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CLEP Intro To Management

Subjects : clep, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Plan to make major changes to the processes and culture of an entire organization






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






3. Increase productivity and efficiency by reengineering work processes






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






5. Declared racial segregation unconstitutional






6. Low-level concern with both people and production






7. 14 principles of management






8. Most efficient way of bringing about improvement in quality






9. Decisions are more consistent from manager to manager






10. Specific work goals that middle-level managers derive from the broader strategic goals






11. Example of an intrinsic reward






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






13. Ensures protection for corporate whistle-blowers






14. Canada - Mexico - and the United States






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






16. Shows a complete picture of several alternative decision paths






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






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






19. Extend authority to the lowest possible levels.






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






21. Informational - interpersonal - and decisional






22. Focuses on the human-based elements of work






23. It can defy unity of command.






24. Composed employees number of hierarchical levels






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






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






27. Can respond quickly to the latest trends.






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






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






30. Ambitious and perseverant






31. Emphasizes an institutional or group focus.






32. Provides the employee with increased authority and responsibility






33. Certain factors in the workplace cause job satisfaction & dissatisfaction


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






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






36. Concentrates authority in the upper levels.






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






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






39. Emphasizes personal relationships






40. Operate without managers






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






42. A demonstration of high quality maintenance






43. Playing down differences among parties






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






45. Coercive and reward powers






46. Ability to garner the respect and cooperation of employees to achieve an organization's goals






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






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






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






50. Includes an employee's salary and benefits