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Chapter 1 Introduction to Management and Organizations 1) Todays managers are just as likely to be women as they are men. Answer: TRUE Page Ref: 4 Topic: Who Are Managers? 2) In order to be considered a manager, an individual must coordinate the work of others. Answer: TRUE Page Ref: 5 Topic: Who Are Managers? 3) Supervisors and foremen may both be considered first-line managers. Answer: TRUE Page Ref: 6 Topic: Who Are Managers? 4) Effectiveness is concerned with the means of getting things done, while efficiency is concerned with the attainment of organizational goals. Answer: FALSE Page Ref: 7 Topic: What Is Management? 5) A goal of efficiency is to minimize resource costs. Answer: TRUE Page Ref: 7 Topic: What Is Management? 6) Managers who are effective at meeting organizational goals always act efficiently. Answer: FALSE Page Ref: 7 Topic: What Is Management? 7) The four contemporary functions of management are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Answer: TRUE Page Ref: 8 Topic: What Do Managers Do? 8) Directing and motivating are part of the controlling function of management. Answer: FALSE Page Ref: 8 Topic: What Do Managers Do? 9) Fayols management functions are basically equivalent to Mintzbergs management roles. Answer: FALSE Page Ref: 8-9 Topic: What Do Managers Do? 10) Mintzbergs informational management role involves receiving, collecting, and disseminating information. Answer: TRUE Page Ref: 9 Topic: What Do Managers Do? 11) Resource allocation and disturbance handling are both considered decisional roles. Answer: TRUE Page Ref: 9 Topic: What Do Managers Do? 12) A finance manager who reads the Wall Street Journal on a regular basis would be performing the figurehead role. Answer: FALSE Page Ref: 9 Topic: What Do Managers Do? 13) Katz concluded that managers need three