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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. A demonstration of high quality maintenance






2. Low-level concern with both people and production






3. Ensures protection for corporate whistle-blowers






4. Upholded segregation






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






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






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






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

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9. Composed employees number of hierarchical levels






10. Working toward steady continuous improvement






11. Shows a complete picture of several alternative decision paths






12. Increased productivity - Dont deal with other departments much






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






14. Comprised of experts from various functions






15. Structure with a number of channels






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






17. Concentrates authority in the upper levels.






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






19. Provides the employee with increased authority and responsibility






20. Includes an employee's salary and benefits






21. Father of scientific management






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






23. It can defy unity of command.






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






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






26. Job enlargement






27. Decisions are more consistent from manager to manager






28. Give positive satisfaction






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






30. Framework for the hierarchy of an organization






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






32. Operate without managers






33. To always be the first one out with the latest and greatest product.






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






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






36. Focuses on the human-based elements of work






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






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






39. Canada - Mexico - and the United States






40. Extend authority to the lowest possible levels.






41. Increase productivity and efficiency by reengineering work processes






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






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






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






45. Most efficient way of bringing about improvement in quality






46. Establish an evaluation and control system






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






48. Creativity - direction - delegation -control - collaboration






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






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