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






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






3. Ambitious and perseverant






4. Increase productivity and efficiency by reengineering work processes






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






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






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






8. Informational - interpersonal - and decisional






9. Constant change






10. Ensures protection for corporate whistle-blowers






11. Extend authority to the lowest possible levels.






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






13. Creativity - direction - delegation -control - collaboration






14. Coercive and reward powers






15. Emphasizes personal relationships






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






17. Includes an employee's salary and benefits






18. Focuses on the human-based elements of work






19. Give positive satisfaction






20. Canada - Mexico - and the United States






21. Example of an intrinsic reward






22. Father of scientific management






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Composed employees number of hierarchical levels






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






32. Decisions are more consistent from manager to manager






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






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






35. Framework for the hierarchy of an organization






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






37. Developed the acceptance theory of management






38. Most efficient way of bringing about improvement in quality






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






40. Collective bargaining occurs between






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






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






43. Working toward steady continuous improvement






44. Concentrates authority in the upper levels.






45. Low-level concern with both people and production






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






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






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






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






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