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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. Ensures protection for corporate whistle-blowers






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






3. Give positive satisfaction






4. Playing down differences among parties






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






6. Declared racial segregation unconstitutional






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






8. Individual who promotes the development of an innovative product within an organization






9. Framework for the hierarchy of an organization






10. Increase productivity and efficiency by reengineering work processes






11. Structure with a number of channels






12. Increased productivity - Dont deal with other departments much






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






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






15. Informational - interpersonal - and decisional






16. Example of an intrinsic reward






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






18. Establish an evaluation and control system






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






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






21. Emphasizes personal relationships






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


23. Emphasizes an institutional or group focus.






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






25. Collective bargaining occurs between






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






27. Developed by first-level supervisors to schedule work to meet tactical goals; Highly Measurable






28. Job enlargement






29. Most efficient way of bringing about improvement in quality






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






31. Low-level concern with both people and production






32. 14 principles of management






33. Composed employees number of hierarchical levels






34. Comprised of experts from various functions






35. Constant change






36. Father of scientific management






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






38. Provides the employee with increased authority and responsibility






39. Upholded segregation






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






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






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






43. Decisions are more consistent from manager to manager






44. Developed the acceptance theory of management






45. Working toward steady continuous improvement






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






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






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






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






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