Jones - Chapter 01 #46
Learning Objective: 01-1
Topic: What Is Management?
Page: 5
Question 3 0 out of 1 points
When a manager groups workers into departments based on the tasks that they perform, it
is called:
Selected Answer: leading.
Correct Answer: organizing.
Feedback: Organizing people into departments according to the kinds of job-specific
tasks they perform lays out the lines of authority and responsibility among
different individuals and groups.
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms Taxonomy: Knowledge
Difficulty: Easy
Jones - Chapter 01 #54
Learning Objective: 01-2
Topic: Organizing
Page: 9
Question 4 1 out of 1 points
A manager who chooses the wrong goals for the organization and makes poor use of the
organization's resources in pursuing these goals is
All of the following statements are true regarding the role of IT in empowering employees,
EXCEPT:
Selected Answer: it expands employees' job knowledge.
Correct Answer: it reduces the scope of employees' job responsibilities.
Feedback: Information technology is being increasingly used to empower employees
because it expands employees' job knowledge and increases the scope of
their job responsibilities.
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms Taxonomy: Comprehension
Difficulty: Moderate
Jones - Chapter 01 #79
Learning Objective: 01-5
Topic: Empowerment and Self-Managed Teams
Page: 18
Question 2 1 out of 1 points
When a manager produces a product that customers want, but that is too expensive for
them to buy, the manager is said to have:
Selected Answer: low efficiency/high
Correct Answer: low efficiency/high
Feedback: This example fits the description of low efficiency and high effectiveness
effectiveness.
effectiveness.
(Figure 1.1).
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Blooms Taxonomy: Application
Difficulty: Hard
Jones - Chapter 01 #46
Learning Objective: 01-1
Topic: What Is Management?
Page: 5
Question 3 0 out of 1 points
When a manager groups workers into departments based on the tasks that they perform, it
is called:
Selected Answer: leading.
Correct Answer: organizing.
Feedback: Organizing people into departments according to the kinds of job-specific
tasks they perform lays out the lines of authority and responsibility among
different individuals and groups.
AACSB: Analytic
Blooms Taxonomy: Knowledge
Difficulty: Easy
Jones - Chapter 01 #54
Learning Objective: 01-2
Topic: Organizing
Page: 9
Question 4 1 out of 1 points
A manager who chooses the wrong goals for the organization and makes poor use of the
organization's resources in pursuing these goals is