CLEP - Principles of Management

Well, I ordered the EZ-101 Management book to study for this test, but it has yet to arrive. I'm getting a feeling it's not going to make it in time to study for my scheduled date of Wednesday. Does anyone have a recommendation of another book, preferably about the same number of pages, that would be useful in studying for this test?

 

Smit, P.J. & Cronjé, D.J. (1997) Management Principles. Cape Town: Juta.

Cronjé, G.J. de J., du Toit, G.S., Motlatla, M.D.C. (Eds) (2000) Introduction to Business Management 5th Ed. Cape Town: Oxford University Press

Jones, G.R., George, J.M. & Hill, C.W.L. (1998) Contemporary Management Issues. Massachusetts: McGraw Hill.

Mondy, R.W., Sharplin, A. & Premeaux, S.R. (1991) Management Concepts, Practices and Skills. Massachusetts: Allyn & Beacon.

Robbins, S.P. (1997) Managing Today. London: Prentice Hall.


Regards,

Len.

 

Any, repeat, any, general Management primer will do. I used Barron's EZ-101 Management because it was near hand. You only require a grounding in the basics to pass this exam.

Brevity. Bulleted points. Succinct delineation. Minimalism. Generally you will find these qualities characterize your common five buck Cliffs Notes type crammer. Borders, Barnes & Noble, and most independent bookstores are festooned with these. Among them there will be one or more on management. The title need not include the, "Principles of" bit.

If you can't wait to go to the bookstore or for Amazon to ship you the primer, you can download direct to your PC, the actual Cliffs Notes “Principles of Management”, for $9.99 (scandalous price in my opinion). Right click to: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/product.asp?prod_id=5271



Question is, how are you doing on the CLEP practice exam right now? I take it you have the "CLEP Official Study Guide" published by the College Board.

 

I'm taking this exam in 5 hours. I read through Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys: Management yesterday. I also took the practice exam in The College Board CLEP Official Study Guide (2003) and did well. If you are unable to get the Barron's then I suggest you take the practice exam. It has 86 questions that you can study.

Caveat emptor, the Barron's did not cover everthing that the practice exam tested. However, it did cover enough to pass the exam.

I'll post back afterwards to let you know how I did and give any tips while they are fresh in my head.

 

What questions in the CLEP official Guide Principles of Management practice exam are not covered in the EZ 101 Management primer? I see that in the BA in 4 Weeks Business degree manual, it says:


""Principles of Management". This is one of the easier exams. Most working adults will have at least some practical experience of many of the practices and concepts examined in this test. Use Barron's "EZ-101 Management". It's enough to get you through this."
(See http://www.bain4weeks.com/2ndYearBus.html)

I wouldn't have included the last sentence without a reason, and it tends to support your contention, but I cannot recall specific deficiencies. The material covered in the text should be enough to get you an "A".

Best of luck with the exam.

 

Hmm...well I just tried the mock exam and got 61%. I think I'll go grab a slim text at Borders today, read through it, and take this on my test date tomorrow.

Thanks to all those who replied with suggestions.

CMT, let me know how your test goes.

 

Well, I passed with a score of 74. I finished in about 50 minutes and had some questions that I thought I could go back spend more time on, but by the time I got to the end of the exam I knew I had already scored well enough for an "A," so I didn't bother.

If you managed 61% on the mock, then you're good. I would, however, spend some time on "authority." It felt like nearly 10% of the questions were on "authority."

Also, know how these five relate to each other and what they entail: planning, organizing, staffing, leadership, and controlling.

Of the several CLEP exams I have taken this was one of the easier.

 

Just about any having to do with psychology/sociology (locus of control, self-monitoring, groupthink, social loafing, etc). Also, I found it lacking several important terms concerning leadership (transactional, transformational, etc.).

That being said, your evaluation is correct: It's enough to get you through this."

 

I think we'll just have to disagree here. Comparing the structure of the exam and the contents of the primer, they were well matched. The emphasis, the percentage of marks allotted to each area examined (Org. and Human Res, Op. Mangt, Functional, and miscellaneous) and each topic within each area, and the evidence of the practice exam in the official guide, seem to track with the construction, organization and emphasis of the material in the primer pretty nearly.

The impact of the "human factor" seems to be given adequate and appropriate attention within the relevant areas. According to my count, the deficiencies might account for 5% of the exam at most. That is, material covered in the exam but not in the book would comprise 5% or less of total possible marks. I suspect it would be less.

The only reference I could find in my original notes was that the primer might prove, "too succinct for some". Maybe that's why I added that it was enough to get you through.

It is also the case of course, that the guides assume some level of common sense savvy with respect to any of the exams featured (1). The subjects examined were paired in the degree manual to be complementary (the exam in question is preceded by HRM and OB).(2)


http://www.bain4weeks.com/2ndYearBus.html
(1)"Most working adults will have at least some practical experience of many of the practices and concepts examined in this test."


(2)"We have constructed subject and exam matrices that are synergistic. That is, the interrelated elements in the chosen subjects and the chosen test pairings of subjects mean that facts and concepts learned and absorbed in studying for one exam are directly applicable within one of the others"

 

The Principles of Management, Principles of supervision, and HRM are similar. You may want to take the others as well.

 

Review of: CLEP Principles of Management (Comex) 5th edition. Review done on July 2012.

I just wrote the CLEP exam and passed with a 71. The only study guide I used was the above mentioned text. I read the book three times, pretty much memorizing it. Then, I made about 100 flash cards (used index cards) and memorized them. Total study time was about 3 weeks, studying a couple of hours every day. The book is quite thin, but covers quite a bit of the material on the exam.

The exam itself was 100 questions, and it was not broken down into two 45 minute sections. It took me about 45 minutes to complete the 100 questions, and you are allocated 90 minutes so there is reasonable time. I would say there were about 10 or 15 questions on the exam that I had no idea what they were talking about. Most of those related to specific policies or theories of people not covered in the Comex text. The other 85 or 90 questions were straight forward, with the occasional question being confusing in wording (best guess).

Best of luck to everyone working on this exam.