Performance management is used to do all of the following EXCEPT:

A) to evaluate employees
B) to motivate employees
C) to measure employees' performance
D) to direct employees' behaviors
E) all of the above are uses of performance management

My job's policies and procedures change regularly.This is a(n) ______.

A) complex task characteristic
B) unclear task characteristic
C) challenging task characteristic
D) mundane task characteristic

The ________ provided that people had to obtain a discharge permit from the Army Corps of Engineers to deposit or discharge refuse into a navigable waterway.

A) The Marine Protection,Research,and Sanctuaries Act
B) The Safe Drinking Water Act
C) Toxic Substances Control Act
D) The River and Harbor Act

A wholesale grocery business operates in one city and provides one service - stocking retailers with fresh produce.The company wants to ensure that employees develop expertise in their skill specialization and that these specializations are used efficiently.What form of departmentalization would be most appropriate here?

A) Simple structure
B) Matrix structure
C) Geographic divisional structure
D) Functional structure
E) Product divisional structure

Migration has no advantage for poor countries.

Refer to Figure 4.1. At the price of ________ cents per apple, the United States imports 6 million apples per day.

A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 60