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CLEP Intro To Management

Subjects : clep, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Example of an intrinsic reward






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






3. 14 principles of management






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






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

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6. Collective bargaining occurs between






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






8. It can defy unity of command.






9. Increase productivity and efficiency by reengineering work processes






10. Can respond quickly to the latest trends.






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






12. Working toward steady continuous improvement






13. Provides the employee with increased authority and responsibility






14. Low-level concern with both people and production






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






16. Emphasizes personal relationships






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






18. Job enlargement






19. Composed employees number of hierarchical levels






20. Ambitious and perseverant






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






22. Informational - interpersonal - and decisional






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Emphasizes an institutional or group focus.






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






31. Operate without managers






32. Father of scientific management






33. Includes an employee's salary and benefits






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






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






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






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






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






39. Concentrates authority in the upper levels.






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






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






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






43. Upholded segregation






44. Comprised of experts from various functions






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






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






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






48. A demonstration of high quality maintenance






49. Most efficient way of bringing about improvement in quality






50. Decisions are more consistent from manager to manager