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CLEP Intro To Management

Subjects : clep, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 30 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. First phase of a company training program generally focuses on






2. 14 principles of management






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






4. Give positive satisfaction






5. Can respond quickly to the latest trends.






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






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






8. Extend authority to the lowest possible levels.






9. Playing down differences among parties






10. Concentrates authority in the upper levels.






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






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






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






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






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






16. Framework for the hierarchy of an organization






17. Comprised of experts from various functions






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






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






20. Structure with a number of channels






21. Job enlargement






22. Provides the employee with increased authority and responsibility






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






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


25. Focuses on the human-based elements of work






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






27. Upholded segregation






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






29. Ambitious and perseverant






30. Includes an employee's salary and benefits






31. Creativity - direction - delegation -control - collaboration






32. Low-level concern with both people and production






33. Emphasizes personal relationships






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






35. A demonstration of high quality maintenance






36. Shows a complete picture of several alternative decision paths






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






38. Working toward steady continuous improvement






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






40. Father of scientific management






41. It can defy unity of command.






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






43. Coercive and reward powers






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






45. Example of an intrinsic reward






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






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






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






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






50. Developed the acceptance theory of management






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