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Chapter 1—Management TRUE/FALSE 1. While good management is basic to starting and growing a business, once some measures of success has been achieved, good management becomes less important. ANS: F Good management is basic to starting a business, growing a business, and maintaining a business once it has achieved some measure of success. PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 3 NAT: Level I Knowledge TOP: AACSB Analytic KEY: Leadership Principles 2. Managers are responsible for doing the basic work in the company. ANS: F The managers job is not to do the basic work in the company but to help others do their work. PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 3 NAT: Level I Knowledge TOP: AACSB Analytic KEY: Leadership Principles 3. Companies that plan have larger profits and faster growth than companies that don’t. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 4 NAT: Level II Comprehension TOP: AACSB Analytic KEY: Leadership Principles | Strategy 4. Top managers are the managers responsible for facilitating team activities toward goal accomplishment. ANS: F Top managers are executives responsible for the overall direction of the organization. Team leaders are the managers responsible for facilitating team activities toward goal accomplishment. PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 6 NAT: Level II Comprehension TOP: AACSB Analytic KEY: Leadership Principles 5. Typical titles used for top managers are general manager, plant manager, regional manager, and divisional manager. ANS: F These are typical titles for middle managers, not top managers. PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 6 NAT: Level I Knowledge TOP: AACSB Analytic KEY: Leadership Principles 6. Top managers are responsible for creating a context climate for change in an organization. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 7-8 NAT: Level II Comprehension TOP: AACSB Analytic KEY: Leadership Principles 7. First-line managers are responsible for setting objectives consistent with organizational goals and planning and implementing subunit strateg