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






2. Operate without managers






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






4. Most efficient way of bringing about improvement in quality






5. Establish an evaluation and control system






6. Extend authority to the lowest possible levels.






7. Emphasizes personal relationships






8. Can respond quickly to the latest trends.






9. Give positive satisfaction






10. Includes an employee's salary and benefits






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






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






13. Upholded segregation






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






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






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






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






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






19. Framework for the hierarchy of an organization






20. Ambitious and perseverant






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


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






23. Constant change






24. Focuses on the human-based elements of work






25. Coercive and reward powers






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






27. It can defy unity of command.






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






29. Increase productivity and efficiency by reengineering work processes






30. Collective bargaining occurs between






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






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






33. Creativity - direction - delegation -control - collaboration






34. Informational - interpersonal - and decisional






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






36. Declared racial segregation unconstitutional






37. Canada - Mexico - and the United States






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






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






40. Composed employees number of hierarchical levels






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






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






43. Shows a complete picture of several alternative decision paths






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






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






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






47. 14 principles of management






48. Job enlargement






49. Decisions are more consistent from manager to manager






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