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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Swimming in a Bigger Pond.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack learn from GE veterans about the company's routine employee appraisals?
(a) They have had the same typographical error for years.
(b) They are valuable tools in assessing job performance.
(c) They are used for firing people, never for promoting them.
(d) They are no more than routinely written forms of false kindness.

2. Jack says it is important for managers to know when...
(a) To quit and when to fire.
(b) To walk away and know when to run.
(c) To hug and when to kick.
(d) To hold them and when to fold them.

3. Where does Jack choose to advertise his plant's new plastics?
(a) Radio, TV, and billboards.
(b) Radio, magazines, and newspapers.
(c) Radio, TV, and park benches.
(d) Internet, TV, and billboards.

4. Where does Jack move to when he's promoted as one of five sector executives?
(a) Fairchild.
(b) Fairfield.
(c) Fairton.
(d) Fairbanks.

5. What kind of environment does Jack say is best for making necessary changes and modernizing the company?
(a) A business-type monarchy.
(b) Formal.
(c) A dictatorship.
(d) Informal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What setback keeps Jack from attending one of the two colleges of his choice?

2. What inspires Jack to pursue his Ph.D.?

3. What is Jack's title at the new GE plastics plant?

4. Why does Jack's father encourage him to learn the game of golf?

5. Who says, "When people make mistakes, the last thing they need is discipline"?

(see the answer key)

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