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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26, "New Guy".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack plan to select a successor that the board will unite behind?
(a) By asking the board nicely to support his successor.
(b) By deeply involving the board in the selection process.
(c) By creating new board positions.
(d) By adding himself to the board upon his retirement.

2. Who does Jack defeat in a 36-hole golf match played in Nantucket?
(a) Scott McNealy.
(b) Bill Gates.
(c) Warren Buffet.
(d) Frank Rooney.

3. How does Jack resolve the complaint of the employees who have trained at the GE learning center?
(a) By closing the facility.
(b) By building another gym for employees to work out their aggressions.
(c) By sending training manuals to all employees.
(d) Be developing the Work-Out program.

4. What is Jack's "Vitality Curve"?
(a) An employee evaluation system.
(b) A cool gym added to each factory.
(c) An energy supplement Jack uses.
(d) A pitch used by Jack at company softball games.

5. What does QMI stand for?
(a) Quick Market Interference.
(b) Quick Market Intelligence.
(c) Quick Meaningful Intercommunication.
(d) Quick Market Insulators.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is more important than strategy development?

2. Which India-based company becomes a GE partner in developing low-end, low-cost medical systems products?

3. How does Jack lose his college scholarship funded by the country club?

4. How does Jack describe himself in Chapter 4 when he was an engineer?

5. What does Jack learn from GE veterans about the company's routine employee appraisals?

(see the answer key)

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