Proctor Exam Flashcards
Friedman created a simple formula to describe the power of curiosity and passion in relation to intelligence. The formula is written as CQ + PQ > IQ. True or False
True
According to Friedman, when he is speaking about America and its potential to compete against other countries is - “We are a high-trust country, because we agree that we are going to be governed by a set of values ad principles reflected in our institutions and laws - which are higher and more enduring than any individual.” True or False.
True
In the final Blackboard Connect presentation, your instructor defined leadership during the opening slides as:
Getting things done through others.
In the final presentation, the two primary things a 9 box measures are the:
WHAT and HOW
According to your instructor, improvement in the WHAT areas people lead is generally achieved through REPETITION. True or False
True
According to your instructor during the last presentation, employees that are engaged in their work (according to the Hay Group) are what percent more productive than those employees who are not actively engaged?
48%
According to Friedman, the quiet crisis can best be described as:
“A Person sleeping on an air mattress and the air is slowly coming out - so slowly you barely feel it, until your head hits the cement.”
According to Friedman, Wealth will flow to countries that get certain basics right. What are the basics. (Choose the One Answer that best describes his statement).
Infrastructure - to connect efficiently Right Education Programs Right Governance - Taxes and Laws All of the Above Answer is All of the Above
According to Friedman, how many Dirty Little Secrets does America Have?
6
According to Friedman, The Numbers Gap (Dirty Little Secret #1) - demonstrates the earlier generation of scientists and engineers are retiring and not being replaced in the number required in the US. True or False
True
Which of the following Dirty Little Secrets would best describe this issues in America where American workers’ productivity is poorer than other countries such as india?
Dirty Little Secret #3 - The Ambition Gap
Burrus described a group of American workers that were born between 1946 - 1964 who represents 1/3 of the workforce and are rapidly reaching retirement age. What is the name of the group of Americans?
The Baby Boomers
According to Dychtwald, Erickson, and Morison - During the BB Connect session, Burrus indicated three demographic realities are affecting the American Workforce. They are the disproportionate size of the baby boom generation, increasing longevity of the workers, and the declining birthrates of certain groups. True or False
True
According to the presentation provided by your instructor, the concept of 20% of baby boomers having no children and declining birthrates in America is called the?
The Birth Dearth
The three groups of worker cohorts today are the young, the educated, and the old. True or False
False
This Cohort of worker is the one that has few issues with debt, and has the strengths of experience, emotional maturity, loyalty, and good team work. They are less adept at technology, but their relationship management ability is great. They have the longest tenure of employees generally, are most satisfied with their employers. Choose the one correct response.
Mature Worker Cohort
This Cohort of Worker is best described as having the lowest satisfaction with supervisors, believe their careers are stalled, may be in a midcareer crisis, are dealing with their aging parents and are looking for meaningful work, recognition, and personal progress.
MId-Career Cohort (middle aged workers)
There are several visual models for describing how one moves through a career. Burru presented a comparison between two such models in the BB Connect session. Which of the two models describes a flatter, matrixed structure, with multidirectional career paths which integrates both career and life and is based on continuing opportunity?
Job Lattice
Friedman most likely titled chapter ten, “The Virgin of Guadalupe” to highlight the fact that Mexico (supposedly a low wage manufacturing country) was importing statuettes of Mexico’s patron saint, the VIrgin of Guadalupe, from china. He highlighted that Mexico was having a real problem managing a flat world concept when China could afford to make the statuettes and ship them all the way across the Pacific for less than Mexico could make the statuettes. True or False
True
In Chapter ten of this book, there is a section called, “I can only get it for you retail.” It paints a picture of countries if they were neighborhoods in a city. He called Western Europe as assisted -living facility, the US a gated community, etc…… How did he describe India, China, and East Asia as a Group?
“The Other Side of the Tracks”
