Question 1: Mr. Pierson, an economics lecturer, reads an article in the newspaper which says that Roland, one of his students, has been appointed the CEO of a multinational corporation. At this moment, Mr. Pierson would have the highest of which of the following characteristics?

Question 2: By decentralizing, organizations are more likely to:

Question 3: Ford Motor Co. brings together senior managers from marketing, R&D, manufacturing, accounting, and finance to work together on a project team to design a new type of sport utility vehicle. This is an example of:

Question 4: Which type of control do managers typically use in the input stage of the process of transforming raw materials into finished goods?

Question 5: Which of the following is the most commonly used financial performance measure when evaluating an organization's performance?

Question 6: A division manager is given an operating budget of $2.2 million for the coming year and is evaluated on the basis of the amount of output the division can produce based on that budget. This type of budget is called:

Question 7: A computer programmer who does her job well because she enjoys solving complicated computer problems is said to be:

Question 8: The theory that suggests that distinguishes between needs related to the work itself from those related to the context of the work is:

Question 9: A manager removes a positive reinforcement in order to change the behavior of a subordinate. This is called:

Question 10: A worker who is paid on the basis of the number of computer components produced per day is said to be paid on: