Questions on BUsiness Management

1.      When a study has been conducted and is available for others to see, it becomes:

A)     Primary data

B)     Secondary data

C)      Ordinal data.

2.      Consider this research question:

Should a new factory procedure be used?

Which management function is the closest match?

A)     Production

B)     HRM

C)      Marketing

D)     All functions.

3.      Consider this research aim:

To investigate new markets.

Which management function is the closest match?

A)     HRM

B)     All functions

C)      Marketing

D)     Production

4.      Research goes through distinct phases. Which one is in the WRONG position?

A)     Report

B)     Critically review literature

C)      Formulate your research question

D)     Determine information gathering techniques

5.      What is described here?

To investigate two possible radio adverts for the new movie.

A)     Mode I knowledge creation

B)     Mode II knowledge creation

C)      Both

D)     Neither     

6.      What is described here?

The reasons for corporate failure in the UK and France.

A)     Mode I knowledge creation

B)     Mode II knowledge creation

C)      Both

D)     Neither

7.      Operations management is a ____________________process.

A)     Translation

B)     Transformation

C)      Transaction

D)     Transition

8.      Which of these managers would be least likely to be considered in an operations management role within an organization?

A)     Production manager

B)     Reservations manager

C)      Financial risk manager

D)     Quality manager