1. Which one of the following is wrong regarding strategic plan?

A. It is the organization wide plan that formulated or developed by top level management
B. Require looking outside the organization for strength and weakness
C. Structure affirm resource to achieve maximum performance
D. Primarily concerned with solving long rang problem associated with external environment.
E. None
2. When we say that plans may be affected by long range development but it should not be changed
materially from day to day we are referring to _____________the characteristic of plan?
A. stability
B. flexibility
C. futurity
D. simplicity and clarity
E. none
3. One of the following is not the importance of planning
A. it promote efficiency
B. it provide the base for cooperation and coordinated effort
C. provide guide line for decision making
D. It stable uncertainty and anticipate the future
E. none
4. ______________is the difference between a firms would like to be and where it will be if it does
nothing?
A. tactical plan
B. planning
C. standing plan
D. planning gap
E. strategic plan
5. Discuss in detail how goals facilitate performance?
Answers
1. C 2. A. 3. D 4. D

 1. What are the types of managers associated with specific areas within the organization? (Select
all that apply)

Discuss

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 A. Marketing managers B. Financial managers C. Operations managers

D. Human resource managers E. Administrative managers F. Top managers

G. Middle managers H. First-line managers

 2. Setting the organization’s goals and deciding how best to achieve those goals is defined as
 A. Organizing B. Planning and decision making C. Controlling
 D. Leading

3. Determining how best to group activities and resources is defined as

A. Organizing B. Planning and decision making C. Controlling

D. Leading

4. Monitoring and correcting ongoing activities that facilitate goal attainment is defined as

A. Organizing B. Planning and decision making C. Controlling D. Leading

5. Motivating members of the organization to work in the best interests of the organization is defined as

A. Organizing B. Planning and decision making C. Controlling D. Leading

6. skills are necessary to accomplish or understand the specific kind of work done in an organization.

A. Technical B. Interpersonal C. Conceptual D. Decision-making

E. Time management

7.      skills depend on the manager's ability to think in the abstract.

A. Technical B. Interpersonal C. Conceptual D. Decision-making

E. Time management
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8.    skills refer to the manager's ability to prioritize work, to work efficiently, and to delegate
appropriately.

A. Technical B. Interpersonal C. Conceptual D. Decision-making E. Time management

9. What are the major branches of the classical management perspective? (Select all that apply)

A.  Scientific management B. Behavioral management C. Administrative management

D. Quantitative management E. Contingency management

10. The behavioral management perspective:

A. Proposes that workers respond primarily to the social context of the workplace.

B. Is concerned with improving the performance of individual workers.

C. Focuses on managing the organization as a whole.

D. Is a framework for organizing knowledge and providing a blue print for action.

E. Emphasizes individual attitudes and behaviors and group processes.

 11. Scientific management  was concerned with improving efficiency and work methods for
individual workers.

A. True B. False

 12. Scientific management was concerned with how organizations should be structured to ensure
efficient operations.
o A. True
o B. False
 13. The quantitative management perspective:
 A. Proposes that workers respond primarily to the social context of the workplace.
 B. Focuses on managing the organization as a whole.
 C. Is everything outside an organization's boundaries that might affect it.

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  D. Focuses on decision making, cost effectiveness, mathematical models, and the use of
computers.
 E. Emphasizes individual attitudes and behaviors and group processes.

Part I Choose the best alternative as your answer and write them in the answer grid.

1. Simplex PLC. has a principle that if an employee absents himself from duty without
permission for more than three days in a month, shall be suspended forthwith. Mr. Mulugeta,
the manager, has just decided to suspend one of his shift employees for being absent for more
than three days in a month. This is an example of:
A. Poor management B. An insignificant decision.
C. Non-programmed decision D. personal grudge.
E. a programmed decision F. None of these

2. The reason for the existence of an organization is best represented by the:

A. Strategic goals B. Operational goals
C. Tactical goals D. Mission statement
E. Vision of the organization F. All of these

3. Which of the following is different from the rest?

A. Project B. Procedure
C. Policy D. Rules
E. None of these

4. Planning to establishing overseas markets is an example of which of the following?

A. procedure B. project
C. program D. budget
E. Policy making F. none of these

5. _____________impose(s) limits on a decision, such as that it should be economical or

logistically practical.
A. Unforeseen changes in the environment B. Sub optimization
C. Bounded rationality D. Reliance on hunch and intuition
E. None of these

6. A firm aimed at being at a certain status after three years. But it found itself in a different status.
What is this due to?
A. Tactical plan B. Planning gap
C. Strategic plan D. Contingency planning
E. Standing Plan F. None of these

7. Which of the following does not speak about importance of planning

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 A. it promotes efficiency
C. it provides the base for cooperation and coordinated effort
B. provides guide lines for decision making
D. It reduces uncertainty and enables anticipation of the future
E. None of these

8. Of the following, identify the correct statement

A. Planning is an end in itself
B. Strategic goals are future end results usually set by middle management for specific
departments or units
C. Operational plan is deeply concerned about long-term problem associated with
external environment influence
D. All tactical plans are short-term plan
E. None of the above

9. Which of the following would not be an accurate depiction of the differences between strategic
and tactical planning?
A. Strategic planning is developed mainly by upper-level management and tactical
planning is generally developed by the next level management
B. Facts for strategic planning are generally easier to gather than facts for tactical
planning.  
C. Strategic plans generally contain less details than tactical plans
D. Strategic plans generally cover a longer period of time than tactical plans
E. Managers who are engaged in the development of strategic plans tend to work in
more uncertainty than those managers engaged in the development of tactical plans.

10. Though we say that plans may be affected by changes in the long run, we should not make
material changes to the plan: by this, we are referring to which aspect of the characteristics
of a good plan.
A. stability B. flexibility
C. futurity D. simplicity and clarity
E. none

11. Which of the following steps in the planning process involves the organization asking the
question “in which environment – internal or external – will our plans operate”? 
A. Formulating supporting plans, B. Comparing alternatives in the light of goals, 
C. Considering planning premises     D. Identifying alternatives
E. Setting objectives or goals

12. Despite the many advantages of planning, there may be some obstacles and limitations in this
process, since nothing is perfect on this earth, as a general rule of law. Which of the
following would not be considered a potential advantage of planning?

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 A. It helps managers to be future oriented B. It enhances decision coordination
C. It increases the amount of time available for other managerial functions
D. It emphasizes organizational objectives E. It helps in offsetting uncertainty
and risk

13. Managers involved in planning aim at translating the broad intentions of the firm into more
concrete and measurable plans, policies and budget allocations. There are various steps
involved in the planning process. Which of the following steps in the planning process
usually precedes the rest?
A. Formulating derivative plans B. Assessing organizational environment
C. Evaluating alternative course of action D. Implementing the plan
E. Determining alternative course of action

14. Identify the incorrect statement

A. A production manager of a manufacturing organization is trying to determine who
will be involved in execution; what resources will be assigned; how the performance
will be evaluated. These tasks belong to the implementation phase of the planning
process
B. In planning process, evaluating alternative courses of action involves, presentation of
alternative courses of action and the possible outcomes and risks associated with
each course of action in the light of their weight to goals and premises
C. In the planning process, quantitative techniques are very useful during the phases of
“evaluating alternative course of action” than “determining the alternative course of
actions.”
D. Programmed decision making doesn’t pay much attention to development of
alternatives as the solution already exists
E. None of the above
15. Which of the following is not an assumption of the classical decision model?
A. Choice is made once sufficient information on alternatives is available.
B. Evaluation criteria are drawn from objectives and the definition of the problem.
C. Objectives are clear and agreed upon in advance.
D. Decision makers behave logically.
E. Problems are clearly defined.
F. The aim is to satisfy objectives as well as feasibility.

Part II FILL IN THE BLANKS – Write your answers in the table given on page 1
according to their serial number:
1. List the three types of indicators that managers should rely on to trace a problem.-------
2. List the types of Single use plans.-----

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3.------ is a serious difficulty requiring immediate action
4. Standing plans that specifies the broad parameters within which organization members are
expected to operate in pursuit of organizational goals are called------
5. --– identifies specific qualitative or quantitative ends that an organization envisaged to achieve.
Part III DISCUSSION QUESTIONS (Five points):

1. Give a detailed explanation of how goals facilitate performance: (2.5 points)

2. The success of an organization greatly depends on the decisions that managers make. Answer
the following:

A) What are the three decision-making conditions, which managers deal with, in analyzing
decision alternatives? (1 pt.)
B) What are the major differences among them? (1.5)

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