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






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






3. It can defy unity of command.






4. Canada - Mexico - and the United States






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






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






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






8. Father of scientific management






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






10. Can respond quickly to the latest trends.






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






12. Playing down differences among parties






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






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


15. Decisions are more consistent from manager to manager






16. Operate without managers






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






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






19. Provides the employee with increased authority and responsibility






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






21. Extend authority to the lowest possible levels.






22. Low-level concern with both people and production






23. Developed the acceptance theory of management






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






25. Coercive and reward powers






26. Concentrates authority in the upper levels.






27. Includes an employee's salary and benefits






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






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






30. Increase productivity and efficiency by reengineering work processes






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






32. Framework for the hierarchy of an organization






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






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






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






36. Informational - interpersonal - and decisional






37. Example of an intrinsic reward






38. Comprised of experts from various functions






39. Job enlargement






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






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






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






43. Ensures protection for corporate whistle-blowers






44. Emphasizes an institutional or group focus.






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






46. Creativity - direction - delegation -control - collaboration






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






48. Establish an evaluation and control system






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






50. Declared racial segregation unconstitutional