Question 11.
11. (TCO 2) In today’s environment, what are the important organizational
strategies to be considered? Discuss why each is important. (Points : 10)
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Question 12.
12. (TCO 3) You are the CEO of a
factory that manufactures furniture. Explain briefly why your company needs to
be socially responsible. Briefly comment on any two areas of social
responsibility. (Points: 10)
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Question 13.
13. (TCO 7) Compare and contrast the mechanistic and organic organizations.
(Points : 10)
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Question 15.
15. (TCO 9) Explain how workplace design can influence communication in an
organization. (Points : 10)
Workplace design will influence effectiveness of
the communication process. For instance, an organization that is highly
centralized will have vertical communication. On the other hand a decentralized
structure will have horizontal communication.
Question 16.
16. (TCO 10) what is controlling and why is it important to an organization?
(Points : 10)
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Question 17.
17. (TCO 1) Briefly describe any five of the 10 managerial roles described by Henry Mintzberg. Give an example of each.
(Points : 10)
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Question 18.
18. (TCO 2) Describe the six components of the external environment and give at
least one specific example of each of the components that are not examples
given in the textbook. (Points : 20)
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Question 19. 19. (TCO 8) You are a manager of a
consulting firm with 25 employees under your supervision. Employee motivation
appears to be slipping, as well as employee performance. Employees seem to have
a negative attitude about their work, which has led to some turnover of employees
and an increase in absenteeism. You have been asked to provide upper management
with recommendations of how to improve motivation of the employees. Please
create a motivation plan and list the main motivational theories you are
applying in this plan. You should come up with a minimum of three ideas on how
to improve motivation. (Points : 20)
Question 20. 20. (TCO 9) You are the plant
manager at Acme Plastics. You are running two shifts: a day shift and an
evening shift. Before the day shift leaves each day, the workers must get an
adequate supply of raw materials from the warehouse for the evening shift to
use. On several occasions, they have failed to do so. By the time the evening
shift gets to work, the warehouse is locked up, and it takes about 3 hours to
get someone to come on site in order to unlock it and get the production line
rolling again. The two shift supervisors are at each other’s throats, and you
have to do something to correct the situation. What is the basic problem
causing this conflict? What could you do to solve it? (Points : 20)
Question 21.
21. (TCO 10) Our text defines the four functions of management as planning,
organizing, leading and controlling. Briefly put, the plan states the desired
outcome or goal and the process for achieving it. Control is the regulation of
organizational activities and processes in such a way as to facilitate goal
attainment. Assume that you are a manager of a business. State the type of
business you are managing (it can be any business you choose). Give two
examples of controls that you would implement in the business and how they
could facilitate goal attainment. (Points : 20)
