Questions from Management Science

Q: How might a manager use the grapevine to his or her advantage

How might a manager use the grapevine to his or her advantage? Support your response.

Q: Research the characteristics of a good communicator. Write up your findings

Research the characteristics of a good communicator. Write up your findings in a bulleted list report. Be sure to cite your sources.

Q: Discuss the seven contemporary communication issues facing managers.

Discuss the seven contemporary communication issues facing managers.

Q: For one day, track nonverbal communication that you notice in others

For one day, track nonverbal communication that you notice in others. What types did you observe? Was the nonverbal communication always consistent with the verbal communication taking place? Describe...

Q: What is the role of control in management?

What is the role of control in management?

Q: What Is Professionalism?

What Is Professionalism?

Q: How could you use the concept of control in your personal life

How could you use the concept of control in your personal life? Be specific. (Think in terms of feed forward, concurrent, and feedback controls as well as specific controls for the different aspects o...

Q: Describe four methods managers can use to acquire information about actual work

Describe four methods managers can use to acquire information about actual work performance.

Q: How are planning and control linked? Is the control function linked

How are planning and control linked? Is the control function linked to the organizing and leading functions of management? Explain.

Q: Contrast feed forward, concurrent, and feedback controls.

Contrast feed forward, concurrent, and feedback controls.