管理学习题02.doc

Management, 11e (Robbins/Coulter) Chapter 2 Understanding Managements Context: Constraints and Challenges 1) In the symbolic view of management, managers are seen as directly responsible for an organizations success or failure. Answer: FALSE Page Ref: 45 Topic: The Manager: Omnipotent or Symbolic? Objective: 1 Difficulty: Easy Classification: Conceptual 2) The view of managers as omnipotent is consistent with the stereotypical picture of the take-charge business executive who can overcome any obstacle in carrying out the organizations objectives. Answer: TRUE Page Ref: 45 Topic: The Manager: Omnipotent or Symbolic? Objective: 1 Difficulty: Easy Classification: Conceptual 3) The symbolic view of management impact is useful in explaining the high turnover among sports coaches, who can be considered the managers of their teams. Answer: FALSE Page Ref: 45 Topic: The Manager: Omnipotent or Symbolic? Objective: 1 Difficulty: Easy Classification: Conceptual 4) A dynamic environment is characterized by the absence of new competitors, few technological breakthroughs by current competitors, and little activity by pressure groups to influence the organization. Answer: FALSE Page Ref: 49 Topic: The Environment Objective: 2 Difficulty: Moderate Classification: Conceptual 5) Environmental uncertainty looks at the number of components in an organizations environment and the extent of the knowledge that the organization has about those components. Answer: FALSE Page Ref: 49 Objective: 1 Difficulty: Easy Classification: Conceptual 6) An organizations competitors and employees are considered to be stakeholders who are affected by the organizations decisions and actions. Answer: TRUE Page Ref: 50 Topic: Organizational Culture Objective: 2 Difficulty: Easy Classification: Conceptual 7) A dynamic and simple environment is characterized by the greatest level of environmental uncertainty. Answer: FALSE Page Ref: 50 Objective: 2 Difficulty: Easy Classifi