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CLEP Principles Of Management

Subjects : clep, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tests ending condition in middle of loop






2. Hierarchy of needs






3. Is a model for project management designed to analyze and represent the tasks involved in completing a given project. A method to analyze the involved tasks in completing a given project - especially the time needed to complete each task - and identi






4. The tendency for observers - when analyzing another's behavior - to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition






5. The process of comparing a practice or process to an alternate - existing practice or process in order to gain insights and make improvements






6. Leadership that - enabled by a leader's vision and inspiration - exerts significant influence






7. A simple bar chart that depicts project tasks against a calendar






8. A mechanism for gathering information about performance deficiencies after they occur






9. Plan reflecting decisions about resource allocations - company priorities - and steps needed to meet strategic goals. LONG TERM GOALS






10. The management function that energizes people to contribute their best individually and in cooperation with other people






11. Assumes that workers are basically lazy - error-prone - and extrinsically motivated by money - and should be directed from above.






12. The tendency for observers - when analyzing another's behavior - to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition






13. The phenomenon that people often pay the most attention to things they already agree with and interpret them according to their own predispositions






14. 1.Latent - parties don't know the conflict exists 2.Perceived - reacting calmly and seeking to understand the situation 3.Felt 4.Manifest 5.Conflict aftermath






15. Average Return per user






16. Leadership based on an exchange process - in which followers are rewarded for good performance and punished for poor performance






17. When a company or organization chooses to do more than required to meet a requirement or responsibility and perhaps even becoming an industry leader in that area.






18. Forming - Storming - Norming - Performing






19. Assumes that - given challenge and freedom - workers are motivated to achieve self-esteem and to demonstrate their competence and creativity.






20. Management dealing primarily with the organizing and leading core management functions. Specifically - it has contributed to the ideas of division of labor - standard procedures and work flows - idea of providing incentives for performance on the job






21. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else






22. The tendency to assign internal attributes to successes and external factors to failures.






23. Holder's ability to give something of value - like $ - responisbility - or praise; Ex: boss - teachers - etc.






24. Group performance is dependent upon the interaction between leadership style and situational favorableness

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25. Uses natives of the host country to manage operations within their country and parent-country natives to manage at headquarters.






26. An informal - person-to-person communication network of employees that is not officially sanctioned by the organization






27. American mechanical engineer - who wanted to improve industrial efficiency. He is known as the father of scientific management - and was one of the first management consultants






28. Planning - Controlling - Leading - Organizing






29. Degree to which decision-making authority is given to lower levels in an organization's hierarchy






30. This cluster includes behaviors such as showing mutual trust and respect for subordinates - demonstrating a genuine concern for their needs - and having a desire to look out for their welfare. Leaders with a strong this style listen to employees sugg






31. Motivates one person to communicate with another - Power given to an individual due to respect and/or desire to be similar to that individual.






32. Alderfer proposed that motivation is a function of three basic needs (listed from lowest to highest): existence needs (the desire for physiological and materialistic well-being) - relatedness needs (the desire to have meaningful relationships with si

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33. Different people have different needs based on their early childhood experiences.

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34. When a company or organization does the bare minimum required to meet a requirement or responsibility






35. The management function that assesses the management environment to set future objectives and map out activities necessary to achieve those objectives - and To be effective - the objectives of individuals - teams - and management should be coordinate






36. Maslow's idea of a pyramid of human needs; physiological needs (ex. hunger) must first be satisfied - then safety needs (ex. security) - then belonging needs (ex. love) - then esteem needs (ex. respect) - and last is self-actualization needs (ex. ach






37. Determined by factoring the machine set up costs as well as the cost of operating the production equipment.






38. Links production rate to demand - keeps any step from producing too much inventory - refills needed parts at every stage to minimize waste time - used in time production of multi-step process to keep each step producing proper quantity in time frame






39. Staffing means seeking the best people for key jobs throughout the entire organistaion irrespective of nationality






40. Motivation has two factors: satisfiers and dis-satisfiers.

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41. Management encompassing everything in the value chain starting with the company's suppliers of RAW Materials and ending with the customer herself and her experiences.






42. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong






43. A series of studies conducted by Elton Mayo and his Harvard colleagues at the Western Electric Company's Hawthorne plant in Illinois; tested workers' productivity under different levels of lighting; tested whether temperature - humidity - etc. would






44. Provides the right people to fill the structure designed by the organizing function. human resources (personnel) mgmt






45. Total fixed cost






46. A paradox in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of any of the individuals in the group






47. The ability to use influence to achieve results






48. (n.) - the spirit of the time - Leaders are born into the times where they will be effective






49. The management function that measures performance - compares it to objectives - implements necessary changes - and monitors progress






50. An approach that fills key managerial positions abroad with persons from headquarters- that is - with parent-country nationals (PCNs); used at internationalization stage