Thinking about the PESTEL model, under which heading would ageing society most readily fall?
Where there is transformational change coupled with a slow rate of change, is this:
The creation of the internet / world wide web is an illustration of what kind of turbulence within the environment?
‘The individual does not believe that the change is really happening and looks for evidence that it is not true’. Which stage of the Kubler-Ross model does this describe?
‘Members of a team have xxxx skills, and not the same skills’. Select the one which fits best to re-place xxxx.
Thinking of Tannenbaum and Schmidt’s work, which of the following terms describes a leader @who is not a dictator, but nonetheless makes the decisions. The team depends heavily on the lead-er, and what the leader says'.
The view that financial rewards are welcome, but are not everything; that workers are willing to take on responsibility and enjoy a problem-solving approach is in line with Theory (Douglas McGregor):
An expediter would be expected to primarily:
Goals should be either / or (choose two):
The letters ‘BPR’ stand for:
Spot the one which is one of the seven wastes.
‘A person may exert power on the basis of their formal authority or status’
Which of the French and Raven sources of power is being described here?
Which two of the following actions are most likely to be carried out by the supplier?
According to CIPS, procurement and supply management for CIPS members is a(n) (choose best fit):
'A team has a common XXXX and YYYY'.
Select the one which fits best.
A xxxx team is a group of individuals brought together into a single team from different areas of the organisation.
Select one which best replaces xxxx.
‘The power of an individual to persuade others may come from perceived attractiveness and right to be given respect’ Which of French and Raven’s categorisations applies here?
Thinking about the PESTEL model, under which category would climate change most suitably fall?
A psychological view in which an employee treats the business and the work as if it were their own:
R Meredith Belbin made a distinction in his work between 'solo leaders', who were kind-of historic leaders; and 'team leaders' who are seen as being leaders for modern times, or are 'of the future'.
From the list shown, select the one answer which represents the team leader, rather than the solo leader.
'XXX theories of leadership are now largely discredited as a means of identifying team leaders'.
This quotation comes from the Profex Publishing textbook for this subject. Which word has XXX replaced?
Within the overall philosophy of just-in-time production, a signalling system to indicate when the next stage of the production process needs output from the previous stage, is called:
Management studies and experiments over several decades have found that increased participation of workers in decision-making about changes tends to lead to (choose one):
A team should be a xxxx unit, rather than a collection of individuals’. Select the three words which fit best.
‘Other people are only ever in it for themselves, and never act for honourable or unselfish reasons’.
People are inherently happy at work.
Workers seek responsibility.
Financial reward at work is welcome, but motivation, job satisfaction and recognition are equally A.
Which of the following departments would be both internal customers and internal suppliers of an organisational procurement function? Select all that apply.