Chapter 01
Chapter 1 Developing Self-Awareness
29) To become a better manager, what is one of the first things one should do?
A) Improve one's communication skills
B) Seek knowledge of oneself
C) Manage one's time better
D) Empower one's employees
30) How should managers know and accept others?
A) Be an enigma to themselves
B) Work toward self-denial and unselfishness
C) Work toward self-awareness and self-acceptance
D) Work toward self-reverence and reflection
31) How can the enigma of self-awareness be managed?
A) Avoid information contradictory to one's self-image
B) Seek information from others about one's self
C) Make sure to cross the sensitive lines of others
D) Challenge information inconsistent with one's self-image
32) To know one's self, what is most prescribed?
A) Self-examination and meditation
B) Do not cross the sensitive line
C) Involve others
D) Be highly selective about who to get information from
33) Responding to a remark from a peer that a report looks like it was slapped together at the last minute (you had spent most of last week working on it), the sensitive line was crossed. What will the most likely response be?
A) "I think you are right, thanks for the feedback."
B) "You don't know what you are talking about! Call my boss if you don't believe me!"
C) "Well, maybe I did or maybe I didn't, what do you care?"
D) "Could you tell me how I might improve the report?"
34) George has returned from his two-week trip to India. He believes his trip has provided an introspection that increased his self-knowledge. When you begin to question him about his experiences, he becomes defensive and states, "I don't want to talk about it with you!" Based on the review of self-awareness in the text, what would be the most accurate conclusion?
A) Yes, it probably has increased his self-knowledge. Now he is protective of that knowledge.
B) No, it probably has not increased his self-knowledge.
C) Maybe, maybe not, depends upon what
29) To become a better manager, what is one of the first things one should do?
A) Improve one's communication skills
B) Seek knowledge of oneself
C) Manage one's time better
D) Empower one's employees
30) How should managers know and accept others?
A) Be an enigma to themselves
B) Work toward self-denial and unselfishness
C) Work toward self-awareness and self-acceptance
D) Work toward self-reverence and reflection
31) How can the enigma of self-awareness be managed?
A) Avoid information contradictory to one's self-image
B) Seek information from others about one's self
C) Make sure to cross the sensitive lines of others
D) Challenge information inconsistent with one's self-image
32) To know one's self, what is most prescribed?
A) Self-examination and meditation
B) Do not cross the sensitive line
C) Involve others
D) Be highly selective about who to get information from
33) Responding to a remark from a peer that a report looks like it was slapped together at the last minute (you had spent most of last week working on it), the sensitive line was crossed. What will the most likely response be?
A) "I think you are right, thanks for the feedback."
B) "You don't know what you are talking about! Call my boss if you don't believe me!"
C) "Well, maybe I did or maybe I didn't, what do you care?"
D) "Could you tell me how I might improve the report?"
34) George has returned from his two-week trip to India. He believes his trip has provided an introspection that increased his self-knowledge. When you begin to question him about his experiences, he becomes defensive and states, "I don't want to talk about it with you!" Based on the review of self-awareness in the text, what would be the most accurate conclusion?
A) Yes, it probably has increased his self-knowledge. Now he is protective of that knowledge.
B) No, it probably has not increased his self-knowledge.
C) Maybe, maybe not, depends upon what