Neil Is the Plant Manager at Serieux Manufacturing

question 68

Multiple Choice

Neil is the plant manager at Serieux Manufacturing. He has just been given the production targets for the month and has determined the activities necessary to achieve these. He now has to decide who will perform the various activities best so that the output will be maximized, and must assign the activities to those workers. Neil is performing the ________ function of management.

• A) organizing
• B) influencing
• C) controlling
• D) monitoring
• E) planning

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Definitions:

Dispositional Attributions

Explanations for behavior that ascribe actions to inherent personality traits rather than external situations or circumstances.

Situational Attributions

The process of explaining one's own behavior or the behavior of others by attributing it to external circumstances or situational factors.

Actor-observer Bias

A tendency to attribute one's own actions to external factors while attributing others' actions to their internal traits or dispositions.

Causal Dimensions

Attributes or aspects of a cause that affect individuals' perceptions and judgments about the cause, such as its controllability or stability.