MGT 312 Week 1 Knowledge Check. Questions And Answers

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Week 1 Knowledge Check Study Guide Score: 15 / 15 Concepts Mastery Questions The four functions of management 100% 1 2 3 The role of organizational behavior 100% 4 5 6 The nature of personality ... and the Big Five personality traits 100% 7 8 9 Personality traits that are relevant to organizational behavior 100% 10 11 12 The impact of ability on performance 100% 13 14 15 Concept: The four functions of management Mastery 100% Questions 1 2 3 1. One of the four managerial functions involves grouping employees into departments and teams according to their skills and capabilities. This grouping is done to ensure that cooperation and communication are optimized for the accomplishment of organizational goals. Identify this managerial function. A. Planning B. Organizing C. Controlling D. Leading Correct: The Correct Answer is: B. Organizing is the managerial function that involves determining how members of an organization cooperate and communicate to achieve organizational goals. In organizing, managers establish a structure of work relationships and group employees into teams or departments. 2. When managers play the role of coach or mentor, which managerial function are they primarily performing? A. Organizing B. Planning C. Leading D. Controlling Correct: The Correct Answer is: C. When managers play the role of coach or mentor, they are performing the managerial function of leading. The role here is to provide advice and support as and when required by the team, thereby ensuring greater performance levels and better rewards. 3. Daniel is a project manager at Portrait Inc., an advertising agency. His eight-member-team is currently working on a new campaign, but it fails to meet its deadline. With the various organizational behavior tools at his disposal, Daniel is able to identify that the cause for the team's failure was its inability to work together. To correct this situation, Daniel divides the team into pairs of workers and assigns each pair a different and more specific task. In this scenario, which managerial function is Daniel primarily performing? [Show More]

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