What Are the Major Components of the Management Role

question 32

Multiple Choice

What are the major components of the management role?
Examination Items that Test for Application, Analysis, Synthesis, or Evaluation
Multiple-Choice Items
1 Kanter (cited in the text) argues that managers work in a climate of uncertainty.Her argument is used to help explain which of the following?

• A)the historic homogeneity of management with its dominance of white, Protestant males
• B)why managers identify so strongly with their employing organizations
• C)the lack of managers' interest in controlling their relations with their environments
• D)the need for highly specialized managerial training
• E)the preference for lawyers and financial analysts in executive positions

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Definitions:

Attributions

Attributions are the explanations or reasons we construct for why things happen, including the behaviors and actions of ourselves and others.

Highly Subjective

Relating to personal opinions, feelings, and preferences rather than external facts or evidence.

Objectively Identical

Items or entities being exactly the same in reality, regardless of perceptions or opinions.

Reframed

Reframed refers to the process of changing the frame or perspective from which a situation or concept is viewed, often used in cognitive behavioral therapy to help individuals alter negative thought patterns.