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






2. Comprised of experts from various functions






3. Most efficient way of bringing about improvement in quality






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






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






6. Ensures protection for corporate whistle-blowers






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






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






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






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






11. Framework for the hierarchy of an organization






12. Includes an employee's salary and benefits






13. Job enlargement






14. Composed employees number of hierarchical levels






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






16. Decisions are more consistent from manager to manager






17. A demonstration of high quality maintenance






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






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






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


21. It can defy unity of command.






22. Emphasizes an institutional or group focus.






23. Working toward steady continuous improvement






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






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






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






27. Emphasizes personal relationships






28. 14 principles of management






29. Concentrates authority in the upper levels.






30. Establish an evaluation and control system






31. Operate without managers






32. Focuses on the human-based elements of work






33. Structure with a number of channels






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






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






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






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






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






39. Upholded segregation






40. A force of change directed toward solving a problem.






41. Father of scientific management






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






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






44. Ambitious and perseverant






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






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






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






48. Increase productivity and efficiency by reengineering work processes






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






50. Developed the acceptance theory of management