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• MGT 521T Practice Chapter 1
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•       1)      An intrapreneur is someone who
  works inside an existing organization who sees an
  opportunity for a product or service and
  mobilizes the organizations resources to try to
  realize it. This person might be a researcher or
  a scientist but could also be a manager who sees
  an opportunity to create a new venture that could
  be profitable.
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• 2)      The managerial function of ________
  involves monitoring performance, comparing it to
  goals, and taking corrective action when needed.
• 3)      what are the two types of
  entrepreneurship?

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• MGT 521T Practice Chapter 2
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•        1)      Which of the following is a
  synonym for Douglas McGregors Theory Y?
• 2)      Which of the following approaches to
  management relies upon research in psychology,
  sociology, anthropology, and economics in order
  to develop theories about human behavior that can
  be used to provide practical tools for managers?
• 3)      What are the two branches of the
  classical viewpoint of management?
• 4)      Frederick Taylor based his management
  system on motion studies. In these studies, he
  broke down each workers job based on ________.
• 5)      Scientific management is the study of
  work methods to improve the productivity of ____.

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• MGT 521T Practice Chapter 5
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•        1)      Mallory advised the management
  team that to increase sales, the company planned
  to target the new product to 12-18 years old
  males. They would be implementing a marketing
  plan over the next nine months to achieve their
  goal. The  marketing plan is  an example of a(n)
  ---- plan that helps the company achieve a stated
  goal.
• 2)      What are the three types of goals used in
  planning that become the  hierarchy for the means
  end chain?
• 3)      When referring to SMART goals, which of
  the following terms are represented in the
  acronym SMART?

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• MGT 521T Practice Chapter 6
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•      1)      Anita felt that it was important for
  her taxi company to continually measure itself
  against its best competition. She kept track of
  the number of rides per hour and turnaround times
  for all her drivers and compared it to that of
  the high-performing taxi group in the next town.
  Anita is using the process of benchmarking to
  compare her company with another.
• 2)      Which of the following are part of
  porters five competitive forces?

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• MGT 521T Practice Chapter 8
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• An organization with many levels and narrow
  spans, meaning managers have few people
• reporting to them, are referred to as______
  organizations.
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• On an organization chart, line positions are
  designated by a ______ line, whereas staff
• positions are indicated by a ______ line.
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• John works at an organization where he supervises
  three people in the department. The
• important decisions are made by the company
  president. What type of authority is it?
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• Which of the following are characteristics of
  decentralized authority?
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• In the common elements of organizations, ______
  unifies employees or members and gives
• everyone an understanding of the organization's
  reason for being.
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• MGT 521T Practice Chapter 9
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• MGT 521T PRACTICE CHAPTER 9
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• 1.       The                                     
  process is the screening of job applicants to
  hire the candidate.
• 2.      When  Marissa applied for a position at
  Blake products, she was asked to provide the
  names and telephone numbers of three people who
  would be able to speak about her work performance
  at her last job. Which of the following selection
  tools does this BEST describe?

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• MGT 521T Practice Chapter 14
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• MGT 521T Practice Chapter 14
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• 1.      A servant leader would display which of
  the following characteristics? Check all that
  apply.
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• 2.       To create effective managers, companies
  should
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• 3.      Leadership that focuses on clarifying
  employees roles, explaining task requirements
  and providing rewards or punishments based on
  performance is called                            
  leadership

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• MGT 521T Week 1 Apply Assignment
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• MGT 521T Week 1 Discussion Four functions of
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• Week 1
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•          The four functions of management model
  has been criticized as being irrelevant to
  todays managers. Do you agree or disagree with
  the critics who question the relevance of this
  model? Explain your answer and support your
  position.

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• MGT 521T Week 1-6 All Discussions
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• MGT 521T Week 1 Discussion Four functions of
  Management Model
• MGT 521T Week 2 Discussion Organizational Goals
• MGT 521T Week 3 Discussion Benefits of
  Organizational Restructuring
• MGT 521T Week 4 Discussion Effective Leadership
  Theories
• MGT 521T Week 5 Discussion The Value Of Business
  Rankings
• MGT 521T Week 6 Discussion Organizational
  Innovation

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• MGT 521T Week 2 Apply Assignment
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• Alicia, a district manager for a global retailer,
  is traveling to different stores in her district
  to discuss with store managers, how to increase
  profitability for the rest of fiscal year. What
  is Alicia doing?
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• As a manager, you meet with each of your team
  member quarterly to review their progress toward
  their written and agreed-upon goals.
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  ------------------------------------ what is your
  best course of action with Claire?

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• MGT 521T Week 2 Discussion Organizational Goals
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• Week 2
•          What factors should you consider in
  determining an organizations goals?
•          How would you decide which strategic
  and operational plans to use to achieve your
  goals?
•          Provide an example of a plan you could
  use to achieve a goal in your current
  organization.

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• MGT 521T Week 2 Practice Knowledge
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• The document that details how a companys goals
  are to be met in called a
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• A document that outlines a proposed firms goals,
  its strategy for achieving those goals, and the
  standards for measuring success is known as an
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• Ned started his company six years ago and has
  tried to grow his business by increasing sales
  from his customer base rather than trying to
  acquire new companies. Neds thoughts for growing
  his business are an example of
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• Strategic ____________ is a process that involves
  managers from all levels of the organization in
  the formulation and implementation of strategies
  and strategic goals

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• MGT 521T Week 3 Apply Assignment
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• MGT 521T Week 3 Discussion Benefits of
  Organizational Restructuring
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• Week 3
•          How can organizational restructuring
  enable specific types of businesses to attain
  competitive advantage in a changing market?
  Provide specific examples.
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• MGT 521T Week 4 Apply Assignment
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• 1 Legitimate, reward, and coercive power result
  from a managers formal position, and thus all
  managers have these sources of power. Expert and
  referent power are derived from ones personal
  characteristics or knowledge. The activity gives
  you the opportunity to further explore the
  sources of power?

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• MGT 521T Week 4 Discussion Effective Leadership
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• Week 4
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• What leadership theories have you seen
  used in the workplace? Which of these do you
  believe were most effective? Which were the least
  effective? Why?

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• MGT 521T Week 5 Apply Assignment
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• 1.There are six different areas of control in an
  organization that are implemented at several
  levels. Each area of control covers a specific
  aspect of the organization that if not monitored,
  can foil even the best laid plans. This exercise
  will challenge your knowledge of these areas of
  control.
• First, hover over each term and read the
  description.  Next, click and drag each of the
  terms into the appropriate area in the chart to
  correspond with the correct area of control.

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• MGT 521T Week 5 Discussion The Value Of Business
  Rankings
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• One standard that corporations use to evaluate
  their performance against their competitors is
  the set of rankings developed by Fortune
  magazine. These include the Fortune 500, the 100
  Best Companies to Work For, and other lists. The
  public also uses these rankings to decide to what
  companies they should give their business.
• Respond to the following in a minimum of 175
  words

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•         The PDCA cycle is part of 
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•          The simplest definition of productivity
  is outputs divided by inputs
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•          A boss who is a micromanager often
  works excessive hours, skips vacations, and needs
  to approve everything
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•          Which of the following is not a reason
  why control is needed?
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•          Ensuring that employees follow
  instructions fully and completely is the purpose
  of which one of the following management
  functions?
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•          Productivity is monitoring performance,
  comparing it with goals, and taking corrective
  action.

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• MGT 521T Week 6 Apply Assignment
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• Tom, a restaurant general manager, carefully
  watches her restaurant costs by reusing some
  items that in the past were immediately thrown
  away. Tom is an example of a(n) _____manager.
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• Susana keeps a close eye on her company's
  internal and external environment to discover
  possible opportunities for new products and to
  discern possible threats from the competition. In
  which activity is Susana engaged?

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• MGT 521T Week 6 Discussion Organizational
  Innovation
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• Week 6
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• How have you seen an organizations
  innovation, or lack of it, affect their success?
  Provide specific examples.
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• What is the role of the manager in an
  organizations innovation?

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