Decision Making Skills
Name: __________________________ Intake: _____________ Date: _____________
I) Multiple Choice Questions: Answer ALL the following questions. Even if you are not sure about the right answer of any question, give it your best guess and try not to leave it blank (10 Marks)
1) Which of the following statements regarding managers in today's world is accurate?
A) Their age range is limited to between 30 and 65 years.
B) They are found only in large corporations.
C) They can be found exclusively in for-profit organizations.
D) The single most important variable in employee productivity and loyalty is the quality of the relationship between employees and their direct supervisors.
2) Wasting resources is considered to be an example of ________.
A) inefficacy
B) ineffableness
C) inefficiency
D) ineffectiveness
3) Max Weber believed that __________ could correct performance deficiencies in late 19th century’s German organizations.
A) a loosely structured system.
B) bureaucracy.
C) a contingent organization
D) an organic organization.
4) The Hawthorne Studies helped shift the attention of managers and scholars away from the technical and structural concerns emphasized by the classical management approach and toward __________.
A) A more scientific approach to management.
B) In-depth studies of actual case histories and individual experiences.
C) The use of computers to deal with more complex mathematical models.
D) The study of social and human concerns as keys to productivity.
5) A __________ is a collection of interrelated parts that function together to achieve a common purpose.
A) contingency.
B) system.
C) mathematical model.
D) quantitative structure.
6) Which of the following statements is true concerning problem identification?
A) Problems are generally obvious.
B) A symptom and a problem are one and the same.
C) Generally, what is a problem for one manager is a problem for all other managers.
D) Effectively identifying
I) Multiple Choice Questions: Answer ALL the following questions. Even if you are not sure about the right answer of any question, give it your best guess and try not to leave it blank (10 Marks)
1) Which of the following statements regarding managers in today's world is accurate?
A) Their age range is limited to between 30 and 65 years.
B) They are found only in large corporations.
C) They can be found exclusively in for-profit organizations.
D) The single most important variable in employee productivity and loyalty is the quality of the relationship between employees and their direct supervisors.
2) Wasting resources is considered to be an example of ________.
A) inefficacy
B) ineffableness
C) inefficiency
D) ineffectiveness
3) Max Weber believed that __________ could correct performance deficiencies in late 19th century’s German organizations.
A) a loosely structured system.
B) bureaucracy.
C) a contingent organization
D) an organic organization.
4) The Hawthorne Studies helped shift the attention of managers and scholars away from the technical and structural concerns emphasized by the classical management approach and toward __________.
A) A more scientific approach to management.
B) In-depth studies of actual case histories and individual experiences.
C) The use of computers to deal with more complex mathematical models.
D) The study of social and human concerns as keys to productivity.
5) A __________ is a collection of interrelated parts that function together to achieve a common purpose.
A) contingency.
B) system.
C) mathematical model.
D) quantitative structure.
6) Which of the following statements is true concerning problem identification?
A) Problems are generally obvious.
B) A symptom and a problem are one and the same.
C) Generally, what is a problem for one manager is a problem for all other managers.
D) Effectively identifying