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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jack says it is important for managers to know when...

2. What kind of environment does Jack say is best for making necessary changes and modernizing the company?

3. What brings about a business-altering deal for GE in the mid 1980s?

4. What nickname does the media pin on Jack?

5. What does the learning/training curriculum show its participants?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the focus and discussion of Session C meetings.

2. What does Jack learn about "academic pedigrees"?

3. Briefly outline the trade between GE and a French government-owned electronics company and its benefit to GE.

4. Why is Jack disgruntled with his first $1,000 raise at GE?

5. What are Jack's beliefs regarding self-confidence?

6. What does Jack learn about discipline after he blows up one of GE's factories?

7. What frustrates Jack about the scientists he deals with when he first goes to work for GE?

8. Describe the management team that Jack builds for GE.

9. What is a "Work-Out" and what is its role in GE?

10. What is the accepted business philosophy of the 1980s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss discipline as a theme in Jack: Straight from the Gut.

Essay Topic 2

A main character in a work of fiction has both good and bad qualities, giving the character dimension. In nonfiction, the main character is known as the subject. Jack is the subject of his own book. What are Jack's bad qualities? Support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Briefly discuss the focus of Six Sigma. What is its importance to GE?

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