quizzes Flashcards
someone who excels in leadership positions and can delay gratification, is a trait of which personality?
conscientiousness
someone who is callous, blunt, rude, or ill tempered, would be on the low-end of which trait persoanlity?
agreeableness
according the general stantly mchrystal, if i am transparent with you, so that you know what I know, then you should be able to execute without me telling you. this is an aexample of?
shared consciousness
according the the modle of communication, the sender of a message, also decodes a message. true or false?
false
from hoffman: the Big # Ceo’s were criticized collectively by congress and the media for doing which of the following?
flying to dc on private jets
from hoffman: in 2009 mulallu was thrilled to reintroduce the ___________ after being shocked to learn that it had been discontinued before he arrived as CEO?
ford taurus
the ability to combine ideas in a unique way or to make unusual associations between ideas is know as?
creativity
accodring to the cultural variables listed for stimulating innovation, which of the following is not a characteristic of an innovation organization?
limits conflict to focus on product
someone who loves to learn and enjoys the arts is a trait of which personality?
openness to experience
someone who is confident, sure of themselves, and adventurous, would be on the low-end of which trait of personality?
neuroticism
performance measurement and management in 2018 looks more like?
coaching and mentoring
from hoffman: the biggest difference between mulally and his predecessors is that he attacked the root of the problem in ford, which was what?
fords corporate culture
choosing whom to hire from a pool of qualified applicants is known as?
selection
true or false? Public opinion is like a private good, when a voter has beliefs about a policy, correctly or mistake, only the voter pays the price or reaps the reward for that individual decision.
false
political ignorance is a realtiy, but not in this class, because u know that this apple ceo deanded that bloombeerg retract their story about chinese spies compromising apple servers with malicious microchips. who did it?
tim cook
true or false. in a 2014 paper published in the social and personality psychology compass, researchers criticized the use of the trolley dilemma, arguing that the scenario is too extreme and unconnected to real-life moral situations to be useful or education
true
political ignorance is most egregious in those groups that need it the most - white, rich, men
false
from hoffman: thanks to the advantages of ____________ ford buys parts from toyota - and toyota buys components from american manufacturers like delphi?
globalization
ripped from the headlines: explosive devices were sent to the clinton and obama residences, as well as CSPAN
false
from hoffman: when negotiating with the unions, addressing their complaint that Ford was investing in too many money-losing brands, mulally wrote the initials of each brand on a piece of paper and marked through 6 of the brands, leaving only ford and ___________?
lincoln
ripped from the headlines: US stock markets fell sharply yesterday, erasing all of the gainns made over the course of the year. true or false?
true
the anti-foreign bias includes the tendency to underestimate this “law” of economics, which is basically a theory of task allocation, like which member of the house should walk the dog, or doing your own taxes versus turning it over to a tax accountant
law of comparative advantage
from hoffman: ford had _________ more employees in their U.S. Factories than was necessary to meet demand?
40,000
according to general mchryslar, the us army is too big for one person to make all the decsions. true or false?
true
which of the following is not a type of noise?
organic
planning, recruitment, and selection fall under which process of human resource management?
attraction
