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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. To which former U.S. president was Roger Ailes a political adviser?

2. What kind of acquisitions does Jack pass up in the late 1990s?

3. Which golf pro does Jack beat in a 1998 game?

4. How does investment banker Joseph Jett rip off the company?

5. How does Department of Justice investigation against GE end?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Jack begin the search for his successor, and how does he want to change the process of finding the company's next CEO?

2. Briefly, why is Honeywell a good business for GE to buy?

3. What entertainment dilemmas face GE through NBC in the 1990s?

4. Briefly explain how Jack decides to compete with the Japanese.

5. Briefly discuss how globalization affects GE's development and American facilities.

6. How does Jack learn to play golf and why is the sport important to him?

7. How and why does e-business affect GE's customer service.

8. What is the cause of Kidder, Peabody's legal trouble when GE is purchasing it and what scandal arises after the purchase is complete?

9. As Jack reflects on his GE career, what qualities does he consider to be successful in business?

10. Discuss GE's charge of PCB contamination and its result.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast autobiography and personal recollection as types of nonfiction.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of propaganda in nonfiction. Discuss any possible propaganda in this book.

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