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Question : Principles of Management homework help..?
ok soo I’m so lost and don’t understand most of this.. Please help..

Imagine that your marketing company has just merged with a manufacturing organization. You have been asked to help provide some “basic” managerial training to the engineers in the research and development unit of the new sister company. To make sure you are covering the necessary issues, your boss has asked to see an overview of materials that you will be providing the engineers.

11.Now that both companies are merged and are a systematic arrangement of people set to accomplish a specific purpose, they could be described as a(n) _____________.
a.business unit
b.multinational company
c.organization
d.holding company

12.One of the first things the engineers need to learn is that _____________ are the people who direct the activities of others in an organization.
a.directors
b.managers
c.subordinates
d.line workers

13.Another fact that engineers need to learn is that supervisors may frequently be referred to as _____________.
a.middle managers
b.top managers
c.project leaders
d.first-line managers

14.Many of the engineers in the group are unclear about what managers actually do. Your training materials explain that a manager’s job focuses on _____________.
a.the performance of clerical duties
b.personal achievement
c.helping others accomplish their work goals
d.supervising groups rather than individual employees

15.Which argument for social responsibility puts forth the belief that by becoming socially responsible, businesses can expect to have less government regulation?
a.discouragement of further government regulation
b.stockholder interests
c.public expectations
d.public image

As a business expansion director, Shana’s goal is to scout out potential locations and basically provide input on how her company should proceed with its planned expansion to Europe. There are many options, including maintaining the business’s head office in the United States and sending over company representatives when necessary or establishing separate operations facilities abroad and hiring locals as managers.

16.If Shana’s company decides to open another company in France but maintain its management in the United States, it would be considered _________________.
a.a transnational corporation
b.a multinational company
c.a regional trade alliance
d.a joint venture

17.If Shana’s company decides to open a completely new operation in Germany, tailoring the company to local customs and marketing strategies and hiring local managers, it would be considered _______________.
a.a multinational corporation
b.a borderless organization
c.a regional trade alliance
d.a transnational corporation

18.If Shana’s company eliminates country-designated locations and reorganizes based on industry groups, it would be considered a __________________.
a.borderless organization
b.strategic partnership
c.global business alliance
d.multination corporation

19.One section of Shana’s company’s business plan involves strategic alliances and joint ventures. This section is most likely focused on the _________ phase of the company’s global business expansion.
a.legal
b.middle
c.final
d.preliminary

A regional university is trying to deal with many pressures to maintain its vitality in today’s educational environment. It faces many challenges that test the managers at the university.

20.Most university programs that offer degrees through classes on the Internet are at either the associate degree or graduate level. This university notices a need for programs that offer bachelor’s degree. In response to this need, the university decides to offer a degree at the bachelor’s level. This innovative effort is an example of _________________.
a.workforce diversity
b.entrepreneurship
c.continuous improvement
d.work process engineering
facilities management degree

Best answer:

Answer by Trey
11.C, 12.B, 13.A , 14.D, 15.D, 16.B, 19. ..just guessing a few…i did pass this in high school but im kinda low on memory right now