Establishing and implementing ways of making things work is known as:


Planning

Organizing

Leading

Controlling

Which one of the following area can be the weakness of a firm?
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Changing lifestyle

High oil prices

Ineffective Marketing

Increasing pollution



Departmentalization can be done on the basis of many factors EXCEPT:
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Functions

Number of employees

Strategic business units

Divisions



Developing a vision and a mission statement is important because of the following reasons EXCEPT:
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They are useful for large firms only

They establish organizational culture

They are the basis for allocating resources

They translate objectives into work structure



Which of the following are the five forces that affect the level of competition in an industry?
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Threat of entrants; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of substitutes; competitive rivalry

Threat of buyers; power of entry; power of substitutes; threat of suppliers; threat of recession

Threat of recession; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of management failure; competitive rivalry

Threat of entry; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of substitutes; government action



Identify the term that is known as a “mean of providing guidance to actions and procedures, including how resources are to be allocated and how tasks assigned to the organization might be accomplished”.
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Aspirations

Objectives

Policies

Goals



Effective mission statements don’t have one of the following features:
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Generate range of feasible strategic alternatives

Reconcile interests among diverse stakeholders

What does the firm want to become

Provide criteria for selecting strategies



Which category of ratios measures a firm’s ability to meet maturing short-term obligations?
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Profitability

Leverage

Liquidity

Activity



All of the following are included in the five functions of the management process EXCEPT:
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Planning

Organizing

Leading

Delegating



Intuition is based on all of the following factors EXCEPT:
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Past experiences

Judgments

Uncertainties

Feelings



Internal strengths and weaknesses that can significantly benefit or harm an organization may include all of the following EXCEPT:
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Production/ operations

Research & development

E-commerce

Management information system



The general conditions for competition that influence business firms, which provide similar products and services is known:
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Remote environment

International environment

External environment

Industry environment



Which of the following decisions determine the amount of funds that are retained in a firm compared to the amount paid out to stockholders?
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Financing

Investment

Capital

Dividend

Which statement is CORRECT about strategic-management process?


It occurs once a year

It is a continuous process

It applies mostly to large business

It applies mostly to small businesses



Choose the economic variable from the list.
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Attitudes toward business

Attitudes toward product quality

Population changes by race

Stock market trends



Which of the following environment includes all those factors which affect the organization and itself affected by the organization?
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External environment

Social environment

Task environment

Internal environment

Which one of the following is NOT a basic mission of a competitive intelligence program?
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To provide a general understanding of an industry

To provide a general understanding of a company’s competitors

To identify industry executives who could be hired by the firm

To identify potential moves a competitor might make that would endanger a firm

In the process of developing a mission statement, which of the following is CORRECT?
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To involve as few managers as possible

To involve as many managers as possible

To involve upper-level management only

To involve the board of directors only



Which marketing function includes test marketing?
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Selling products/services

Customer analysis

Product/service planning

Distributing



Which of the following are the factors that concern the nature and direction of the economy in which a firm operates?
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Technological

Ecological

Social

Economic




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