Answer and Question for Final Examination

Final Examination mph 0103 Fall 2013

This final exam is to be taken on the honor system. Take the exam without opening books, lecture notes or other source material. When completed, email it to the instructor and the TA and you will receive a confirmation email that it was received.

Part 1 - 60 points

1. Managers generally respond to the question “What do you do?” in several different ways. How would you respond to the question? List and explain your choices.

For any organization manager is at important position to plan and organize the ideas. Control and direct the staff towards common goal and pick right person for right position. This is what I will do as a manager.

1) Planning: It is essential to conceptualize entire idea and plan out the project towards a common goal. I would excess company’s entire situation regarding available resources, funds and internal/external environment before planning. And after that I will make a blueprint for the entire project/job. I will make sure what is the common goal, how many people do I need for the job and what are pros/cons by achieving the goals.

2) Staffing: Pick the person who is fit for the right job. With the help of human resource department I will select right team for the job. Make them understand their job and motivate them to achieve long-term goals. I will discuss entire plan in meeting with each team member.

3) Organizing: Organizing the entire project by making a strong ‘chain of commands’ and allocating available resources to the team members to complete the job. Constant supervision over their work with weekly/biweekly meeting and getting updates over their progress. Making good collaboration with other departments that can help in project. Build good relationsh...

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...ain you experience when you had to work with other department for a particular project or had ask for help from another department?

(Horizontal accountability- how well he/she can work with other colleagues.)

5) Describe your management style. How did you get along with your hierarchy and lowerarchy people working with you in your department?

(Vertical accountability- how well he can manage to get work done from lowerarchy and be accountable to hierarchy)

6) How do you evaluate success? What is your future plans for this company and for your self?

(This will allow me get insight of his enthusiasm for this position and his emotional strength and effort that he is willing to put in line)

Thus by asking these questions I will get the summary of the candidates experiences, their management style and inter and intra-departmental coordination and emotional strength.