Principles of Management CLEP Exam
2025 Questions and Answers
Directive Leadership Style - ANSWER✔✔-Tells employees exactly what to do and the
process necessary to do the task.
Supportive leadership style - ANSWER✔✔-relates to the employees, asks them
questions, and gives them encouragement.
Participative leadership style - ANSWER✔✔-when a manager involves employees in
decision-making and values their input.
Universality of managerial functions - ANSWER✔✔-states that managerial functions
are the same no matter what level of manager you are.
acceptance theory of authority - ANSWER✔✔-states that managers do not possess
authority unless employees accept it.
Autocratic supervision - ANSWER✔✔-uses pressure, control, and disciplinary threats
to get people to work.
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, programmed decisions - ANSWER✔✔-Decisions that are made when problems are
repetitive and routine.
nonprogrammed decisions - ANSWER✔✔-Decisions that require creative solutions to
new, unfamiliar problems.
formal channels of communication - ANSWER✔✔-channels of communication that are
established by the company, and follow the chain of command.
informal channels of communication - ANSWER✔✔-channels of communication that
form natural between employees and groups.
recentralizing - ANSWER✔✔-when a company takes back delegated authority because
it feels as if it has lost control over departments and functions.
departmentation - ANSWER✔✔-dividing various functions and tasks into distinct
groups known as departments
functional departmentation - ANSWER✔✔-dividing departments based upon the
function that they perform there is also time departmentation
production departmentation - ANSWER✔✔-dividing departments on the basis of what
they produce
there's also customer departmentation, geographic departmentation and equipment
departmentation
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2025 Questions and Answers
Directive Leadership Style - ANSWER✔✔-Tells employees exactly what to do and the
process necessary to do the task.
Supportive leadership style - ANSWER✔✔-relates to the employees, asks them
questions, and gives them encouragement.
Participative leadership style - ANSWER✔✔-when a manager involves employees in
decision-making and values their input.
Universality of managerial functions - ANSWER✔✔-states that managerial functions
are the same no matter what level of manager you are.
acceptance theory of authority - ANSWER✔✔-states that managers do not possess
authority unless employees accept it.
Autocratic supervision - ANSWER✔✔-uses pressure, control, and disciplinary threats
to get people to work.
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, programmed decisions - ANSWER✔✔-Decisions that are made when problems are
repetitive and routine.
nonprogrammed decisions - ANSWER✔✔-Decisions that require creative solutions to
new, unfamiliar problems.
formal channels of communication - ANSWER✔✔-channels of communication that are
established by the company, and follow the chain of command.
informal channels of communication - ANSWER✔✔-channels of communication that
form natural between employees and groups.
recentralizing - ANSWER✔✔-when a company takes back delegated authority because
it feels as if it has lost control over departments and functions.
departmentation - ANSWER✔✔-dividing various functions and tasks into distinct
groups known as departments
functional departmentation - ANSWER✔✔-dividing departments based upon the
function that they perform there is also time departmentation
production departmentation - ANSWER✔✔-dividing departments on the basis of what
they produce
there's also customer departmentation, geographic departmentation and equipment
departmentation
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