"CLEP Principles of Management," Vocabulary from Chapter 15

This list focuses on conflict, change, and communication.

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  1. conflict
    a disagreement or argument about something important
  2. latent
    potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  3. perceived
    detected by means of the senses
  4. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  5. aftermath
    the consequences of an event, especially a catastrophic one
  6. handle
    manage effectively
  7. response
    a reaction to some event or effect
  8. retaliation
    action taken in return for an injury or offense
  9. aggressive
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  10. competitor
    the contestant you hope to defeat
  11. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  12. accommodate
    be agreeable or acceptable to
  13. flee
    run away quickly
  14. compromise
    settle by concession
  15. concession
    the act of yielding
  16. collaboration
    act of working jointly
  17. versatility
    having a wide variety of skills
  18. affective
    characterized by emotion
  19. ambiguity
    unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
  20. scarcity
    a small and inadequate amount
  21. interdependence
    a relation between entities that rely on each other
  22. incompatible
    not in harmonious or agreeable combination
  23. resolve
    find a solution or answer
  24. alter
    cause to change; make different
  25. buffer
    a neutral zone between two rival powers
  26. resistance
    the action of opposing something that you disagree with
  27. tolerance
    the capacity of an organism to bear unfavorable conditions
  28. parochial
    narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
  29. assessment
    the act of judging a person or situation or event
  30. communication
    the activity of conveying information
  31. facilitation
    act of assisting the progress or improvement of something
  32. manipulation
    exerting shrewd or devious influence for one's own advantage
  33. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  34. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  35. barrier
    any condition that makes it difficult to make progress
  36. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  37. documentation
    validation from written records
  38. contradictory
    in disagreement
  39. inconsistency
    the relation between propositions that cannot both be true
  40. redundancy
    repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors
Created on Wed Nov 02 11:10:44 EDT 2016 (updated Tue Nov 15 14:42:45 EST 2016)

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