Question: Darren set goals for each of his employees. Each employee ended up with at least twenty-five goals. This process violates which of the following criteria for effective goals?

Answer: Covers key result areas

Question: Which of these is lacking in the goal “profits should be increased in the coming year

Answer: Specific and measurable

Question: All of the following are characteristics of effective goal setting except:

Answer: goals should be set for every aspect of employee behavior.

Question: The ultimate impact of goals depended on the extent to which goal achievement is linked to:

Answer: all of these

Question: Focusing manager and employee efforts on activities that will lead to goal attainment is a benefit of what management method?

Answer: Management by objectives

Question: _____ is the first step in the MBO process.

Answer: Setting goals

Question: Which of these is a method of management whereby managers and employees define goals for every department, project, and person and use them to monitor subsequent performance?

Answer: Management by objectives

Question: High Fence Corporation is currently implementing an MBO program. Managers and employees jointly set objectives and develop action plans, and goal achievement is evaluated on an annual basis. High Fence is missing which major activity that must occur in order for MBO to be successful?

Answer: Reviewing progress

Question: In using MBO, objectives should be set by the:

Answer: supervisor and the employee jointly.

Question: Frostburg Fireplaces has used MBO for the past year. Top management just finished evaluating overall performance. The next step in the MBO process should be:

Answer: to develop new objectives based on the review of last year’s performance.