How Can a Manager Increase His Personal Power by Developing

question 55

Multiple Choice

How can a manager increase his personal power by developing a perception among subordinates that they are dependent on the manager?

• A) by adopting a wider span of control
• B) by downplaying their positional power
• C) by developing employees' sense of identification with the manager
• D) by demonstrating his control over organizational resources
• E) by espousing goals, values, and ideals commonly held by them

Identify the legal theories and tests used to establish a design defect.

Understand the basis for breach of warranty claims.

Recognize the role of consumer expectations and risk-utility analysis in product liability lawsuits.

Understand the concept of empowerment and its components.

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Definitions:

One-tail Test

A statistical test that determines the significance of one end (tail) of the data distribution, often used to test a directional hypothesis.

Population Proportion

The fraction or percentage of the population that shares a particular characteristic or attribute.

Chi-squared Goodness-of-fit

A specific type of goodness-of-fit test that uses the chi-squared statistic to test the hypothesis that an observed frequency distribution fits a claimed distribution.

One-tail Test

A statistical test where the region of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution, used when testing a directional hypothesis.