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






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






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






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






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






7. Can respond quickly to the latest trends.






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






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






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






11. Decisions are more consistent from manager to manager






12. Working toward steady continuous improvement






13. Composed employees number of hierarchical levels






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






15. Father of scientific management






16. Operate without managers






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






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






19. Increased productivity - Dont deal with other departments much






20. Example of an intrinsic reward






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






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






23. Includes an employee's salary and benefits






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






25. Increase productivity and efficiency by reengineering work processes






26. Comprised of experts from various functions






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






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






29. Creativity - direction - delegation -control - collaboration






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






31. Most efficient way of bringing about improvement in quality






32. Low-level concern with both people and production






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






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






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






36. 14 principles of management






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






38. Informational - interpersonal - and decisional






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






40. Playing down differences among parties






41. Concentrates authority in the upper levels.






42. Upholded segregation






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






44. Shows a complete picture of several alternative decision paths






45. Declared racial segregation unconstitutional






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






47. Developed the acceptance theory of management






48. Extend authority to the lowest possible levels.






49. Framework for the hierarchy of an organization






50. Focuses on the human-based elements of work