A Manager Introduces Participative Management in an Effort to Boost

question 64

Multiple Choice

A manager introduces participative management in an effort to boost morale and productivity. If he wants to make sure that it has as great a chance of success as possible he should ensure all of the following except .

• A) there is representative participation through work councils and board representatives
• B) the employees must be trusted by the manager
• C) the issues decided upon must be relevant to the employees
• D) the manager must be trusted by the employees
• E) the employees must be informed and competent enough to make decisions

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Definitions:

StdDev

Standard Deviation, a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values.

Median

The central number in a series that divides the upper half from the bottom half.

StdDev

A rephrased term for standard deviation, indicating the degree to which individual data points in a set diverge from the mean value.

Mean

A mathematical average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding them all together and dividing by the number of numbers.