Possible reading exam questions

1. Define effiveness & efficiency. What is the difference?
2. What is the meaning of management? Give some examples of good/bad management.
3. What are the five components of the definition of management?
4. Explain the difference between working with employees and working through them. Give examples.
5. What shortcomings do unsuccessful managers often have?
6. Read the following case study. Decide whether the company is balancing effectiveness & efficiency. Explain.
7. Explain the challenges facing the Allstate management in hiring decisions today.
8. Contrast an integrated approach to (diversity, teaching vocabulary) a segregated (non-integrated) approach. Give examples.
9. Diversity has benefits for certain aspects of business but no all aspects. How can managers strike a balance between begin too diverse and too homogeneous?