Management Leading and Collaborating in a Competitive World 12th Edition Bateman - Test Bank

1.

Technological change is one of the ongoing challenges that characterize the current business landscape. 
 
True    False

2.

A global company can be headquartered anywhere, but usually most of its employees come from the organization's home country. 
 
True    False

3.

Collaboration occurs within companies and between companies, but it cannot occur between a company and a customer. 
 
True    False

4.

Globalization has reduced the need for innovation by equalizing production costs. 
 
True    False

5.

Done properly, sustainability encourages people to live in ways that can be maintained for a short period without harming environmental resources. 
 
True    False

6.

In today's world, planning is a top-down function in which top executives establish business plans and tell others to implement them. 
 
True    False

7.

It is sufficient for a manager to pay attention to one of the four management functions as long as he or she is very skillful at it. 
 
True    False

8.

Top-level managers are also known as tactical managers because they translate general goals into specific objectives. 
 
True    False

9.

The need for interpersonal and communication skills fades as a manager moves from the lower levels of an organization into the upper management arena. 
 
True    False

10.

Emotional intelligence should be viewed as something you inherit and cannot change.
 
 
True    False

11.

Which of the following types of companies are affected by globalization? 
 

12.

Which of the following statements about international markets is true? 
 

13.

Knowledge management concerns developing which of the following resources of an organization?