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Which Title protects Race?

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Title VII

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What investigates businesses and individuals for enforcement of Laws regarding protected classes?

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EEO Department

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What department ensures that employees retain access to medical coverage after involuntary termination?

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COBRA

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What is NOT a protected Title VII Class?

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Sexual Preference

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What is NOT an example of traditional authority?

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Secretary

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What department is responsible for ensuring employee safety?

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OSHA

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What is NOT a way to deal with risk?

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Deflecting

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What is an example of environmental stress?

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Construction Noise

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What is an example of Maslow’s first level of Needs?

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Food

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What is the second stage of Maslow’s Heiarchy of Needs?

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Safety Needs

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What is choosing the best action for each situation called?

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Situational Leadership

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When a supervisor is asking for opinions on a decision, that is called what?

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Participative Leadership

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What is a Union Function?

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To Negotiate Pay

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What is an example of Maslow’s Third level of needs?

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Love

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What is NOT part of a training program?

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Promotion

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What industry is known to commonly have line employees?

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Automotive/Automobile

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What is another term for “Hands off Leadership”?

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Laissez-faire Leadership

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What tells employees and others what the main purpose of the company is?

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Mission Statement

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A policy can be defined as a ____ action course that serves as a guide for the identified objectives and goals.

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Pre-defined

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A totalitarian leader is also called a ________

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Autocratic Leadership

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What is NOT a supervisory function?

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Marketing

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What is an example of an ‘Extrinsic Reward’?

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A Raise

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If a plant manager is tasked to reduce costs by 10%, this is an example of what kind of goal?

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Operational Goal

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What shows the relationship between employees and their peers?

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An Organizational Chart

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What shows alternate paths for decision making?
Decision Tree
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When a supervisor administers a questionare among participants that have never met is called ______
Delphi Technique
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What shows timelines for projects?
A Gantt Chart
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Who created Theory X and Theory Y?
Douglas McGregor
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When two groups or individuals work together to resolve a problem, it is called _____
Negotiation
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What is it called when a third party is facilitating negotiations?
Mediation
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An employee who works on an assembly line performing the same task again and again is called _____
Joh Specialization
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Two receptionists work at a company, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. They are an example of what?
Job sharing
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When a person acts as expected as part of the group they are portraying their ____
Role
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Who first studied job motions with bricklayer, studying how fewer hand motions made the work faster?
Frank Gilbreth
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When someone is producing at standard is called ____
The Norm
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What is it called when a third party of empowered to resolve a disagreement it is called what?
Arbitration
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Who was a proponent of bureaucracy?
Max Weber
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What is a formal complaint called?
A Grievance
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What industry is part of a dynamic environment, meaning the market is constantly changing and updating?
Electronics
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What can NOT be discussed in a job interview?
Children
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To motivate line employees and keep them interested in their work, supervisors may institute Job Rotations, Mentoring, and Four-day work weeks BUT _____
Job Specialization
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The grapevine of the organization is everything, BUT _____
Formal
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When a supervisor believes that all employees like work is it called ______
Theory Y
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This scientific study originally tested worker's output and light, later revealing unintended consequences:
The Hawthorne Effect
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Referent Power is the same as _____
Charismatic Leadership
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Legitimate Power is the same as _____
Traditional Leadership
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Regarding sexual harassment, what IS NOT true?
Harasser MUST BE a superior employee
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Who created a system of human needs and motivations?
Abraham Moslow
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Long term success through customer satisfaction is what acronym?
TQM
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Who was responsible for developing the 14 Principles of Management?
Hennri Fayol
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The way that people communicate with each other using their bodies is called what?
Body Language
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Leadership characteristics that inspire employees is called what?
Charisma
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Agreement of members on a group decision is called:
Consensus
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Leaders that group ideas to make decisions is called:
Democratic
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What is NOT a factor that influences the favorableness of a leader?
Charisma Level
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What best describes Rule Utilitarianism?
A person who considers an action independently of a situation and determines whether it is more often moral or immoral to determine how to classify it in all situations.
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What is NOT a communication pattern?
Arc
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When someone receives too much information and cannot tell what is important from what it is not, it is called:
Overload

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