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CLEP Principles Of Management

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






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

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






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






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. Fundamental values of right and wrong






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






8. A one-time plan specifically designed to meet the needs of a unique situation. 'visit of official'






9. 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






10. Total fixed cost






11. Tests ending condition in middle of loop






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






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






14. Power derived through advanced knowledge or experience in a particular subject.






15. Assumes that the manager will operate an make decisions based on the best economic interest of the company






16. 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






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






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






19. Choosing an option that is acceptable - although not necessarily the best or perfect.






20. Someone does not have 'official' authority but is recognized as a leader by the group






21. The control process used while plans are being carried out - including directing - monitoring - and fine-tuning activities as they are performed.






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

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






24. The behavioral tendencies and personal characteristics of the leader that create an exceptionally strong relationship between them and their followers






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






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






27. 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






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






29. 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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30. 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






31. 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






32. Provides a means for evaluating leadership styles and then training managers to move towards an ideal style of behavior






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. Temporary allocation of personnel and resources for the accomplishment of a specific objective






40. 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.






41. A theory that states that people will be motivated to the extent to which they believe that their efforts will lead to good performance - that good performance will be rewarded - and that they will be offered attractive rewards






42. Forming - Storming - Norming - Performing






43. 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






44. 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






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






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

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47. People's expectations or beliefs determine their behavior and performance - thus serving to make their expectations come true. also... living up to or down to another's expectations of us... 'self fulfilling prophecy'






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






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






50. Planning - Controlling - Leading - Organizing