Deck 14: Managing Tomorrow

Question 1

In the U.S.the number of households is:

A)Growing
B)Staying the same
C)Decreasing slowly
D)Decreasing at a fast rate

Answer 1

A

Question 2

_____________ refers to the health and happiness of the total person,involving body,mind,and spirit and includes measures of life expectancy,health,and education.

A)Psychographics
B)Well-being
C)Positive sociology
D)Assimilation

Answer 2

B

Question 3

_______________ refers to openness in revealing information about the operations of companies,organizations,institutions,and governments.

A)Transparency
B)Viscosity
C)Liquidity
D)Apprenticing

Answer 3

A

Question 4

About ___________ of the U.S.population moves each year.

A)5%
B)10%
C)15%
D)35%

Question 5

Management needs more _________ who participate in community action programs and families,contribute to scientific,social or economic advances and improve human lives.

A)Followers
B)Leaders
C)Social workers
D)Muckrakers

Question 6

________________ is defined as the application of the scientific method and materials to achieve objectives.Another definition is knowledge systematically applied to useful purposes.

A)History
B)The 4C Concept
C)Technology
D)Engineering

Question 7

The _________ measures overall progress in 174 countries,based on life expectancy,adult literacy rate,education level and GDP per capita.

A)United Nations Well-Being Ratio
B)Human Development Index HDI)
C)De Facto Index
D)International Impact Survey

Question 8

_________________ means that each unit of saved time is more valuable than the last unit.

A)Acceleration effect
B)Assimilation
C)Separation
D)Acculturation

Question 9

_____________ consists of the social and managerial processes through which solutions are first translated into social use in a given culture.

A)Innovation
B)Invention
C)Diffusion
D)Intellect

Question 10

The shift from wanting to own all to owning only what is needed is an example of a _________________.

A)Paradigm shift
B)Goal re-evaluation
C)Reformation
D)Retro-change

Question 11

According to the writer William Gibson,"The future is already here - it's just unevenly distributed." By this he means that:

A)Internet access,for example,is available to some but not to all
B)Innovation access is readily available to all
C)The low-income countries are catching up to the rich countries
D)New technologies spread at an even pace

Question 12

Because _____ has two official languages French and English),it is one of the world's leaders in multiculturalism and government policy.

A)Belgium
B)Canada
C)France
D)Ghana

Question 13

_________ means the expression by cultural and ethnic groups of their heritage.

A)Multiculturalism
B)Socialization
C)The 5 S Concept
D)Apartheid

Question 14

Which of the following is not one of the steps in the 5S Management Concept?

A)Sort
B)Straighten
C)Socialize
D)Sustain

Question 15

The 5S Management Concept is derived from five ___________ words which when loosely translated into English become five words beginning with the letter "S."

A)Danish
B)Japanese
C)Russian
D)German