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What did a survey of over 2,100 CFOs across 20 industries indicate?
What did a survey of over 2,100 CFOs across 20 industries indicate?
- Lack of financial skills is the top reason why some employees fail to advance
- Lack of marketing skills is the top reason why some employees fail to advance
- Lack of technical skills is the top reason why some employees fail to advance
- Lack of interpersonal skills is the top reason why some employees fail to advance (correct)
What did business school curricula emphasize until the late 1980s?
What did business school curricula emphasize until the late 1980s?
- Human behavior and interpersonal skills
- Leadership and communication skills
- Technical aspects of management and people skills equally
- Economics, accounting, finance, and quantitative techniques (correct)
What received relatively less attention in business school curricula until the late 1980s?
What received relatively less attention in business school curricula until the late 1980s?
- Marketing and advertising strategies
- Economics, accounting, finance, and quantitative techniques
- Human behavior and people skills (correct)
- Technical aspects of management
Why have required courses on people skills been added to many business school curricula over the past three decades?
Why have required courses on people skills been added to many business school curricula over the past three decades?
What does developing managers' interpersonal skills help organizations do?
What does developing managers' interpersonal skills help organizations do?
What is considered the top reason for some employees failing to advance based on the survey of CFOs mentioned in the passage?
What is considered the top reason for some employees failing to advance based on the survey of CFOs mentioned in the passage?
What makes the workplace more pleasant and, in turn, makes it easier to hire and keep qualified people?
What makes the workplace more pleasant and, in turn, makes it easier to hire and keep qualified people?
What is the defining characteristic of managers?
What is the defining characteristic of managers?
What function of managers involves deciding what tasks are to be done, who is to do them, how the tasks are to be grouped, who reports to whom, and where decisions are to be made?
What function of managers involves deciding what tasks are to be done, who is to do them, how the tasks are to be grouped, who reports to whom, and where decisions are to be made?
What kind of employees are always in short supply, regardless of labor market conditions?
What kind of employees are always in short supply, regardless of labor market conditions?
What does having managers with good interpersonal skills do for the workplace?
What does having managers with good interpersonal skills do for the workplace?
What category of functions does a manager undertake when deciding which members of her team will work on engaging with the public and which will work on lobbying with the government?
What category of functions does a manager undertake when deciding which members of her team will work on engaging with the public and which will work on lobbying with the government?
What does organizing function of managers include?
What does organizing function of managers include?
Who is responsible for getting things done through other people by making decisions, allocating resources, and directing the activities of others to attain goals?
Who is responsible for getting things done through other people by making decisions, allocating resources, and directing the activities of others to attain goals?
What does the leading function of managers involve?
What does the leading function of managers involve?
