Exam 9: Multiplying Effectiveness

Most people have characteristics of traditionalists, participatives, and individualists, but develop a preference for one or two over the others.

_______, _______, and ________ are high-value words for traditional, participative, and individualistic personalities, respectively.

A list of important principles for giving orders includes all the following except:

The question(s) that should be answered in the affirmative when selecting employees and designing work are:

An effective way to make a successful vital shift is to use the _______.

The opportunity to move from blue collar to white collar jobs is ________ common in the U.S. than the rest of the world.

Soren Kierkegaard's ideal or model person was a:

________ 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."

The work style of an individualist is best described by which of the following?

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.

According to John Holland, the following are typical matches between personalities and occupations.

In interpersonal relations, Saint Augustine said:

S.I. Hayakawa says: "The primary goal of a human being is not ________, but ________."