As a Manager Moves from Lower-Level Management to Upper-Level Management

question 27

Multiple Choice

As a manager moves from lower-level management to upper-level management, ________.

• A) conceptual skills become more important and technical skills less important
• B) technical skills become more important and human skills less important
• C) human skills become more important and conceptual skills less important
• D) conceptual skills and human skills become less important
• E) technical skills and human skills become more important

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Definitions:

Second Messengers

Molecules that transmit signals from a receptor on the cell surface to target molecules inside the cell, creating a biochemical response.

G Proteins

A family of proteins that act as molecular switches inside cells, involved in transmitting signals from stimuli outside the cell to its interior.

Alpha Subunits

Components of G-protein coupled receptor complexes involved in transmitting signals from a wide variety of receptors into the interior of the cell.