1. The work style of an individualist is best described by which of the following?
Give me a job and let me do it my own way.
We work best as a team.
Does the group agree that this is the best way to get the job done?
Be specific about jobs and responsibilities that are mine.
2. This approach allows an individual to work at a different type of job for a period of time to see if the work is agreeable and can be performed effectively.
Top level management
New job tryout
The Peter Principle
Vital shift
3. ________ said, “Develop your people to do their jobs better than you can. Transfer your skills to them smart managers like to see their employees increase their responsibilities because it frees the managers to tackle new or undone tasks.”
Martha Stewart
Michael Eisner
Mary Kay
Ted Turner
Bill Gates
4. It is important to match _______.
Long term problems with quick fix solutions
Forward planning with task analysis
Interests of the individual with demands of the job
Customers with financial procedures
None of these
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5. Individualists tend to do all but which one of the following:
Consider possibilities
Establish rules and regulations
Focus on the present
Find flaws in procedures
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6. The following professions are traditional, participative, and individualistic by nature.
Accounting, counseling, art
Education, law, military
Music, medicine, journalism
Advertising, banking, health care
7. In interpersonal relations, Saint Augustine said:
Change a little
Hear the other side
Overlook a lot
See everything
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8. Delegate work ________ among all employees.
Partially
Slowly
Fairly
Immediately
9. Which rules apply to effective delegation:
(a) know your subordinate well;
(b) use the interrogatory approach when delegating work;
(c) avoid delegating tasks that are pets, personal, or petty;
(d) delegate with consistency.
b, c, d
All of these
a and d
a, b, c
None of these
10. ________ are comfortable with rules, policies, and procedures.
None of these
Individualists
Traditionals
Participatives
11. The message of the mask is:
The importance of time
The importance of art
The importance of self-concept
The importance of power
None of these
12. The time perspective of the individualist is _______.
The near future
The future
The present
The past
13. Top-level managers typically need first ________ skills, second ________ skills, and third ________ skills.
Conceptual; relational; technical
Technical; conceptual; relational
Conceptual; technical; relational
Relational; technical; conceptual
Technical; relational; conceptual
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14. The question(s) that should be answered in the affirmative when selecting employees and designing work are:
Is there a good psycho-social fit between the worker and the job?
All of these
Does one want to do the work at the proficiency required?
Can one perform the work at the proficiency required?
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15. In delegating work, which set of the three D’s should you follow?
Diminish it, delegate it, or do it
Do it, delegate it, or ditch it
Delegate it, do it, or deploy it
Distribute it, do it, or destroy it
16. Two ways of exerting leadership strength are ________ and __________; ________ through delegation is the best.
Pushing down; pulling up; pulling up
Opening doors; closing loopholes; closing loopholes
Role-modeling; theorizing; theorizing
Starting things; stopping things; stopping things
Asking others; telling others; telling others
17. The opportunity to move from blue collar to white collar jobs is ________ common in the U.S. than the rest of the world.
More
Less
18. Gordon Allport conceived of personality in terms of:
None of these
Cardinal, central, and secondary traits
Social conditioning
Motivational levels
Early determinants of behavior
19. Identify a management practice most conducive to the traditional personality.
Focus on interpersonal relationships
Avoid control mechanisms
Provide clear-cut goals and objectives
Emphasize teamwork
20. The preferred basis of growth for the ________ is introspection and self-analysis.
Traditionalist
Individualist
None of these
Participative
