400 CHAPTER 4 REVIEW
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The process of guiding the activities of the assessor's office appropriately is termed ________.

  • Planning
  • Organizing
  • Directing (correct)
  • Controlling
  • Assessors as managers direct activities by leading, motivating, and ________.

  • Communicating (correct)
  • Delegating
  • Planning
  • Evaluating
  • Organizationally, leadership directly impacts the effectiveness of:

  • Service to the public
  • Costs associated with assessment activities
  • Employee self-motivation
  • All of the above (correct)
  • Today's outstanding leaders have:

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The process of entrusting one's authority to a competent subordinate is termed ________.

    <p>Delegation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Employees are given the responsibility to inquire, investigate, report, and advise their supervisor as to the action to be taken. This would be a _______ degree of delegation.

    <p>Moderate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Typically, the biggest barrier to delegation is the _______.

    <p>Manager</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an effect of poor delegation?

    <p>Deadlines are often missed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Delegation is the sharing of responsibility and authority, but not the abdication of _______.

    <p>Responsibility</p> Signup and view all the answers

    An individual's state of mind that causes them to behave in a way that ensures the accomplishment of a goal is termed _______.

    <p>Motivation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The primary components of motivation are ability, _______, and _______.

    <p>Effort, Desire</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Studies showing the significant factors that affect productivity were social and psychological factors, not changes in physical working conditions. These were known as the _______ Studies.

    <p>Hawthorne</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory places _______ at the top.

    <p>Self-actualization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Herzberg felt there were two sets of motivational factors, one being a set of _______ factors which he labeled "dissatisfiers."

    <p>Maintenance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Herzberg's second set of factors were considered _______ factors, which he labeled "satisfiers."

    <p>Motivating</p> Signup and view all the answers

    _______ communication flows from the direct report to the supervisor and may include suggestion boxes or grievance procedures.

    <p>Upward</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The ______ is an unofficial and informal communication system found in every organization.

    <p>Grapevine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ______ communication flows among employees at the same level

    <p>Horizontal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A way of listening and responding to another person that improves mutual understanding, and trust is called ______ listening.

    <p>Empathic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Employees feel they have gained recognition when the supervisor __________.

    <p>Listens</p> Signup and view all the answers

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