Which of the Following Is an Advantage of Managers Exercising

question 22

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an advantage of managers exercising power unobtrusively?

• A)It keeps other members of an organization unaware that managers are using their power to influence them.
• B)It results in sharing of power between managers and employees.
• C)It helps employees understand that the decisions of managers will not benefit them.
• D)It helps parties in conflict to stay focused on the problem and avoid the temptation to discredit one another.
• E)It helps parties in conflict to view conflict cooperatively, as a win-win situation in which both parties can gain.

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Definitions:

Primacy Effect

A cognitive bias that results in a person remembering information presented at the beginning of a list better than information in the middle or at the end.

Recency Effect

The tendency to remember the most recently presented items or experiences more efficiently than those presented earlier.

TOT Effect

The Tip of the Tongue phenomenon, a state where one cannot quite recall a familiar word but feels that retrieval is imminent.

Tip-Of-The-Tongue Phenomenon

A cognitive condition where a person is unable to recall a familiar word or name, experiencing a temporary block or lapse in memory.