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CLEP Intro To Management

Subjects : clep, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Certain factors in the workplace cause job satisfaction & dissatisfaction

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2. Collective bargaining occurs between






3. Job enlargement






4. Ability of a system to total more than the sum of its parts






5. Constant change






6. Implies a focus on all levels and areas of an organization






7. Creation of new products - Improvement of existing products - Alteration of old products






8. Coercive and reward powers






9. Father of scientific management






10. Framework for the hierarchy of an organization






11. First phase of a company training program generally focuses on






12. Guidelines to which employees must adhere to ensure the quality of their work






13. Strives to improve performance to deliver high-quality goods or services






14. Example of an intrinsic reward






15. Decisions go through a number of channels before resolution can be reached






16. Physical support system for the economic activities of a country






17. Provides the employee with increased authority and responsibility






18. Ascribing one's own ideas or emotions to another






19. Can respond quickly to the latest trends.






20. Emphasized that organizations establish participation & decision making goals for employees






21. Developed the acceptance theory of management






22. Ambitious and perseverant






23. Ensures protection for corporate whistle-blowers






24. Show an organization's assets at any given point in time






25. States that each employee must be accountable to one and only one supervisor.






26. Code of organizational conduct that reflects the overall values and principles of a business






27. Invested by employees in a leader whom they admire and wish to emulate






28. Shows a complete picture of several alternative decision paths






29. Focuses on the single best way to perform and manage tasks.






30. Informational - interpersonal - and decisional






31. Do not give positive satisfaction - though dissatisfaction results from their absence






32. Structure with a number of channels






33. Working toward steady continuous improvement






34. Declared racial segregation unconstitutional






35. Determines which alternative will pay back an initial investment most quickly






36. Idea that subjects of an experiment alter their behavior in response to the fact that they are being studied






37. Plan to make major changes to the processes and culture of an entire organization






38. Identifies the set of dependent tasks that together take the longest time to complete as the critical path.






39. Emphasizes an institutional or group focus.






40. Canada - Mexico - and the United States






41. Low-level concern with both people and production






42. Average manager spends the majority of his or her time






43. Use of quantitative techniques such as statistics and computer simulations to aid in managerial decision-making processes






44. Takes a flexible approach to management that depends on a given situation.






45. Individual will act according to what another's expectation of him or her is.






46. Operate without managers






47. Playing down differences among parties






48. A demonstration of high quality maintenance






49. Broadens the definition of a customer to anyone to whom an employee passes on his product






50. Upholded segregation