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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Jack give GE managers for empowerment?
(a) A worry stone.
(b) More responsibilities.
(c) Less work.
(d) Delegated authority.
2. Which organization started out as a group of elitists but opened its membership and transformed into a group of volunteers?
(a) Elfun.
(b) Boy Scouts of America.
(c) United Way.
(d) Unicef.
3. In addition to being self-confident, what else does Jack believe is a large part of leadership?
(a) Building self-confidence in others.
(b) Knowing how to get others to do what you want.
(c) Being able to relax.
(d) Winning at least 90 percent of the time.
4. Which facility does Jack want to transform into a world-class center where ideas are spread in an open environment?
(a) Crotonville.
(b) Fairfield.
(c) NYC.
(d) Boston.
5. What are the human resources meetings called that are held at each GE business location?
(a) Section A.
(b) Series 1.
(c) Session C.
(d) Subgroup 2.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the one complaint that frustrates the employees who train at GE's learning center?
2. What setback keeps Jack from attending one of the two colleges of his choice?
3. What does Jack say his book is about?
4. Whose business management concepts does Jack use to support his ideas of good and bad business?
5. How do GE employees take Jack's view on the work environment?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Jack's unique approach to marketing industrial plastics in the 1970s?
2. How does Jack's mother influence his management style?
3. Why does Jack want out of the semiconductor business?
4. What is a "Work-Out" and what is its role in GE?
5. When faced with the real world of bad business, what is Jack's plan of attack?
6. What does Jack learn about "academic pedigrees"?
7. What two concerns do GE board members have in appointing Jack to be CEO of the company?
8. How does Jack's mother teach him the value of competition?
9. What frustrates Jack about the scientists he deals with when he first goes to work for GE?
10. What is Jack's vision for GE when he takes over as CEO?
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