Brenda Kraft Has Proven Herself to Be an Able Manager

question 32

Multiple Choice

Brenda Kraft has proven herself to be an able manager. Her section has a high project completion rate with the highest-quality product and the lowest defects in her division. In addition, she accomplishes this with fewer full-time people than other managers. Co-workers say that the secret of her success is in her ability to determine what needs to be done and by whom, and her understanding of the basic "management processes."
-Brenda's high project completion rate indicates that she is ________.

• A)an efficient manager
• B)an effective manager
• C)a good spokesperson
• D)a good resource allocator

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Definitions:

Intrinsic Motivation

The drive to perform an activity for its inherent satisfaction or pleasure, rather than for some separable consequence.

Creativity

The ability to generate novel and valuable ideas or solutions to problems.

Rationalization

A compromise mechanism characterized by trying to justify one’s behavior by constructing bogus reasons for it.

Receptivity

The willingness or readiness to accept or be open to ideas, suggestions, or changes.