MassBay Community College
Management Quiz #3-
Chapter 9 through 12
(Prepared 4/4/2014 for Spring 2014)Please
complete twelve (12) of the below questions. Use the question numbers below to
identify which questions you are answering. Use examples, detail explanations
and/or personal experiences to support your answers and cite the page/section
of the textbook where you got the answer material.
______________________________________________________________________________
1.
What are the three primary activities of human resource management (HRM)?
2.
Name and briefly describe four training and development activities.
3.
List the four changes reshaping the workplace
4. Define perceptual selectivity.
Briefly explain the characteristics of the stimuli and the perceiver that
affect this process.
5. Describe three common
perceptual distortion errors that managers routinely make. Give an example of
each
6.
What are the four components of emotional intelligence? Briefly describe each
7.
Describe Carl Jung’s four functions related to gathering and evaluating
information for problem solving and decision making. Which problem-solving
style would be appropriate for an individual in the accounting profession? Why
8. What is the basic difference
between consideration behavior and initiating structure behavior?
9. Compare the
dimensions of leadership found in theOhio Statestudies, theUniversityofMichiganstudies, and those
identified in the leadership grid. What are the leadership behaviors for each
dimension?
10. List and describe
the five sources of leader power. What is the impact each is likely to have on
subordinates?
11. List the seven
interpersonal influence tactics for leaders.
12.
Describe Hersey and Blanchard’s situational theory and its application to
employee participation
13.
Briefly describe Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory
14. If you were the manager and you
wanted to increase the meaningfulness of the activities performed in a job,
which core dimensions of the job characteristics model would you use? Apply it
to a job with which you are familiar.
15. Explain employee growth-need
strength and its relationship to the job characteristics model.
16. Describe the four
elements that enable employees to become empowered.
MassBay Community CollegeManagement Quiz #3-
Chapter 9 through 12(Prepared 4/4/2014 for Spring 2014)Please
complete twelve (12) of the below questions. Use the question numbers below to
identify which questions you are answering. Use examples, detail explanations
and/or personal experiences to support your answers and cite the page/section
of the textbook where you got the answer material.______________________________________________________________________________1.
What are the three primary activities of human resource management (HRM)? 2.
Name and briefly describe four training and development activities.3.
List the four changes reshaping the workplace 4. Define perceptual selectivity.
Briefly explain the characteristics of the stimuli and the perceiver that
affect this process.5. Describe three common
perceptual distortion errors that managers routinely make. Give an example of
each6.
What are the four components of emotional intelligence? Briefly describe each7.
Describe Carl Jung’s four functions related to gathering and evaluating
information for problem solving and decision making. Which problem-solving
style would be appropriate for an individual in the accounting profession? Why 8. What is the basic difference
between consideration behavior and initiating structure behavior?9. Compare the
dimensions of leadership found in theOhio Statestudies, theUniversityofMichiganstudies, and those
identified in the leadership grid. What are the leadership behaviors for each
dimension?10. List and describe
the five sources of leader power. What is the impact each is likely to have on
subordinates?11. List the seven
interpersonal influence tactics for leaders.12.
Describe Hersey and Blanchard’s situational theory and its application to
employee participation13.
Briefly describe Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory 14. If you were the manager and you
wanted to increase the meaningfulness of the activities performed in a job,
which core dimensions of the job characteristics model would you use? Apply it
to a job with which you are familiar. 15. Explain employee growth-need
strength and its relationship to the job characteristics model.16. Describe the four
elements that enable employees to become empowered.
