Comprehensive Analysis of Organizational Management and Strategies

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Running head:Questions and Answers1Comprehensive Analysis of Organizational Management and Strategies1. (TCO 1) Which of the following is an example of an organization? (Points : 7)Question 2.2. (TCO 2) In Florida, a vacationer could choose from over 200 timeshare resorts. InVermont, the choice is limited to 15. A resort in Vermont has (Points : 7)Question 3.3. (TCO 3) Individuals in an organization who find themselves in an ethical dilemmahave many factors that will determine whether their behavior is ethical or unethical.Which of thefollowing does NOT determine the behavior? (Points : 7)Question 4.4. (TCO 4) When 12 original countries joined together, with the primary goal ofreasserting the region's economic position against the United States and Japan, the _____ wasformed. (Points : 7)Question 5.5. (TCO 5) Busy managers will often make a decision based only on their ability tounderstand and process the information. This type of decision making is (Points : 7)bounded rationality.Question 6.6. (TCO 6) Jay wants to start a new business. Which of the following questionsshould he use as part of his analysis of the ideas for a new business? (Points : 7)Question 7.7. (TCO 7) A regional manufacturing operation has the following divisions:manufacturing, finance, human resources, marketing, and shipping/receiving. This is an exampleof _____ departmentalization. (Points : 7)Question 8.8. (TCO 8) Accordingto Herzberg, when _____ factors are adequate, employeeswon't be satisfied, but they won't be dissatisfied either. (Points : 7)Question 9.9. (TCO 9) During which stage of group development do members try out variousforms of behavior in an attempt to testthe waters and see what will be acceptable in the group?(Points : 7)

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Running head:Questions and Answers2Question 10.10. (TCO 10) Income statements, balance sheets, and audits are examples of thecontrol of (Points : 7)Question 11. 11. (TCO 2) In today's environment, what are the important organizationalstrategies to be considered? Discuss why each is important. (Points : 10)Question 12. 12. (TCO 3) Encouraging ethical behavior is part of management's role. What arefour things that an organization's management can do to encourage ethical behavior? Giveexamples for each thing a company can do. (Points : 10)Question 13. 13. (TCO 7) Briefly describe the matrix structure of organizational design. Whatare the advantages and disadvantages of this design? (Points : 10)Question 14. 14. (TCO 8) Identify three performance appraisal methods and an advantage anddisadvantage of each method. (Points : 10)Question 15. 15. (TCO 9) Identify and briefly explain five communication issues formanagement in today's organizations. (Points : 10)Question 16. 16. (TCO 10) Identify and describe the controls that can be used before, during, andafter an activity. (Points : 10)Question 17. 17. (TCO 2) What are the changes facing managers now? (Points : 10)Question 18. 18. (TCO 2) Describe the six components of the external environment and give atleast one specific example of each of the components that are not examples given in thetextbook. (Points : 20)Question 19. 19. (TCO 8) You are a manager of a consulting firm with 25 employees under yoursupervision. 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 ofemployees and an increase in absenteeism. You have been asked to provide upper management

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Running head:Questions and Answers3with recommendations of how to improve motivation of the employees. Please create amotivation plan and list the main motivational theories you are applying in this plan. You shouldcome 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 twoshifts: a day shift and an evening shift. Before the day shift leaves each day, the workers must getan adequate supply of raw materials from the warehouse forthe evening shift to use. On severaloccasions, they have failed to do so. By the time the evening shift gets to work, the warehouse islocked up, and it takes about 3 hours to get someone to come on site in order to unlock it and getthe production linerolling again. The two shift supervisors are at each other's throats, and youhave 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 andthe process for achieving it. Control is the regulation of organizational activities and processes insucha way as to facilitate goal attainment. Assume that you are a manager of a business. Statethe type of business you are managing (it can be any business you choose). Give two examplesof controls that you would implement in the business and how they couldfacilitate goalattainment. (Points : 20)

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Questions and Answers21. (TCO 1) Which of the following is an example of an organization? (Points : 7)The Department of LaborThe Atlanta BravesIBMThe Boys & Girls Club of AmericaAll of the aboveQuestion 2.2. (TCO 2) In Florida, a vacationer could choose from over 200 timeshare resorts. InVermont, the choice is limited to 15. A resort in Vermont has (Points : 7)the power of buyers.the power of suppliers.the threat of new entrants.competitive rivalry.the competitive advantage.Question 3.3. (TCO 3) Individuals inan organization who find themselves in an ethical dilemmahave many factors that will determine whether their behavior is ethical or unethical. Which of thefollowing does NOT determine the behavior? (Points : 7)Organizational cultureIndividual's stage of moral developmentIssue intensityIndividual's characteristics

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