a short quiz on goals and plans in management.

1. ASAD,SAFI,IMRAN,HAROON &
A.REHMAN
PURPOSE OF GOALS & PLANS

2. Which purpose of an organization's goals deals with the
organization's mission in terms of its reason for
existence in the marketplace?
a) Resource allocation
b) Guide to action.
c) Rationale for decision.
d) Legitimacy.
OBJECTIVE # 1

3. Lack of a clear goal can not damage employee
motivation and commitment because people don’t
understand what they’re working toward
(True)
(False)
OBJECTIVE # 2

4. Goals and plans facilitate employees’ identification with
the organization and help motivate them by reducing
_________.
a) Power
b) Internal environment
c) Uncertainty
d) External environment.
OBJECTIVE # 3

5. Managers can make decisions to ensure that internal
policies, roles, performance, structure, products, and
expenditures will be made in accordance with desired
outcomes.
(True)
(False)
OBJECTIVE # 4

6. DuPont has a goal of generating _____ percent of
revenues from renewable resources by 2010.
a) 24%
b) 25 %
c) 30%
d) 10%
OBJECTIVE # 5

7. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) pulled more than
____ agents off their regular beats and reassigned them
to terrorist-related cases
a) 500
b) 450
c) 300
d) 600
OBJECTIVE # 6

8. Goals and plans ______ employee efforts toward
important outcomes.
a) Motivate
b) Enhance
c) Direct
d) established
OBJECTIVE # 7

9. When organizations drift away from ______ they
typically get into trouble.
a) Legitimacy
b) Resource allocation
c) Goals & plans
d) Actions.
OBJECTIVE # 8

10. A plan lets employees know what ______ to undertake
to achieve the goal.
Plans
Actions
Decision
None of them
OBJECTIVE # 9

11. Decisions through out the organization will be in
alignment with the goals.
(true)
(false)
OBJECTIVE # 10

12. The overall planning process prevents managers from
thinking merely in terms of day-to-day activities.
(true)
(false)
OBJECTIVE # 11

13. The mission of an organization symbolizes legitimacy to
_______ audiences
Internal
external
OBJECTIVE # 12

14. goal provides the “how” of an organization or subunit’s
existence, a plan tells the “why.”
(true)
(false)
OBJECTIVE # 13

15. Due to complexity of today’s environment, managers
should focus on____ instead of ______.
a) Long term , short term
b) Short term , Long term
c) Goals , plans
d) None of them
OBJECTIVE # 14

16. Lack of a clear goal can damage employee motivation
and commitment because people don’t understand what
they’re working toward.
(true)
(false)
OBJECTIVE # 15