The General Manager (Scenario)

question 46

Multiple Choice

The General Manager (Scenario)
Jamal is the general manager of a production facility. In a routine day, Jamal might meet with city officials or civic leaders about environmental issues, due to the plants presence in the community. After these meetings, he will then meet with the plant's functional managers to discuss the concerns expressed by the city representatives. Other times, Jamal might meet with the production manager, Basma, and the human resource manager, Rana, to discuss a complaint filed by one of the employees in a production department. Jamal might also spend time on the Internet looking for new technologies that can be used in the production processes of his plant.
-When Jamal meets with Basma and Rana to discuss a complaint filed by one of the employees in a production department, he is performing which management role?

• A) resource allocator
• B) figurehead
• C) disturbance handler
• D) liaison

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Definitions:

Direct Materials

Raw materials that are directly traceable to the manufacturing of a product and are allocable to that product.

Job Order Manufacturing

A production system in which products are manufactured individually or in batches based on specific customer orders.

Process Manufacturing

A production method that involves the transformation of raw materials into finished goods through chemical, biological, or physical processes.

Direct Materials

Raw materials that are directly traceable to the manufacturing of a product and are an integral part of the finished product.