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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. Emphasizes an institutional or group focus.






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






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






4. Constant change






5. Comprised of experts from various functions






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






7. Example of an intrinsic reward






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






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






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

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






12. Canada - Mexico - and the United States






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






14. Most efficient way of bringing about improvement in quality






15. Creativity - direction - delegation -control - collaboration






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






17. Concentrates authority in the upper levels.






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






19. Father of scientific management






20. Framework for the hierarchy of an organization






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






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






23. Collective bargaining occurs between






24. Decisions are more consistent from manager to manager






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






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






27. Increase productivity and efficiency by reengineering work processes






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






29. Informational - interpersonal - and decisional






30. Increased productivity - Dont deal with other departments much






31. Emphasizes personal relationships






32. Job enlargement






33. Composed employees number of hierarchical levels






34. Structure with a number of channels






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






36. Shows a complete picture of several alternative decision paths






37. 14 principles of management






38. Includes an employee's salary and benefits






39. Declared racial segregation unconstitutional






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






41. Coercive and reward powers






42. Extend authority to the lowest possible levels.






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






44. Upholded segregation






45. Low-level concern with both people and production






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






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






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






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






50. Can respond quickly to the latest trends.