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 Environmental Constraints on Managers    PMGT702

1) Which of the following is not involved with the demograpic component of an organization's external environment?

A) values

B) gender

C) race

D) income

 

2) Which view of management describes a situation in which managers are directly responsible for a company's success or failure?

A) the structural view of management

B) the symbolic view of management

C) the omnipotent view of management

D) the realistic view of management

 3. Organizations in which of the following cultures are likely to have formal rules and little tolerance for unusual ideas and behaviors?

A) high power distance

B) low uncertainty avoidance

C) low power distance

D) high  uncertainty avoidance

4) Which demographic do managers pay closest attention to with respect to large-scale trends in the business world?

A) age

B) sex

C) employment status

D) geographic location

5) Which statement about the external environment and employment is true?

A) External environmental conditions improve employment during upswings and worsen employment during downturns.

B) External environmental conditions worsen employment during upswings and improve employment during downturns.

C) External environmental conditions have no effect on employment during upswings and worsen employment during downturns.

D) External environmental conditions worsen employment during upswings and have no effect on employment during downturns.

 

6) Which of the following phrases best characterizes the culture of an organization?

A) our official code of conduct

B) how things are done around here

C) the most efficient way to do things

D) guidelines for where this organization is going

7) Which of the following most accurately reflects the difference between strong cultures and weak cultures?

A) Strong cultures tend to encourage employee innovation, while weak cultures do not.

B) Weak cultures are found in most successful organizations, whereas strong cultures are relatively rare.

C) Strong cultures have less of an influence on employee behavior than do weak cultures.

D) Company values are more deeply held and widely shared in strong cultures than in weak cultures.

8) What do most high performing companies have in common when it comes to stakeholder relationships?

A) High performing companies tend to consider the interests of all stakeholder groups when they make important decisions.

B) High performing companies tend to consider the interests of internal stakeholder groups only when they make important decisions.

C) High performing companies tend to consider the interests of external stakeholder groups only when they make important decisions.

D) High performing companies tend not to consider the interests of stakeholder groups when they make important decisions.

 

9)Many organizations, especially small businesses, start doing business globally by:

A) Establishing foreign subsidiaries

B) licensing and franchising

C) exporting and importing

D) hiring foreign brokers to represent their product line

 

 

10) The culture of an organization is analogous to the ________ of an individual.

A) skills

B) personality

C) motivation

D) ability