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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. Organization-wide - long-term goal devised by a top-level manager.






2. Decisions are more consistent from manager to manager






3. Establish an evaluation and control system






4. It can defy unity of command.






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






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






7. Structure with a number of channels






8. Informational - interpersonal - and decisional






9. Emphasizes an institutional or group focus.






10. Operate without managers






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






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






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






14. Comprised of experts from various functions






15. Canada - Mexico - and the United States






16. Creativity - direction - delegation -control - collaboration






17. Includes an employee's salary and benefits






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






19. Increased productivity - Dont deal with other departments much






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






21. Composed employees number of hierarchical levels






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






23. Collective bargaining occurs between






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






25. Extend authority to the lowest possible levels.






26. A demonstration of high quality maintenance






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






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






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






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






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






32. Low-level concern with both people and production






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

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






35. Provides the employee with increased authority and responsibility






36. Can respond quickly to the latest trends.






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






38. Division of an organization's tasks into separate jobs.






39. Father of scientific management






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






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






42. Most efficient way of bringing about improvement in quality






43. Developed the acceptance theory of management






44. Ambitious and perseverant






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






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






47. Emphasizes personal relationships






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






49. Coercive and reward powers






50. Shows a complete picture of several alternative decision paths