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MGT 521 Week 1 Apply Management And Applications Worksheet
MGT 521 Week 2 Apply Management Planning Worksheet
MGT 521 Week 3 Apply Organizational Culture and Design
MGT 521 Week 4 Apply Leadership Examination
MGT 521 Week 5 Apply Using the Project Planner’s Toolkit
MGT 521 Week 6 Apply Hewlett-Packard Case Study Analysis
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1. ________ is defined as a business firm’s intention, beyond its
legal and economic obligations, to do the right things and act in
ways that are good for society.
Social screening
Social responsibility

Social obligation
Values-based management
2. The balanced scorecard measures organizational performance
against previously established standards. Which of the four
functions of management relates most closely to setting these
standards?
Controlling
Leading
Organizing
Planning
3. Budgets can be used as tools within which two functions of
management?
Controlling and organizing
Planning and leading
Controlling and planning
Organizing and leading
4. Indira Patel has been working in her organization’s computer
security department for the past 10 years. If another employee
follows Indira’s recommendations in a given situation, based on
her expertise in computer security, which source of power is
Indira using?

Legitimate power
Coercive power
Expert power
Referent power
5. If Carol Reece is a charismatic leader, which of the following
characteristics is she most likely to possess?
An external locus of control
A sensitivity to environmental constraints and follower needs
A strong need to be in control
A fear of taking risks
6. According to the Ohio State studies, which of the following
dimensions of leader behavior refers to the extent to which a
leader is likely to define and structure his or her role and the
roles of group members to meet goals?
Consideration structure
Intelligence structure
Initiating structure
Psychological structure
7. On Monday, Jim’s Taco Shop identified a problem with
tainted ground beef that was used to make tacos and nacho
platters for its lunch customers. If the staff at Jim’s did not

identify the problem until after the lunch rush, what type of
control would this demonstrate?
Feedforward control
Concurrent control
Proactive control
Feedback control
8. The ________ determines the number of levels and managers
in an organization.
chain of command
span of control
unity of command
delegation of authority
9. During benchmarking, an organization can compare its
processes and products to competitors in its own industry and to
noncompetitors outside the industry. What is a main benefit of
comparing a firm’s performance against an organization it does
not consider a competitor?
A noncompetitor may allow an organization to see its practices
more readily than a competitor in the same industry.
A noncompetitor may be the world leader in a specific process
or practice, and an organization can learn from it.

A noncompetitor may be easier to find and benchmark, because
the top firms in the world are so diverse.
There is no benefit to benchmarking a firm against a
noncompetitor.
10. If a manager rationalizes that he or she does not have time to
investigate the source of a problem and instead resorts to putting
out fires, the manager is missing the use of ________.
bureaucratic control
basic corrective action
concurrent control
immediate corrective action
11. Which leadership theory is derived from the belief that a
leader’s job is to remove pitfalls and roadblocks so followers
can achieve their work goals?
Contingency theory
Fiedler’s theory
Leader participation model
Path-goal theory
12. A company that wants to distinguish itself from the
competition in the marketplace is most likely using which of the
following strategies?

Functional strategy
Focus strategy
Differentiation strategy
Generic strategy
13. When a manager makes use of a SWOT analysis, one of his
or her objectives is to
set specific short-term performance standards for each
department
formulate appropriate strategies to exploit strengths, protect
against threats, and correct weaknesses
evaluate the desirability of issuing stocks or bonds in the current
financial climate
identify the best employees to fill each position in the
organization
14. What can be said about a manager who believes she worked
hard and met her organization’s productivity goals despite
unfavorable conditions?
She has an external locus of control.
She has a high ego strength.
She has an internal locus of control.
She has a low ego strength.

15. Which of the following is a characteristic of a matrix
organization?
It is free of internal and external boundaries.
It has formal departments to which employees return after
completing a project
It conforms to the unity of command principle.
It has a single chain of command for functional managers to
report to.
16. Which of the following is a characteristic of an organic
organization?
Narrow span of controls
High specialization
Cross-functional teams
Rigid departmentalization
17. Conflicts can be resolved by satisfying one’s own needs at
the expense of others. This conflict- management technique is
known as ________.
forcing
avoiding
collaborating
compromising

18. When planning for unexpected events, a company is using
which of the following techniques?
Contingency planning
Benchmarking
Financial forecasting
SWOT analysis
19. Melvin manages a team of 10 employees, including Jane and
Jared. Jared is leaving the organization to find a job as a
manager in another field. Meanwhile, due to performance issues,
Melvin terminates Jane’s employment with the company. Both
of these are examples of what type of employee behavior?
Job satisfaction
Employee productivity
Absenteeism
Turnover
20. Searching for new ideas beyond an organization’s
boundaries and allowing changes to easily transfer inward and
outward is known as ________.
open innovation
strategic partnering
knowledge management

organizational osmosis
21. Which business practice would likely encourage ethical
behavior?
Intense competition for valued rewards
Cultural values for obedience to authority
Strong emphasis on individual productivity
Strong emphasis on leading by example
22. Why are feedforward controls more rarely implemented as
compared to other types of controls?
Feedforward controls result in wasted time and money.
Feedforward controls require managers to interact directly with
employees.
Feedforward controls are time-consuming for managers because
they must continually monitor progress.
Feedforward controls require timely and accurate information
that is hard to obtain.
23. Which of the following statements is true about group
decision making?
It generates more complete information and knowledge.
It is most suitable for matters that must be critically evaluated.
It prevents any one minority from dominating or influencing the

final decision.
It takes less time to reach a solution than it would an individual.
24. In the ________ approach of going green, organizations
respond to the environmental preferences of customers.
activist
legal
market
stakeholder
25. Thomas often annoys his coworkers with his talkativeness
and assertive personality. According to the Big Five Model of
personality, Thomas would be described as high in the trait of
________.
openness to experience
extraversion
agreeableness
conscientiousness
26. If a firm wanted to identify how much money was being
made for each sale of a given product (above and beyond the
costs associated with making that product), what type of ratio
would it use?
Liquidity ratios

Activity ratios
Profitability ratios
Leverage ratios
27. It is crucial to determine an acceptable _____ during the
comparing step in the control process.
written report
measure of organizational performance
ideal standard
range of variation
28. An organization’s ________ goals are official statements of
what an organization says its goals are.
real
stated
synthetic
implicit
29. Kelly is interviewing candidates to fill a vacancy on her
team. One candidate has a degree from a prestigious university,
and Kelly is impressed. In speaking with her fellow members of
the interview panel, however, Kelly finds that no one else
enjoyed the interview with the candidate, finding her to be
pompous, aggressive, and self-serving. In her focus on only the

candidate’s education, Kelly may have fallen victim to _______.
stereotyping
the halo effect
assumed similarity
selectivity
30. Which of the following stages is when the group structure is
in place and accepted by the group members?
Norming
Storming
Performing
Adjourning
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1. Unlike leaders, managers are those who: encourage and motivate
employees to work together to achieve a common vision. implement
procedures and processes to ensure the smooth functioning of an
organization. seek innovation rather than stability in their approach to
fulfill organizational aspiration develop relationships with employees
based on trust and mutual respect. 2. Adopting a __________ involves
distributing monetary resources among divisions to increase financial
returns or to spread risks among different businesses. differentiation
strategy global strategy portfolio strategy multidomestic strategy 3.
Which of the following statements is true of a corporate-level strategy?
It provides the framework within which functional managers operate. It
is the primary responsibility of top managers. It is used to identify an
organization’s strengths and weaknesses. It outlines a division’s long-
term goals. 4. __________ is the process by which managers establish
the structure of working relationships among employees to allow them
to achieve a company’s goals efficiently and effectively. Leading
Organizing Planning Controlling 5. Identify a true statement about an
effective control system? It provides managers with accurate
information about organizational performance. It is limited in its
capacity to provide managers with information in a timely manner. It
allows managers to take only programmed decisions. It is an informal
system that helps managers make decisions. 6. A __________ specifies
the national markets and industries an organization plans to compete in
and why it intends to do so. corporate-level strategy functional-level
strategy business-level strategy department-level strategy 7. Which of
the following models of leadership focused on identifying the
characteristics of a person capable of being an effective leader?
House’s path-goal model The trait model The behavioral model

Fiedler’s contingency model 8. Which of the following principles
identified by Henri Fayol focuses on the chain of command with an
organization? A manager should not encourage or allow his or her
employees to be innovative and creative. An employee should receive
orders from only one supervisor. A manager is not entitled to ask for his
or her employees’ obedience. Authority should be concentrated at the
top of the chain of command in an organization. 9. A low-cost strategy
requires organizations to: focus its attention on customers from a
particular geographic area. direct its efforts to cater to a particular kind
of customer. increase the spending on research and development to
differentiate its products from those of its competitors. develop
products that can be manufactured inexpensively compared to existing
rival products. 10. The __________ of an organization is responsible for
building an efficient top management team. first-line manager vice-
president middle manager chief executive officer 11. Which of the
following is a feature of a high-performing organization? The managers
choose inappropriate goals but use resources effectively to achieve
them. The managers choose the right goals to pursue and use resources
appropriately to meet them. The organization produces a product that
customers will want to buy but will not be able to afford. The
organization produces a low-quality but affordable product. 12.
According to Lewin’s force-field theory of change, which of the
following factors results in a change in an organization? A stable
general environment A stable task environment A decrease in forces for
change A decrease in resistance to change 13. Which of the following
statements is true of transformational leaders? They prefer to maintain
the status quo in their organizations. They use reward power and
coercive power to command respect from their subordinates. They

engage with subordinates and motivate them to work toward
organizational goals. They hesitate to share information with their
coworkers. 14. First-line managers in an organization are responsible
for: helping middle managers set organizational goals. assessing the
appropriateness of organizational goals. supervising nonmanagerial
employees on a day-to-day basis. ensuring the smooth functioning of all
departments. 15. _____ is a measure of how productively resources are
utilized to meet a goal Efficiency Product utilization Centralization
Management 16. According to Henry Fayol, the planning process in an
organization is effective when: it sets disparate, specific goals for each
functional level. it proposes multiple plans to achieve an organizational
goal. it allows plans to be designed and modified at all levels. it
produces plans that are static, thus avoiding confusion. 17. Which of
the following statements is true of an evolutionary change in an
organization? It helps the organization adapt to gradual changes in the
environment. It involves quickly finding new ways to be effective. It is
effected through reengineering and innovation. It is likely to result in a
radically new structure for the organization. 18. Which of the following
is an advantage of implementing a functional structure in an
organization? It helps managers specialize and develop expertise in only
one product area. It enables employees who perform similar kinds of
jobs to observe and learn from each other. It lets organizations choose
the set of products that serves the needs of regional customers. It
allows functional managers to develop generic skills that help manage
all aspects of production. 19. Which of the following did Frederick W.
Taylor believe to be an outcome of recording the method of performing
a particular task in an organization? Tasks became complicated and
time-consuming. Job procedures became standardized and more

routine. Workers did not have to be trained for specific roles anymore.
Workers’ informal knowledge about their tasks became irrelevant. 20.
Which of the following is an advantage of group decision making? It
allows managers to process more information and rectify one another’s
errors. It is unaffected by any kind of cognitive bias as it benefits from
multiple perspectives. It is easy to execute because getting two or more
managers to agree on a solution is relatively simple. It allows managers
to take decisions within relatively short periods of time compared to
individual decision makers. 21. __________ is the formal system of task
and job reporting relationships that determines how employees utilize
resources to achieve a company’s goals. Organizational culture
Organizational matrix Organizational design Organizational structure
22. One way of pursuing a differentiation strategy is by: introducing
products that are replicas of a competitor’s products. investing more on
research and development. offering specialized products at low-costs.
looking for new ways to reduce production costs. 23. An organization’s
return on investment is calculated by dividing: its profit before interest
and taxes by its total interest charges. its operating profit by sales
revenue. its net income before taxes by its total assets. its current
assets by its current liabilities. 24. How does an increase in job
specialization lead to higher organizational performance? Each worker
becomes responsible for all the different tasks involved in producing a
product thereby increasing productivity. Each worker specializes in a
different set of tasks over a period of time. Workers performing specific
tasks become much more skilled and produce a product faster while
working in groups. Workers join different groups and each group
performs the same task at increasing costs over a period of time. 25. A
differentiation strategy can be employed by organizations to: ensure

strict control over various departments by a system of checks and
balances. achieve flexibility in organizational culture. enhance the value
consumers perceive in their products. reduce costs in all their
functions. 26. Which of the following scenarios illustrates the
attraction-selection-attrition framework? Miriam likes experimenting
with new possibilities and taking risks. She hires like-minded people for
her start-up. The management of ThinkFree Inc. requires all prospective
employees to attend a basic induction program. Serena wins the annual
award for best employee of the year. She was selected from all likely
candidates for her dedication to her work. All the newly hired
employees of Style Prints Inc. are encouraged to participate in team
outings. 27. A differentiation strategy is ideal for organizations that: try
to ensure flexibility in organizational culture. aim to produce new,
innovative products. intend to exercise strict control over various
departments. want to ensure flawless coordination among multiple
divisions. 28. __________ signify what an organization and its members
are trying to accomplish. Terminal values Shared norms Societal norms
Instrumental values 29. A person’s upbringing is an important source of
__________. organizational ethics professional ethics individual ethics
societal ethics 30. __________ is the process by which managers
regulate and monitor how efficiently and effectively an organization as
a whole works to achieve organizational goals. Leading Organizing
Controlling Planning
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1) John writes a memo to his employees. Putting his thoughts
onto paper is an example of
2) Chantel received an invitation to a web meeting that will take
place at 3:00 p.m. She accepted the invitation. This is an
example of
3) You are doing research on political issues and find that you
are on a conservative leaning site. What type of source
credibility issue is
this?
4) When reviewing an educational math website, you find the
author’s background is in English. What type of source
credibility issue is

this?
5) A famous ice cream manufacturer sent workers to a nearby
grocery store to offer shoppers a sample of its new flavor. The
workers
provided samples to 300 shoppers and noted that 80% of the
sample population stated they liked the flavor. Based on this
scenario, which
of the following is an example of an inference?
6) Persuading or convincing others to accept your argument
means the reasoning must be logical. Which of the following is
an example of
logical flaws or fallacies?
7) What is the best way for the CEO to deal with managers in

key positions who continue to resist a major change?
8) Finding a win-win solution that allows parties who are
involved to have their goals achieved is an example of
9) What is emphasized more in ethical leadership theories than
in transformational leadership?
10) Ethical behavior and integrity for a leader is most likely to
result in
11) A common characteristic of most entrepreneurs is that they
12) In order to make an intelligent investment decision,
entrepreneurs should
13) The customers, employees, stockholders, suppliers,
creditors, and others who stand to gain or lose by the policies

and activities of a
business represent the firm's
14) When a firm makes use of the SWOT analysis, one of its
objectives is to
15) The process of rating an organization's practices, processes,
and products against the best of the world is known as
16) Companies benefit today by inter-firm cooperation. One of
the ways they cooperate is through networking. Another way is
by seeking
technological knowledge and learning new processes from other
firms that usually fall outside of their respective industries. We
call this
17) An important difference between accounting and other

business functions, such as marketing and management, is that
18) Although accounting has several specific uses, the overall
purpose of accounting can be summarized as
19) An important advantage that knowledge technology has over
older versions of business technology is that it
20) First Engineering, a large U.S. based mechanical
engineering firm, is considering entering the global market.
Upon careful analysis of
the global market, they will find that global trade
21) The process of setting up individual functional units of the
business to do specialized tasks is called
22) The proven success of job specialization lies in the fact that
23) Economics is the study of how a society

24) How is it that people working in their own self-interest
produce goods, services, and wealth for others?
25) The ultimate resource of a firm is its
26) Today, human resource management has become so
important that in many firms it has become
27) Which of the following is included in performing a business
analysis?
28) When the competition is intense and the environment is
changing rapidly, it is especially important to

29) Which of the following would be a concern addressed in a
strategic plan?
30) Tactical planning
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MGT 521 Week 1 Apply Management And Applications
Worksheet (2 Papers)
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Purpose The driving question behind this activity is "How can I apply
key concepts from Management for success in school and my career?"
This activity can help you understand and apply key management
concepts and tools from this Week's materials to identify opportunities
for becoming more efficient and effective at work while you pursue an
MBA. By completing the provided worksheet, you will gather concepts,
resources, and tools for building future assignments, and that can
provide immediate benefits in your job and relationships, including the
following: • Identify and apply course concepts for success at
school, work, and community. • Enhance credibility and assure
integrity by supporting your ideas with research. • Automate

management of research and attributions to save time, establish
credibility, and ensure integrity of your work. Proactive Time
Management Since many of the concepts in this course may be new or
presented in a different perspective than your experience, consider
starting to work on this early in the Week. Learning has a time
component; so, relying on just-in-time management to complete the
assignment and other Weekly activities might get the job done, but you
may miss learning value available through the exercise, while you risk
missing deadlines designed to keep you focused and on track. Required
Resources Garner, S. (Producer), & Boland, M. (Director). (2011).
Management styles explained [Video]. Films on Demand. Retrieved
from
https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=18566&xtid=44682
Kinicki, A., & Williams, B. K. (2016). Management: A practical
introduction (17 ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill Education.
Recommended Attribution Tools • Attributions: Become an Instant
APA Expert • Attributions: Add a Citation and Create a Bibliography
[Microsoft] • Attributions: Create a References Cited Page
[Microsoft] Instructions Complete each empty cell in the Management
Concepts and Applications Worksheet to define and apply key concepts
from this Week's materials, as follows: 1. Define. In the Define
column, explain the concepts using course materials or other credible
sources. 1. Keep your definitions brief, 50 to 75 words. 2. Success
tip: Do not copy and paste definitions; make sure the definitions
represent your own learning with proper citations. 2. Cite. In the Cite
column, provide an in-text citation for your concepts. 1. This assignment
should include at least two sources: the Management textbook and the
"Management styles explained" video. 2. Success tip: Do not pull
your definitions off Internet searches. Using the premium resources
you're paying for will help you tap value for your tuition investment,

improve your learning, and assure the integrity of your work. 3.
Competency tip: Use the Microsoft® Word Citations &
Bibliography features under the Microsoft® Word References tab to
automate your referencing. 1. Enter the details about your sources
under Manage Sources. Make sure you select Style > APA. 2. Use
Insert Citation to insert your citation at the point of every borrowed idea.
You will also use the Bibliography > References for the References
Cited section at the end of the document. 3. Apply. In the Apply
column, answer each question, focusing on how you can apply the
concept for success in your MBA program or in your career. 1. Keep
your responses brief, no more than 100 words per cell. Build a
References Cited page in APA format. 1. Make sure you have
entered your sources using the Manage Sources option under the
References tab, and inserted citations using the References > Insert
Citation feature. 2. Place your cursor under the References heading at
the end of the worksheet. 3. Under the References heading at the end of
the worksheet, select Bibliography > References. This will automatically
build your References Cited list using the information you entered using
the Manage Sources option. 4. For the final touch, make sure you
have selected Style > APA under the References tab. Competency Tip:
The initial application of the Microsoft® Word References tab might
seem a bit confusing, but the feature will save you many hours of work
in the program by allowing you to automate the tedious attribution
process, and help you integrate research across all your courses. Once
you've entered a source under Manage Sources, that source will be
available for you to apply across all papers in the course and program.
For a demonstration of how to input and apply APA formatted citations
and references, see Attributions: Become an Instant APA Expert.
Concept Summarize (50-75 words per response) Cite Question Apply
(50-75 words per response) Definition of management How can you

apply the definition of management to better perform in your job? The
functions of management How can you apply the functions of
management to be more efficient and effective in integrating your MBA
pursuit with work and family? Differences among the four levels of
management [hint: pyramid]? Where are you on the management
pyramid? What is your strategy for advancing up the pyramid while
pursuing your MBA? Skills exceptional managers need Considering the
skills exceptional managers need, what are your strengths and
weaknesses? How will you cultivate those skills at school and work?
Roles that managers must play Considering the three types of
managerial roles defined by Mintzberg, what actions should you take to
fulfill your role as an effective and efficient manager? Difference
between a fixed mind-set and a growth-mindset Do you have a fixed
mind-set or a growth mind-set? How will developing and strengthening
a growth mind-set help you to become more successful at school, work,
and family? Management theory (Identify three) What management
theory most aligns with your preferred management style? How might
shifting your preferences make you a better manager? References Cited
[After entering your sources into the Word References > Manage
Sources tool, place your cursor here, then do the following: 1. Select the
Microsoft Word References Tab 2. Select “Style > APA” 3. Select
“Bibliography > References” If you have correctly entered your source
information into the Microsoft Word References > Manage Sources tool,
you should see a correctly formatted reference cited list here. Make sure
you delete the instructions before you submit your assignment] Self-
Evaluation Content = 80% Met Partially Met Not Met CONTENT
COMMENTS Defined key concepts in management, including:
Definition of management; The functions of management; Differences
among the four levels of management [hint: pyramid]; Skills exceptional
managers need; Roles that managers must play; Difference between a

fixed mind-set and a growth-mindset; Management theory. Definitions
represented your learning by properly paraphrasing quoting, and citing
sources; you did not copy and paste the definitions into the table. Tapped
learning value for tuition investment, established credibility, and
enhanced integrity by supporting definitions with research from the
required materials, with proper citations. BONUS: Used the Word
References feature to Manage Resources and Insert Citations. Applied
each concept for success in MBA program and career by providing a
brief response to each question in the “Apply” column of the worksheet.
Applied and cited the required resources, including the “Management: A
practical introduction” textbook and the “Management styles explained”
video. Provided a References Cited Page using APA formatted
references. BONUS: Used the Word References feature to Manage
Resources and build References.
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MGT 521 Week 1 Assignment Management Theories
and The Workplace (2 Papers)
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This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Assignment Steps Resources:
Ch. 2 of Management: A Practical Introduction, sample
leadership theory table. Select three theories from the textbook.
Summarize the theory and viewpoint(s) in a table. Please use the

sample leadership theory table provided. Develop up to a 1,050-
word report including the following: • Briefly discuss an
overview of management. • Include the roles managers play. •
Examine the development of management theories,
including how these theories reflected the changing business
environment. • Compare and contrast the three management
theories you included in your leadership theory table. •Include
in-text citations and at least one reference. • Evaluate which of
the three management theories works best for your work
environment or an organization with which you are familiar.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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MGT 521 Week 1 DQ 1
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Select a channel used for business communication. What are the
advantages and challenges of that form of communication?
Provide an example when you have used that form of
communication or when someone else has used that form of
communication with you. Did it work well for that situation?
Why or why not?
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How would you use credentials, impartiality, style and tone, and
currency criteria in evaluating the credibility and validity of
your sources of information? Be sure to provide specific
examples
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What mistakes should be avoided when presenting an argument
and why are these important in developing effective arguments?
Be sure to provide specific examples.
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MGT 521 Week 1 DQ 4

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How might presenting effective arguments differ in the
classroom, daily life, and your job? Would you use different
types of supporting evidence to make your argument? Explain
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MGT 521 Week 1 Individual Assignment Viewpoints
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Viewpoints Paper Select one of the viewpoints mentioned in
Chapter 2 of the text. Write a 350- to 700-word paper
summarizing the basics of that viewpoint including highlighting
at least one of the key figures related to that viewpoint.
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MGT 521 Week 2 Apply Management Planning Worksheet

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MGT 521 Week 2 Apply: Management Planning Worksheet
Management Planning Instructions Choose a large company, such as
Amazon, Apple, Disney, or Home Depot, or a company with which you
are familiar to assess the planning function of management. 1.
Identify the mission and vision statements of the company.
Mission Vision 1. Describe in a total of 175 words the strategic,
tactical, and operational plans employed by the company. Determine
which types of managers create each type of plan. Type of Plan
Description Type of Manager 1. Evaluate in a total of 350
words the company’s success in executing the three core processes of
business: people, strategy, and operations. People Strategy Operations
1. Perform an environment scan, or SWOT analysis, of your
chosen company. Evaluate in a total of 350 words the current direction
of the company against your analysis. SWOT Analysis Company
Name:_________________________ Internal Factors (Inside Matters)
Strengths Weaknesses External Factors (Outside Matters) Opportunities
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MGT 521 Week 2 Assignment Mission, Vision, Values
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This Tutorial contains 2 Papers MISSION, VISION, VALUES
AND MANAGEMENT Resources: Management: A Practical
Introduction, Table 6.1; chosen organization's mission, vision,
and value statements, and strategic plan Examine the mission
and vision statements of your place of employment or an
organization with which you are familiar. Then, use the internet
to locate and examine the mission and vision statement of a
comparable organization. Use the Mission and Vision
Comparison Table provided to compare your organization's
mission and vision statement to the one you found on the
internet. Create up to a 1,400-word analysis including the
following: • Compare your organization's mission, vision, and
values against the criteria for what makes for robust statements.
• Summarize what you concluded when you compared your
organization to the organization you found on the internet. •
Identify your organization's core competencies. • Examine
your organization's core competencies based on established
definitions. Include a rationale for the selection of these core
competencies. • Briefly summarize your organization's
strategic goals. • Evaluate whether your organization's current
behavior and business goals are aligned to its mission, vision,
values, and core competencies. • Determine if your
organization lives up to its own mission, vision, and values. •
Justify your determination. • Append your Mission and
Vision Comparison Table to the end of the document. Format

the assignment consist with APA guidelines.
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MGT 521 Week 2 Assignment Norwegian Air
Worksheet
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Norwegian Air Worksheet Read "Management in Action:
Norwegian Air Shuttle Aspires to Become the Cheapest Global
Airline." Complete the Norwegian Air Worksheet.
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MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 1
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What strategies have been used to promote collaboration at your
place of employment or a company you are familiar with? Have
these strategies been successful or unsuccessful? Explain.
Would you recommend implementing other strategies to
promote collaboration? If so, what would those be?

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MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 2
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What are some real world examples of ethical and unethical
practices you have read about, seen in the news, or encountered
at your place of employment? What were the outcomes of those
practices?
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How can values and communication styles impact intercultural
collaboration in a diversified organization?
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MGT 521 Week 2 DQ 4

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How would protected values, preferences, and laws affect
consistency in making ethical decisions? What strategies would
you develop and implement to attain consistent ethical decision
making?
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MGT 521 Week 2 Individual Assignment Functional Areas
of Business Paper
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You have decided to pursue an MBA degree either to further
your career, start a new career, or achieve a personal goal. In
this program, you will study the functional areas of business.
Use the MBA Overview and Effective Research and Writing at
Modules you reviewed to complete this assignment.
Write a paper that analyzes the role of a manager within the
functional areas of business:
Required elements:

No more than1050 words
Two articles, including at least one peer-reviewed article, from
the University Library cited in your paper to support your
writing
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
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1.As a process of self-examination during her senior year of
college, Casey decides to develop a SWOT analysis of her
prospects relative to getting a job. Casey realizes that she has a
personal characteristic that suggests she is not comfortable
interacting with strangers. She interprets this as a(n) ________ if
she is to get a job as a salesperson.
2.Casey is looking for a new job. She decides to develop a
SWOT analysis of the industries she might want to work in.
Casey majored in marketing and enjoyed studying market
research. Through her research on the Internet and in the
University Library, she learns that this industry is currently

doing well. She interprets this as a(n) ________.
3.In performing a SWOT analysis, which of the following would
be considered as a threat?
4.Strategic plans are usually ________.
5.Operational plans are usually ________.
6.When organizations think about entering a market, they may
be concerned with how unique their product might be. Which of
Porter’s Five Forces would be relevant in this case?
7.________ involves defining the organization’s goals,
establishing strategies for achieving those goals, and developing
plans to integrate and coordinate work activities.
8.Goals are different from plans because ________.
9.Most company goals can be classified as either ________ or
________.
10.In response to a natural disaster, which contingency factor
will affect the choice of plans?
11.What technique would managers use when seeking to detect
big trends and changing market conditions?
12.The commitment concept says that plans should ________.
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MGT 521 Week 2 Learning Team Charter
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MGT 521 Week 2 Learning Team Weekly Reflection
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Discuss last week’s objectives with your team. Include both the
topics you feel comfortable with, topics you struggled with, and
how the weekly topics relate to application in your field.
Prepare a 1- to 3-page paper detailing the findings of your
discussion
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MGT 521 Week 3 Apply Organizational Culture and Design
(2 PPT)
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MGT 521 Week 3 Apply: Organizational Culture and Design Resources:
Ch. 8 and 9 of Management and Case Study, Ch. 8 p. 257: IDEO's
Culture Reinforces Helping Behavior Prepare a 7- to 10-slide
Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Prezi, or Microsoft® Sway® presentation
supporting the following scenario relative to the IDEO case description
in Ch. 8 of Management. You have studied the organizational culture in
place at IDEO and are making a presentation about this company to your
company's top management team. • Describe the organizational
culture at IDEO. • Analyze techniques used by IDEO to embed
organizational culture. • Identify the organizational structure used by
your organization/company. Make a recommendation as to whether you
think the IDEO culture could be successfully implemented at your
company. • Recommend mechanisms your company would need to
employ should management decide to implement a culture change in
line with the IDEO culture. Include speaker notes for bulk of
communication. Slides should contain headlines, graphics, and bullets.
Include an introduction and conclusion slide, as well as a reference slide.
Click on the Assignment Files tab to submit your presentation.
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MGT 521 Week 3 Assignment Operational Tactics
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This Tutorial contains 2 Presentation Use the environmental
analysis you researched. Create a 10- to 12-slide presentation
including detailed speaker notes in which you include the
following: Examine the results of the internal environmental
scan findings in the analysis. Examine the results of the external
environmental scan findings in the analysis. Discuss the findings
of the scans as they relate to relevant research. Recommend 3
strategic objectives based on the SWOT analysis. Translate each
objective into a business goal. Create a related operational tactic
for 3 distinct sectors of the organization such as marketing,
finance, accounting, etc. Format your assignment consistent with
APA guidelines.
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From the results of your Ethics Awareness Inventory, do your
personal values align with your organizational values? Explain.
If there is a misalignment between your personal values and
your organizational values, what would be an appropriate
response to this misalignment?
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What attributes do successful entrepreneurs possess? Which
attribute do you feel is the most important and why?
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MGT 521 Week 3 DQ 3
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Who are the stakeholders in your place of employment or in a

company with which you are familiar? What are their wants and
needs? How does management meet their needs? What
difficulties arise in balancing the needs of the various
stakeholders?
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What are some potential strengths, weaknesses, opportunities,
and threats that a business should consider in a SWOT analysis?
How can a business benefit from gathering this information?
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MGT 521 Week 3 Individual Assignment Organizational
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Review the example SWOT Analyses located in this week's
Electronic Reserve Readings to see the types of information

companies include.
Complete the following tasks in the Material: Organizational
Planning Worksheet. Cite your resources.
Part One (hand in early):
Select a Fortune 500 company.
Research the selected company by first clicking on the Business
Source Complete: SWOT Analyses link in this week's
Electronic Reserve Readings. Note that additional research is
needed to complete this assignment.
Identify the company's internal and external stakeholders.
Identify the company's goals and identify the following,
specifically:
The company's mission and vision
At least one goal that can be accomplished through a strategic
plan
At least one goal that can be accomplished through an
operational plan
Conduct a SWOT analysis on the selected company

Part Two:
Write a paper that creates strategic and operational plans based
on the SWOT analysis, and includes explanations for the
following:
How these plans will achieve the related goals
The effect of planning decisions on the internal and external
stakeholders identified
Required Elements:
No more than 700 words
Cite research in your paper to support your writing
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit both the worksheet and
pape
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MGT 521 Week 3 Individual Assignment Strategy and
Planning Paper
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Strategy and Planning Paper Review Figure 5.3 in the textbook.

Write a 950- to 1,100-word paper in which you address the
following: •Explain why the 3 types of goals are important to the
strategy of an organization. •Explain why the different types of
planning are important to the strategy of an organization.
•Examine the elements or factors involved in creating an
effective strategy for an organization. Cite a minimum of 2 peer-
reviewed sources and include examples from one or more
Fortune 500 companies to illustrate your points.
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1.The process of dividing work activities into separate job tasks
is known as ________.
2.The process of grouping jobs together is known as ________.
3.The line of authority that extends from upper organizational
levels to lower levels, clarifying who reports to whom, is known
as the ________.
4.Which of the following is a characteristic of a mechanistic
organization?
5.Which of the following structures is highly adaptive, loose,

and flexible?
6.Companies would become more ________ if they allowed
professionals to set the priorities and allocate the resources for
their departments.
organic
7.In a ________ structure, no clear chain of command exists.
8.Which organizational design increases the complexity of
assigning people to projects?
9.In which of the following organizational designs are
employees most likely to experience communication
difficulties?
10.A company brings team members together to collaborate on
resolving mutual problems that affect each of their areas. This is
an example of the use of ________.
11.A temporary committee formed to address a specific short-
term problem that affects several departments is known as a
________.
12.Which of the following will help in making communities of
practice successful?
The ________ stage in the group development process is
complete when members begin to think of themselves as part of
a group.
14.During the ________ stage of the group development

process, a relatively clear hierarchy of leadership and agreement
on the group’s direction emerge.
The ________ stage of the group development process is one in
which close relationships develop and the group becomes
cohesive.
16.In which of the following conflict-management techniques
are conflicts resolved by seeking an advantageous solution for
all the parties involved?
17.Conflicts can be resolved by withdrawing from them or
suppressing them. This conflict-management
18.Which of the following lists are the five conflict-management
options available to managers?
Behavior patterns expected of someone occupying a given
position in a social unit is called a ________.
20.Which of the following is a negative aspect of group norms?
21.Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding
status systems?
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Read the “Developing Your Empowering People (Delegating)
Skill” Skills Exercise at the end of Ch. 10 of Management.
Discuss the scenario with your Learning Team.
Consider the five behaviors described for delegating to
determine how to handle the scenario.
Prepare a 350- to 1,050-word paper detailing how your team
would handle the situation described in the scenario.
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from them or suppressing them. This conflict-management
18.Which of the following lists are the five conflict-management
options available to managers?
Behavior patterns expected of someone occupying a given
position in a social unit is called a ________.
20.Which of the following is a negative aspect of group norms?
21.Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding
status systems?
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MGT 521 Week 3 Structure Follow Strategy
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Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to give
learners experience developing an organizational SWOT
analysis that they may use for strategic planning. This
assignment is pre-work for the Learning Team assignment this
week. Assignment Steps Resources: Management: A Practical
Introduction; strategic plan for organization you chose; a leader
or manager to interview. Select the organization you work for or
an organization of your choice. Interview one leader or manager
from the organization so that you may complete a SWOT for the
organization. Let the interviewee know you are working on a
class project. Prior to your interview, develop a 5- to 7-question
interview questionnaire you will use to query the interviewee to
complete the organization's SWOTs. Conduct a SWOT analysis
of the organization. Create a 525-word limit summary of the
analysis. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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MGT 521 Week 3 Team Structure Follows Strategy (2
PPT)

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This Tutorial contains 2 Presentations Structure Follows
Strategy - Team The purpose of this assignment is to give
learners experience in formulating management strategy for
expansion into global markets. Assignment Steps Resources:
Management: A Practical Introduction; Global Markets Prior to
the team discussion, each team member must complete a SWOT
analysis for his or her organization. Learners may use the same
organization from Week 2. Discuss in the team forum each team
member's individual company SWOT analysis based on the
Individual Assignment. Select one of your teammate's
organizations to use for this assignment based on your
discussion. Select a global market into which the company
might expand. This should be a market with different
characteristics so do not choose a similar market such as
Canada. Scenario: The company is considering expanding into
the global market. As a result, the management team is
analyzing the current strategic objectives, the organization's
structure and looking at how this change may affect any or all of
these areas. The team will present these findings to leadership
once completed. Create a 8- to 10-slide PowerPoint®
presentation including detailed speaker notes or voiceover in
which you include the following: Examine the current strategic

objectives of the organization. Determine the current structure of
the organization. Discuss how expanding to a global market may
affect work functions. Recommend structural alternatives that
may facilitate the new global strategy. How do these options
differ? What are their strengths and weaknesses? Determine the
key components of a change management strategy for the
restructuring. Recommend next steps for an action plan. Create a
"Recommended Structure" infographic in an appropriate format
for the organization based on the analysis. This can be done
using Microsoft® Publisher®, Word, or sites such as Glogster®
or PiktoChart®. The infographic should illustrate the team's
choice of structure.
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MGT 521 Week 4 Apply: Leadership Examination Resources: Ch.12
and 14 of Management Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper outlining
key concepts of leadership. Include the following in your paper: •
Describe at least three different types of behavioral leadership
approaches. • Select a prominent leader and identify their dominant
leadership style. Provide examples to justify your selection. • Explain

the two Situational Leadership Approaches (the Fiedler contingency
leadership model and the path-goal leadership model). • Analyze their
potential advantages over the behavioral leadership approaches. •
Explore the uses of Transformational Leadership, including the
idea that the best leaders are both transactional and transformational. •
Assess the four key behaviors of transformational leaders for inspiring
employees. Use APA formatting to complete your paper. Click on the
Assignment Files tab to submit your paper.
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MGT 521 Week 4 Assignment Organizational
Structure Presentation
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Organizational Structure Presentation The organization you
work for currently has a traditional structure - divisional
structure. However, the organization has gone through some big
changes including a merger with another organization. The
organization is now global and produces products and services
clients in a number of different areas. They currently employ
roughly 500 employees. Your team has been tasked with
recommending a new organizational structure to the head of the
organization. Create a 16- to 20-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®
presentation, including detailed speaker notes, directed toward
the head of the organization. In this presentation, your team will

explain what the changes will be and why these changes will
allow the firm to succeed in the future.
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MGT 521 Week 4 DQ 1
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How could benchmarking be effectively used to achieve
competitive advantage? Provide an example.
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MGT 521 Week 4 DQ 2
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What information is gained through managerial accounting?
How can a business use this information? As an investor in a
small business, what sorts of things may concern you regarding
a firm’s financial statements?
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What are some of the benefits of using technology in managing
information and human resources in business? What technology
is used at your place of employment to manage information and
human resources?
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1.Which of the following describes the leadership style in which
a leader tends to centralize authority, dictate work methods,
make unilateral decisions, and limit employee participation?
2.The ________ style of leadership describes a leader who tends
to value employee participation, including in such areas as
decision making and deciding on work methods and goals.

the leader generally gives the group complete freedom to make
decisions and complete the work in whatever way it sees fit?
4.The ________ model proposed that the results of the least-
preferred coworker questionnaire could determine whether
someone was relationship or task oriented, and these results
would determine effectiveness of group performance.
5.Which leadership model proposed that the final component in
the model is the four stages of follower readiness, and different
levels of follower readiness call for a different leader–follower
relationship?
6.According to Hersey and Blanchard, a low task–high
relationship situation calls for the ________ leadership style.
7.When Alan Jackman got promoted as the head of the sales
team at Mac Software Inc., he chose three of his closest friends
in the team to form the core sales group with him. Which of the
following predictions would be consistent with the leader-
member exchange theory?
8.Which of the following is an accurate statement about
managers transferring into the role of effective team leaders?
9.Rachel Keller’s colleagues and subordinates have a high
regard for her. They know that Rachel can help them meet their
goals, and she is always willing to reward them when they do.
What her subordinates like best about Rachel is that they know
she appreciates their work by the team lunches she often holds.

Which of the following best describes Rachel’s leadership style?
10.Which of the following is the type of power a person has
because of his or her level of authority in the business?
11.Sam Meyers manages a telemarketing call center. He has 20
employees working for him who are displeased with the way he
yells and threatens to terminate them for what they see as small
issues. Which kind of power is Sam using to get the job done?
12.Marsha Lewis is the manager at a fast-food establishment,
managing a staff of 25 employees. Many of her staff members
are extremely impressed with how she handles her work, and
they emulate Marsha’s behaviors and actions in working with
others. The team believes Marsha is fair and understanding, and
she always promotes from within when employees have been
performing well. Which two sources of power does Marsha use
in this example?
13.What performance measure considers the efficiency and
effectiveness of employees?
14.What aggregate measure allows managers to assess how
happy an employee is with the many different factors at his or
her job?
15.When an employee volunteers to run a canned food drive,
this is an example of
16.In the Big Five Model of personality, an employee who is
good-natured and highly cooperative, would be referred to as

scoring high in the trait of ________.
17.In the Big Five Model of personality, conscientiousness
refers to ________.
18.Susan is often described as being fascinated by many things,
including outdoor activities, inventive art exhibits, and books by
up-and-coming authors. According to the Big Five Model of
personality, Susan would be described as ________.
19.________ theory gauges whether a person’s behavior shows
distinctiveness, consensus, and consistency.
20.Garth manages a team of 5 salespeople. One of the
salespeople, Robert, has been late to work for the past few days.
If Garth attributes Robert’s tardiness to a lack of caring about
his job versus Robert having to drop his wife at work, Garth is
using the________.
21.At work today, Tanya received the good news that the team
she was part of secured a winning bid for her company to serve
as the architect partner for a new shopping mall. Tanya also
received the bad news that the transmission on her car must be
replaced. Tanya credits the good news to her ability to complete
work on time and the bad news to the poor craftsmanship of her
car. Tanya is exhibiting a(n) ________.
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a leader tends to centralize authority, dictate work methods,
make unilateral decisions, and limit employee participation?
2.The ________ style of leadership describes a leader who tends
to value employee participation, including in such areas as
decision making and deciding on work methods and goals.
the leader generally gives the group complete freedom to make
decisions and complete the work in whatever way it sees fit?
4.The ________ model proposed that the results of the least-
preferred coworker questionnaire could determine whether
someone was relationship or task oriented, and these results
would determine effectiveness of group performance.
5.Which leadership model proposed that the final component in
the model is the four stages of follower readiness, and different
levels of follower readiness call for a different leader–follower
relationship?
6.According to Hersey and Blanchard, a low task–high
relationship situation calls for the ________ leadership style.

7.When Alan Jackman got promoted as the head of the sales
team at Mac Software Inc., he chose three of his closest friends
in the team to form the core sales group with him. Which of the
following predictions would be consistent with the leader-
member exchange theory?
8.Which of the following is an accurate statement about
managers transferring into the role of effective team leaders?
9.Rachel Keller’s colleagues and subordinates have a high
regard for her. They know that Rachel can help them meet their
goals, and she is always willing to reward them when they do.
What her subordinates like best about Rachel is that they know
she appreciates their work by the team lunches she often holds.
Which of the following best describes Rachel’s leadership style?
10.Which of the following is the type of power a person has
because of his or her level of authority in the business?
11.Sam Meyers manages a telemarketing call center. He has 20
employees working for him who are displeased with the way he
yells and threatens to terminate them for what they see as small
issues. Which kind of power is Sam using to get the job done?
12.Marsha Lewis is the manager at a fast-food establishment,
managing a staff of 25 employees. Many of her staff members
are extremely impressed with how she handles her work, and
they emulate Marsha’s behaviors and actions in working with
others. The team believes Marsha is fair and understanding, and
she always promotes from within when employees have been

performing well. Which two sources of power does Marsha use
in this example?
13.What performance measure considers the efficiency and
effectiveness of employees?
14.What aggregate measure allows managers to assess how
happy an employee is with the many different factors at his or
her job?
15.When an employee volunteers to run a canned food drive,
this is an example of
16.In the Big Five Model of personality, an employee who is
good-natured and highly cooperative, would be referred to as
scoring high in the trait of ________.
17.In the Big Five Model of personality, conscientiousness
refers to ________.
18.Susan is often described as being fascinated by many things,
including outdoor activities, inventive art exhibits, and books by
up-and-coming authors. According to the Big Five Model of
personality, Susan would be described as ________.
19.________ theory gauges whether a person’s behavior shows
distinctiveness, consensus, and consistency.
20.Garth manages a team of 5 salespeople. One of the
salespeople, Robert, has been late to work for the past few days.
If Garth attributes Robert’s tardiness to a lack of caring about

his job versus Robert having to drop his wife at work, Garth is
using the________.
21.At work today, Tanya received the good news that the team
she was part of secured a winning bid for her company to serve
as the architect partner for a new shopping mall. Tanya also
received the bad news that the transmission on her car must be
replaced. Tanya credits the good news to her ability to complete
work on time and the bad news to the poor craftsmanship of her
car. Tanya is exhibiting a(n) ________.
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