Exam 8: Empowerment and Participation

The total quality management (TQM)approach gets only the most technically competent employees involved in the process of searching for continuous improvements in their operations.

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Question 21

With the _____,individuals fail to acknowledge properly their own expertise and accomplishments and erroneously attribute their success to luck,or charm,instead of talent,competence,or perseverance.

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Question 22

Intrinsically satisfying tasks may diminish the need for greater participation,while routine tasks may suggest that participation could produce fruitful results.

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Question 23

List the prerequisites for participation.

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Question 24

_____ is the mental and emotional involvement of people in group situations that encourages them to contribute to group goals and share responsibility for them.

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Question 25

What does the leader-member exchange model of leadership suggest?

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Question 26

What are the responsibilities to be fulfilled by employees for the success of participative programs?

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Question 27

Participation appears to be rooted deeply in the culture of free people around the world and is probably a basic drive in human beings.

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Question 28

What are the benefits of participation?

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Question 29

Participative managers typically turn their management responsibilities over to empowered employees.

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Question 30

Participative programs result in mental and emotional involvement that produces generally favorable outcomes for both the employees and the organization.

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Question 31

A(n)_____ manager makes and announces decisions.

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Question 32

Which of the following statements is true of the consensus decision making style?

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Question 33

A prerequisite for participation is that employees must have enough time to participate before action is required.

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Question 34

_____ is a combination of two personal abilities-self-awareness and self-management-and two social competencies-social awareness and relationship management.

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Question 35

Which of the following statements is true of differing employee needs for participation?

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Question 36

Describe the employee ownership plan.

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Question 37

All of the following participative practices will help expedite goals EXCEPT:

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Question 38

The quality-circle approach helps employees feel they have some influence on their organization even if not all their recommendations are accepted by higher management.

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Question 39

At times,a manager may find it necessary to limit the participation used with one employee while consulting freely with another.

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The total quality management (TQM)approach gets only the most technically competent employees involved in the process of searching for continuous improvements in their operations.

With the _____,individuals fail to acknowledge properly their own expertise and accomplishments and erroneously attribute their success to luck,or charm,instead of talent,competence,or perseverance.

Intrinsically satisfying tasks may diminish the need for greater participation,while routine tasks may suggest that participation could produce fruitful results.

List the prerequisites for participation.

_____ is the mental and emotional involvement of people in group situations that encourages them to contribute to group goals and share responsibility for them.

What does the leader-member exchange model of leadership suggest?

What are the responsibilities to be fulfilled by employees for the success of participative programs?

Participation appears to be rooted deeply in the culture of free people around the world and is probably a basic drive in human beings.

What are the benefits of participation?

Participative managers typically turn their management responsibilities over to empowered employees.

Participative programs result in mental and emotional involvement that produces generally favorable outcomes for both the employees and the organization.

A(n)_____ manager makes and announces decisions.

Which of the following statements is true of the consensus decision making style?

A prerequisite for participation is that employees must have enough time to participate before action is required.

_____ is a combination of two personal abilities-self-awareness and self-management-and two social competencies-social awareness and relationship management.

Which of the following statements is true of differing employee needs for participation?

Describe the employee ownership plan.

All of the following participative practices will help expedite goals EXCEPT:

The quality-circle approach helps employees feel they have some influence on their organization even if not all their recommendations are accepted by higher management.

At times,a manager may find it necessary to limit the participation used with one employee while consulting freely with another.

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