Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The main purpose of a nonprofit organization is to offer services to some clients.
2. According to Mintzberg's research, managers rely more on verbal than on written communication because of the time it takes to accomplish the latter.
3. Since the 1960s research conducted by Mintzberg, the typical general manager has reduced her work week to the traditional 40 hours.
4. Most managers require lengthy, uninterrupted periods during the regular workday to accomplish their work and make themselves unavailable to subordinates to create them.
1. TRUE
Nonprofit organizations' main purpose is to offer services to some clients, not to make a profit.
2. TRUE
A manager relies more on verbal than on written communication. Writing letters, memos, and reports takes time. Most managers in Mintzberg's research tended to get and transmit information through telephone conversations and meetings.
3. FALSE
According to Mintzberg's research, long hours at work are standard, with 50 hours being typical and up to 90 hours not unheard of. Since then, a 1999 survey by John P. Kotter of the Harvard Business School found that the general managers he studied worked just under 60 hours per week.
4. FALSE
The executive's work time has been characterized as "the interrupt-driven day" and many managers, such as the late Mary Kay Ash, head of the Mary Kay Cosmetics company, get up as early as 5 a.m. so that they will have a quiet period in which to work undisturbed.
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