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WGU D483 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT OA FINAL EXAM
VERSION 2 /WGU D483 OA FINAL EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
Employees' perception of the likelihood that their efforts will
enable them to attain their performance goals - ANSWER-
Expectancy
A theory proposing that people will behave based on their
perceived likelihood that their effort will lead to a certain outcome
and on how highly they value that outcome - ANSWER-
Expectancy theory
An evaluation conducted by one organization, such as a CPA firm,
on another - ANSWER-External audit
All relevant forces outside a firm's boundaries, such as
competitors, customers, the government, and the economy -
ANSWER-External environment
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Disappearance of behaviors that occurs when the behaviors are
not being reinforced. - ANSWER-Extinction
Reward given to a person by the boss, the company, or some
other person - ANSWER-Extrinsic reward
The number of expatriate managers of an overseas operation
who come home early - ANSWER-Failure rate
Control that focuses on the use of information about previous
results to correct deviations from the acceptable standard -
ANSWER-Feedback control
The control process used before operations begin, including
policies, procedures, and rules designed to ensure that planned
activities are carried out properly - ANSWER-Feedforward control
A situational approach to leadership postulating that effectiveness
depends on the personal style of the leader and the degree to
which the situation gives the leader power, control, and influence
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over the situation - ANSWER-Fiedler's contingency model of
leadership effectiveness
The process of withholding, ignoring, or distorting information -
ANSWER-Filtering
A customer who purchases products in their finished form -
ANSWER-Final consumer
Benefit programs in which employees are given credits to spend
on benefits that fit their unique needs - ANSWER-Flexible benefit
programs
Manufacturing plants that have short production runs, are
organized around products, and use decentralized scheduling -
ANSWER-Flexible factories
Methods for adapting the technical core to changes in the
environment - ANSWER-Flexible processes
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An approach to implementing the unfreezing/moving/refreezing
model by identifying the forces that prevent people from changing
and those that will drive people toward change - ANSWER-Force-
field analysis
Method for predicting how variables will change the future -
ANSWER-Forecasting
The presence of rules and regulations governing how people in
the organization interact - ANSWER-Formalization
A decision bias influenced by the way in which a problem or
decision alternative is phrased or presented - ANSWER-Framing
effects
An entrepreneurial alliance between a franchisor (an innovator
who has created at least one successful store and wants to grow)
and a franchisee (a partner who manages a new store of the
same type in a new location) - ANSWER-Franchising
WGU D483 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT OA FINAL EXAM
VERSION 2 /WGU D483 OA FINAL EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
Employees' perception of the likelihood that their efforts will
enable them to attain their performance goals - ANSWER-
Expectancy
A theory proposing that people will behave based on their
perceived likelihood that their effort will lead to a certain outcome
and on how highly they value that outcome - ANSWER-
Expectancy theory
An evaluation conducted by one organization, such as a CPA firm,
on another - ANSWER-External audit
All relevant forces outside a firm's boundaries, such as
competitors, customers, the government, and the economy -
ANSWER-External environment
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Disappearance of behaviors that occurs when the behaviors are
not being reinforced. - ANSWER-Extinction
Reward given to a person by the boss, the company, or some
other person - ANSWER-Extrinsic reward
The number of expatriate managers of an overseas operation
who come home early - ANSWER-Failure rate
Control that focuses on the use of information about previous
results to correct deviations from the acceptable standard -
ANSWER-Feedback control
The control process used before operations begin, including
policies, procedures, and rules designed to ensure that planned
activities are carried out properly - ANSWER-Feedforward control
A situational approach to leadership postulating that effectiveness
depends on the personal style of the leader and the degree to
which the situation gives the leader power, control, and influence
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over the situation - ANSWER-Fiedler's contingency model of
leadership effectiveness
The process of withholding, ignoring, or distorting information -
ANSWER-Filtering
A customer who purchases products in their finished form -
ANSWER-Final consumer
Benefit programs in which employees are given credits to spend
on benefits that fit their unique needs - ANSWER-Flexible benefit
programs
Manufacturing plants that have short production runs, are
organized around products, and use decentralized scheduling -
ANSWER-Flexible factories
Methods for adapting the technical core to changes in the
environment - ANSWER-Flexible processes
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An approach to implementing the unfreezing/moving/refreezing
model by identifying the forces that prevent people from changing
and those that will drive people toward change - ANSWER-Force-
field analysis
Method for predicting how variables will change the future -
ANSWER-Forecasting
The presence of rules and regulations governing how people in
the organization interact - ANSWER-Formalization
A decision bias influenced by the way in which a problem or
decision alternative is phrased or presented - ANSWER-Framing
effects
An entrepreneurial alliance between a franchisor (an innovator
who has created at least one successful store and wants to grow)
and a franchisee (a partner who manages a new store of the
same type in a new location) - ANSWER-Franchising
