WGU C483 - Principles of Management 430+ (Latest Edition) 100% Verified Q&A + Answer Key Solutions

WGU C483 - Principles of
Management
(Latest 2025-2026 Edition) 100% Verified Q&A + Answer
430+
Key Solutions


VERIFIED ANSWERS


Question 1
Accommodation
Correct Answer
A style of dealing with conflict involving cooperation on behalf of the other party but not being assertive about one's own
interests


Question 2
Accountability
Correct Answer
The expectation that employees will perform a job, take corrective action when necessary, and report upward on the
status and quality of their performance


Question 3
Accounting audits
Correct Answer
Procedures used to verify accounting reports and statements


Question 4
Acquisition
Correct Answer
One firm buying another




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,Question 5
Activity-based costing (ABC)
Correct Answer
A method of cost accounting designed to identify streams of activity and then to allocate costs across particular business
processes according to the amount of time employees devote to particular activities


Question 6
Adapters
Correct Answer
Companies that take the current industry structure and its evolution as givens, and choose where to compete


Question 7
Adverse impact

Correct Answer
When a seemingly neutral employment practice has a disproportionately negative effect on a protected group


Question 8
Advertising support model
Correct Answer
Charging fees to advertise on a site


Question 9
Affective conflict
Correct Answer
Emotional disagreement directed toward other people


Question 10
Affiliate model
Correct Answer
Charging fees to direct site visitors to other companies' sites


Question 11
Affirmative action
Correct Answer
Special efforts to recruit and hire qualified members of groups that have been discriminated against in the past


Question 12
After-action review
Correct Answer
A frank and open-minded discussion of four basic questions aimed at continuous improvement



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,Question 13
Alderfer's ERG theory
Correct Answer
A human needs theory postulating that people have three basic sets of needs that can operate simultaneously (Existence,
Relatedness and Growth)


Question 14
Arbitration
Correct Answer
The use of a neutral third party to resolve a labor dispute


Question 15
Assessment center

Correct Answer
A managerial performance test in which candidates participate in a variety of exercises and situations


Question 16
Assets
Correct Answer
The values of the various items the corporation owns


Question 17
Authentic leadership
Correct Answer
A style in which the leader is true to himself or herself while leading


Question 18
Authority
Correct Answer
The legitimate right to make decisions and to tell other people what to do


Question 19
Autocratic leadership
Correct Answer
A form of leadership in which the leader makes decisions on his or her own and then announces those decisions to the
group


Question 20
Autonomous work groups

Correct Answer
Groups that control decisions about and execution of a complete range of tasks


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, Question 21
Avoidance
Correct Answer
A reaction to conflict that involves ignoring the problem by doing nothing at all or deemphasizing the disagreement


Question 22
Balanced scorecard
Correct Answer
Control system combining four sets of performance measures: financial, customer, business process, and learning and
growth


Question 23
Balance sheet
Correct Answer
A report that shows the financial picture of a company at a given time and itemizes assets, liabilities, and stockholders'
equity


Question 24
Barriers to entry
Correct Answer
Conditions that prevent new companies from entering an industry


Question 25
Behavioral approach
Correct Answer
A leadership perspective that attempts to identify what good leaders do—that is, what behaviors they exhibit


Question 26
Benchmarking
Correct Answer
The process of comparing an organization's practices and technologies with those of other companies


Question 27
Bootlegging
Correct Answer
Informal work on projects, other than those officially assigned, of employees' own choosing and initiative




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