MGT420 EXAM4 Review

After objectives and standards are set, what step comes next in the control process?

_______are standardized recurring activities used at special times to influence behaviors.

When MBO is done right, who does the review of the team member's performance accomplishments?

Management by exception means _________.

Which selection technique has a candidate perform the job while observed by a recruiter?

Layers of cultural analysis include all of the following except

A major distinction between line and staff units concerns __________________.

Pay is generally considered a ____________ reward

The professional bureaucracy (organic type) ______________.

Affirmative action programs are designed to ensure ____________.

The division of labor by forming work units or groups within an organization is called ________

Groups whose values & philosophies outwardly reject those of the larger organization

Heroic accounts of organizational accomplishments

Which is an accurate statement about an adhocracy?

The story of corporate turnaround attributed to the efforts of a visionary manager is

The 4/40 is a type of _______ work arrangement.

The process of creating new ideas and putting them into practice is

____________are systems of __________.

Gives the opportunity to earn more by receiving shares of productivity gains they helped create

A_________is a criterion that organizations can largely justify for use in screening candidates

Grouping individuals and resources in organizations around products/services/clients/territory

A job that allows a person to do a complete unit of work would be considered high in:

Which question can an interviewer legally ask a job candidate during a job interview?

HRM is the process of ____________, developing, and maintaining a high-quality workforce.

When a team leader evaluates the performance of all team members as “average,” the possibility

A good performance objective is written in such a way that it ________________.

The______purpose of a performance review is to identify training that could improve performance

Culture concerns all of the following except ____________.

What is one of the reasons employers are hiring more part-time or contingency workers?

_________is the set of mechanisms to link the actions of subunits into a consistent pattern

A matrix structure __________.

In the integrated model of motivation, what predicts effort?

Job__________increases job_________by combining in one job several tasks of similar difficulty.

Among the financial ratios often used for control purposes, Current Assets/Current Liabilities

A team leader is not living up to the concept of MBO if he or she

What is management by exception?

Commonly held causeeffect relationships that can't be empirically supported are referred to as:

Creation of new ideas and putting them into practice is ______________

Division of labor through the formation of work units/groups within an organization is called

Management by exception focuses attention on the

______is a condition in which dominant cultural patterns are inconsistent with new innovations.

In job characteristics model, a person most likely finds an enriched job motivating if he/she:

______sought to create management & organizational practices that increase work efficiencies.

A feeling of achievement after completing a very challenging task with a good person-job fit is

________ is the process of measuring performance and taking corrective action if needed.

Groups where the patterns of values outwardly reject those of the larger organization are _____

Control involves all but _____________.

Performance assessment methods that don't accurately measure performance on job content lack:

The steps in the control process include all of the following except

Comparative methods of performance appraisal include all of the following except

An employment test that yields different results over time when taken by the same person lacks:

A sense of personal growth experienced from working at a task is an example of a/an______reward

External adaptation concerns __________.

Socialization of newcomers occurs during the ________ step of the starting process.

The patterns of values and philosophies that outwardly reject those of the larger organization

What does CPM stand for in CPM/PERT?

___________reward employees based on overall organizational profits made.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about an adhocracy?

Grouping resources into departments by skill, knowledge and action is the __________pattern.

The formal structures of organizations may be shown in a(n)