Question 1

Great companies do not hire people and motivate them; they hire already motivated people and then inspire and support them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

When a job transition is not made successfully, the result is the overpromotion syndrome popularized by author ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Robert Townsend
B)   Peter Drucker
C)   Saul Gellerman
D)   Rensis Likert
E)   Lawrence Peter

Question 3

________ said, "Develop your people to do their jobs better than you can. Transfer your skills to them. This is exciting but it can be threatening to a manager who worries that he is training his replacement. Smart managers like to see their employees increase their responsibilities because it frees the managers to tackle new or undone tasks."

Accepted Answer

A)   Martha Stewart
B)   Michael Eisner
C)   Mary Kay
D)   Bill Gates
E)   Ted Turner

Question 4

Which of the following is most likely the meaning of the statement: "Who would pick someone who smells like fish and mud? Who would pick an unpopular tax collector? Who would pick leaders from filthy wharves and toil-filled fields? But He did, and together they changed the world"?

Accepted Answer

A)   Effective leadership involves seeing qualities in others unknown to themselves and treating others in a way that brings out their best.
B)   Every field needs leadership.
C)   Leaders don't need formal education.
D)   Leadership is a mystery.
E)   None of these

Question 5

Which of the following statements is most likely true of conceptual skill?

Accepted Answer

A)   It primarily includes detailed job knowledge and hands-on expertise.
B)   It is most important for first-level management.
C)   It includes the ability to think abstractly.
D)   It is primarily characterized by a willingness to help others.

Question 6

In the new-job tryout, employee pride is easily preserved because the job is considered a two-way tryout.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to John Holland's model of personality and occupational types, who among the following prefers highly ordered activities that characterize detail work and have little interest in artistic or physical skills?

Accepted Answer

A)   Conventional people
B)   Realistic people
C)   Enterprising people
D)   Investigative people

Question 8

Match the items below with their descriptions:
-relational skill

Accepted Answer

A)  equally important at all levels of management
B)  important leadership skill
C)  one of the most important skills of the successful leader
D)  rules for effective delegation
E)  successful leaderF) proven principles for assigning work effectivelyG) overpromotion syndrome

Question 9

Shadowing allows an existing employee to actually work at a different type of job or level of responsibility for an interim period of time to see if the work is agreeable and can be performed effectively.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Match the items below with their descriptions:
-assigning work effectively

Accepted Answer

A)  equally important at all levels of management
B)  important leadership skill
C)  one of the most important skills of the successful leader
D)  rules for effective delegation
E)  successful leaderF) proven principles for assigning work effectivelyG) overpromotion syndrome

Question 11

According to John Holland's model of personality and occupational types, identify a typical high-stress activity for artistic individuals.

Accepted Answer

A)   Expressing nonconforming ideas
B)   Performing maintenance and repairs
C)   Making a speech
D)   Following rules and regulations

Question 12

Relational skills are important throughout one's career at every level of management.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Match the items below with their descriptions:
-don't delegate the bad jobs, saving the good ones for yourself; use delegation as a development tool; delegate work fairly among all employees; insist on clear communication; learn to live with work styles that are not like your own

Accepted Answer

A)  equally important at all levels of management
B)  important leadership skill
C)  one of the most important skills of the successful leader
D)  rules for effective delegation
E)  successful leaderF) proven principles for assigning work effectivelyG) overpromotion syndrome

Question 14

Identify a rule for effective delegation.

Accepted Answer

A)   Don't delegate the bad jobs, saving the good ones for yourself.
B)   Use delegation as a development tool.
C)   Learn to live with work styles that are not like your own.
D)   Insist on clear communication.
E)   All of these

Question 15

Match the items below with their descriptions:
-delegation

Accepted Answer

A)  equally important at all levels of management
B)  important leadership skill
C)  one of the most important skills of the successful leader
D)  rules for effective delegation
E)  successful leaderF) proven principles for assigning work effectivelyG) overpromotion syndrome

Question 16

Match the items below with their descriptions:
-Bill Gates

Accepted Answer

A)  equally important at all levels of management
B)  important leadership skill
C)  one of the most important skills of the successful leader
D)  rules for effective delegation
E)  successful leaderF) proven principles for assigning work effectivelyG) overpromotion syndrome

Question 17

According to Laurence J. Peter, the overpromotion syndrome results in enhancing employee morale and productivity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The life span of most businesses is ________. It takes successors only half a working generation to put the company out of business most likely because of lack of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   two years; money
B)   one and a half generations; delegation
C)   seven generations; plant and equipment
D)   one hundred years; systems and procedures

Question 19

Two ways of exerting leadership strength are ________ and ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   pushing down through intimidation; pulling up through delegation
B)   opening doors; closing loopholes
C)   starting things; stopping things
D)   asking others; telling others
E)   role-playing; theorizing

Question 20

Conceptual skills become more important than technical skills as individuals move from first-level manager, to mid-level manager, to top-level manager.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: Effective Delegation and How to Assign Work

Which of the following statements is most likely true of conceptual skill?

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Match the items below with their descriptions: -assigning work effectively

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Match the items below with their descriptions: -relational skill

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Which of the following is most likely the meaning of the statement: "Who would pick someone who smells like fish and mud? Who would pick an unpopular tax collector? Who would pick leaders from filthy wharves and toil-filled fields? But He did, and together they changed the world"?

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Match the items below with their descriptions: -don't delegate the bad jobs, saving the good ones for yourself; use delegation as a development tool; delegate work fairly among all employees; insist on clear communication; learn to live with work styles that are not like your own

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According to John Holland's model of personality and occupational types, who among the following prefers highly ordered activities that characterize detail work and have little interest in artistic or physical skills?

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According to John Holland's model of personality and occupational types, identify a typical high-stress activity for artistic individuals.

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When a job transition is not made successfully, the result is the overpromotion syndrome popularized by author ________.

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Conceptual skills become more important than technical skills as individuals move from first-level manager, to mid-level manager, to top-level manager.

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Identify a rule for effective delegation.

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In the new-job tryout, employee pride is easily preserved because the job is considered a two-way tryout.

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The life span of most businesses is . It takes successors only half a working generation to put the company out of business most likely because of lack of .

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According to Laurence J. Peter, the overpromotion syndrome results in enhancing employee morale and productivity.

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Relational skills are important throughout one's career at every level of management.

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Great companies do not hire people and motivate them; they hire already motivated people and then inspire and support them.

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Match the items below with their descriptions: -Bill Gates

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Two ways of exerting leadership strength are and .

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Shadowing allows an existing employee to actually work at a different type of job or level of responsibility for an interim period of time to see if the work is agreeable and can be performed effectively.

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Match the items below with their descriptions: -delegation

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Exam 14: Effective Delegation and How to Assign Work

Which of the following statements is most likely true of conceptual skill?

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Match the items below with their descriptions: -assigning work effectively

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Match the items below with their descriptions: -relational skill

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Which of the following is most likely the meaning of the statement: "Who would pick someone who smells like fish and mud? Who would pick an unpopular tax collector? Who would pick leaders from filthy wharves and toil-filled fields? But He did, and together they changed the world"?

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Match the items below with their descriptions: -don't delegate the bad jobs, saving the good ones for yourself; use delegation as a development tool; delegate work fairly among all employees; insist on clear communication; learn to live with work styles that are not like your own

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According to John Holland's model of personality and occupational types, who among the following prefers highly ordered activities that characterize detail work and have little interest in artistic or physical skills?

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According to John Holland's model of personality and occupational types, identify a typical high-stress activity for artistic individuals.

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When a job transition is not made successfully, the result is the overpromotion syndrome popularized by author ________.

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Conceptual skills become more important than technical skills as individuals move from first-level manager, to mid-level manager, to top-level manager.

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Identify a rule for effective delegation.

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In the new-job tryout, employee pride is easily preserved because the job is considered a two-way tryout.

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The life span of most businesses is ________. It takes successors only half a working generation to put the company out of business most likely because of lack of ________.

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According to Laurence J. Peter, the overpromotion syndrome results in enhancing employee morale and productivity.

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Relational skills are important throughout one's career at every level of management.

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Great companies do not hire people and motivate them; they hire already motivated people and then inspire and support them.

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Match the items below with their descriptions: -Bill Gates

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Two ways of exerting leadership strength are ________ and ________.

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Shadowing allows an existing employee to actually work at a different type of job or level of responsibility for an interim period of time to see if the work is agreeable and can be performed effectively.

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Match the items below with their descriptions: -delegation

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