BUS 475 Week 1 Knowledge Check

BUS 475 Week 1 Knowledge Check 

University of Phoenix

Introduction to Strategic Management and Business Models

25 Questions

1.         Reaching a valid decision is based on the evaluation of arguments. If we know that a valid argument has true premises, then a decision based on the argument______________.

2.         Identify the fallacy in the following piano store advertisement: “Pianos are our only business. You’ll get the best deal at the Piano Experts.”

3.         Which of the following statements describes creativity correctly?

4.         How would you assess the following statement? Consider both the nature of the claim and the source. “Lottery director Mark Michalko said Thursday that allegations that Californians are squandering money they once used for food to buy lottery tickets ‘are just not correct.’. . . California Grocers Association president Don Beaver raised the issue earlier in the week, saying five supermarket chains had complained that grocery sales dropped about 5 percent after lottery tickets went on sale October 3.” —Sacramento Bee

5.         The Sarbanes–Oxley Act was created in 2002 to improve and maintain investor confidence. The act includes which of the following:

6.         Organizational behavior is examined at three main levels.

7.         Employees who have intrinsic work values will be motivated by

8.         Research on the five-stage model of group development shows that

9.         The extent to which a leader actually does help a group or organization to achieve its goals is best described as………………………..