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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. What is more important than strategy development?

2. Under the company's new culture, who is rewarded with GE stock options?

3. Which deal secures Japanese distributor Nagase & Co. as GE's new partner?

4. Which congressional act addresses PCB site cleanup?

5. When melding manufacturing with financial ingenuity, what kinds of employees make the difference?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does GE find itself under investigation for its industrial diamond business and what is the result?

2. Who is Jack's successor and where is he introduced?

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

4. How does Jack improve his golf game?

5. 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?

6. Discuss how GE enters the medical ultrasound field in 2000.

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

8. Briefly discuss how GE redefines its airplane services in 1995.

9. Discuss the rankings of GE's television stations CNBC, MSNBC and NBC in 2001. Why is NBC's ranking important?

10. What are Jack's predictions about business with China?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is the importance of layout in nonfiction? Discuss six elements or functions the layout should address. Discuss the layout of this book.

Essay Topic 3

Define cause and effect. Discuss the importance of cause and effect in this book.

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