Application of Management Skills

question 129

Multiple Choice

Application of Management Skills
Shawna had spent the day "tagging" her uncle. He is the CEO of a large firm that manufactures cereal and related products. Shawna was a management major at a local college, and one of her class assignments was to interview a business manager. When she approached her uncle about the assignment, he told her that he felt she would get a better feel for management if she would "shadow" him for a day. So, over fall break, she had spent the day with him. He had spent his day dealing with a variety of issues. The first agenda item for the day had been a meeting with the division manager who was having difficulties meeting his target amount due to his inability to motivate his employees. Then it had been off to the assembly line floor to inspect a new procedure for filling cereal boxes. Lunch had been with a group of local CEOs where everything from the new hiring laws to the latest economic reports had been discussed. After lunch, Shawna had sat in on a meeting where the
five- year strategic plan for the company was being evaluated. All in all, it had been a day full of information Shawna could use for her class assignment.
-The five- year meeting for setting a strategic plan was an example of____________ .

• A)political skills
• B)technical skills
• C)interpersonal skills
• D)conceptual skills

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