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CLEP Principles Of Management

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. Hierarchy of needs






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






6. Total fixed cost






7. Average Return per user






8. Tests ending condition in middle of loop






9. Power derived through one's position - such as a police officer or elected official.






10. 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






11. When a company or organization responds to a requirement or responsibility by fighting against it.






12. 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






13. A technique that seeks to alter the nature of the work done in a business function - with the objective of radically improving performance.






14. 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






15. Integrates all departments and functions throughout an organization into a single IT system so that employees can make decisions by viewing enterprisewide information on all business operations






16. To bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable






17. Assure that organizational processes are acting as intended. Additionally - the control system will help create a system that limits waste to organizational resources.






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






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






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






21. Provides managment with detailed implementation guidance based on stratgy to help with objectives






22. 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






23. A plan that provides benefits for a limited amount of time - usually 6 months or less






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






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

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26. 1. Expectancy: Effort ? Performance (E?P) belief that one's effort (E) will result in attainment of desired performance (P) goals 2. Instrumentality: Performance ? Outcome (P?O)belief that a person will receive a reward if the performance expectation






27. 1) Awareness of need for a decision. 2) Formulation of the problem. 3) Diagnosis and information gathering. 4) Generation of alternatives. 5) Evaluation of alternatives and selection of best option. 6) Implementation of solution. 7) Feedback and eval






28. The value or importance an individual places on a reward






29. The number of subordinates who report directly to a manager






30. There are no predefined criteria or priorities. Instead they are set by the group when making the decision






31. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong






32. Fundamental values of right and wrong






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






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






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






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






37. Adj. using threats or orders to make someone do something - the capacity to punish or withhold positive outcomes as a means of influencing other people






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






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






40. Using computers and telecommunications equipment to perform work from home or another remote location






41. 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.






42. 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






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






44. A decision-making method that begins and ends by having group members quietly write down and evaluate ideas to be shared with the group. This ensures weaker voices have a chance to speak.






45. Assumes that managers will not search for the optimal solution to an issue - but will instead settle for the first available solution that meets their needs.






46. Planning - Controlling - Leading - Organizing






47. 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






48. A plan that deals with organizational issues and problems that recur frequently. 'sexual harassment policy'






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






50. The management function that determines how the firm's human - financial - physical - informational - and technical resources are arranged and coordinated to perform tasks to achieve desired goals.