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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 force of change directed toward solving a problem.






2. Comprised of experts from various functions






3. Father of scientific management






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Focuses on the human-based elements of work






12. Increased productivity - Dont deal with other departments much






13. Collective bargaining occurs between






14. Creativity - direction - delegation -control - collaboration






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






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






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






18. Coercive and reward powers






19. Give positive satisfaction






20. A demonstration of high quality maintenance






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






22. Increase productivity and efficiency by reengineering work processes






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






24. Low-level concern with both people and production






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






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






27. Upholded segregation






28. Emphasizes an institutional or group focus.






29. Ensures protection for corporate whistle-blowers






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






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






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






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






34. 14 principles of management






35. Working toward steady continuous improvement






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






37. Composed employees number of hierarchical levels






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






39. Most efficient way of bringing about improvement in quality






40. Job enlargement






41. Can respond quickly to the latest trends.






42. Playing down differences among parties






43. Constant change






44. Declared racial segregation unconstitutional






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






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






47. Structure with a number of channels






48. Provides the employee with increased authority and responsibility






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






50. Developed the acceptance theory of management