Management Mid Term True/False

Ethical behavior involves all employees, not just a company’s executives and managers.

Ethical companies never engage in competition for business.

Organization charts are rarely used to illustrate a structure of an organization.

Successful managers enforce rules, build relationships, and make decisions.

There is no difference between accountability and responsibility.

Planning involves effort to direct & lead people to accomplish planned work of an organization

An effective manager always finds a way to make decisions with which every employee agrees.

There is no difference between policies and procedures.

Companies should assume employee's want to lead, and not spend resources on training sessions.

People are born leaders.

Reward power refers to a manager’s position in the organization.

Executives are the first level of management in a business.

Unity of command is the number of employees any one manager supervises directly.

When a manager assigns work to an employee, authority and responsibility must be given as well.

Every manager gives the same amount of attention to each of the management functions.

Self-directed work teams are responsible for the work assigned to them.

Classical Management studies how work is organized in order to increase work productivity.

A work schedule is an important planning tool for supervisors and employees.

Personality dynamics play an important role in creating work teams.

Leadership styles include the way managers give direction, handle problems, and make decisions.

Facilities and working conditions have no effect on employee morale.

The primary purpose of a manager is to plan and organize work for employees.

Employees appreciate managers who value their ideas as well as their work.

There is no difference in philosophy between Maslow, McClelland, and Herzberg.

Good leaders understand that they cannot treat all employees alike.