Influencing the Activities of Others Toward the Attainment of a Common

question 79

Multiple Choice

Influencing the activities of others toward the attainment of a common goal through the use of intelligence, personality, and abilities refers to which of the following project manager activities?

• A) Conflict management
• B) Management
• C) Leadership
• D) Team management
• E) Customer relations

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Definitions:

Expected Utility

A theory in economics and decision theory that describes how individuals might choose among risky prospects based on the expected outcomes' utility to them.

MAUT

Multi-Attribute Utility Theory, a decision-making framework that evaluates choices based on multiple criteria.

Image Theory

A descriptive theory of decision making positing that the process consists of two stages: (1) a noncompensatory screening of options against the decision maker’s image of values and future, in which the number of options is reduced to a very small set, and (2) a compensatory choice process (if necessary).

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.