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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Too Full of Myself.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the learning/training curriculum show its participants?
(a) There is no single right way and often there is an alternate, better way.
(b) That the company spends a lot on training.
(c) Who is being considered for promotion.
(d) That the company invests a lot on training.

2. Which scandalous investment banking firm does GE buy?
(a) Chase, Manhattan.
(b) Paine-Webber.
(c) Neiman, Marcus.
(d) Kidder, Peabody.

3. What kind of acquisitions does Jack pass up in the late 1990s?
(a) Work-from-home companies.
(b) High-tech companies.
(c) Women-owned companies.
(d) Grant-funded companies.

4. What does Jack say is the only realistic form of job security?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Government work.
(c) Law enforcement.
(d) Satisfied customers.

5. What is the one complaint that frustrates the employees who train at GE's learning center?
(a) Everything that works in training is not how it works out in the actual workplace.
(b) Everyone cannot attend the training.
(c) It's too expensive to attend the training.
(d) The breakfasts are always the same.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jack move to when he's promoted as one of five sector executives?

2. Jack says it is important for managers to know when...

3. What is unique about the GE learning/training facility's curriculum?

4. How does Jack resolve the complaint of the employees who have trained at the GE learning center?

5. Who blows up one of GE's factories?

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