Management and Supervision

Can't find a test guide for a supervisory or management position?  Get these supervisory guides and references:

• 13 Fatal Errors Managers Make and How You Can Avoid Them, W. Steven Brown, 1999
  Practical, proactive approach to supervision and management.  
• The First-Time Manager, Loren Belker, 2005
  From the American Management Association, this guide covers leadership, motivation, discipline, and other tricks of the trade that are required of anyone in a supervisory position. 
• Skills for New Managers, Morey Stettner, 2000
  Specific answers for hiring new employees; delegating work efficiently; dealing with stress; communicating effectively with your employees; how to master mentoring, leadership, and coaching styles.  Includes bulleted lists, checklists and definition of terms.
• Complete Interview Guide with Supervision Guide
  From job-interview.net, the Complete Interview Guide with 200+ possible interview questions on supervision including behavioral/situational questions. Plus, answers to the toughest supervision interview questions.
• What Makes A Great Manager? 
  Management and supervision guide with tips, answers and free resources.  A good resource for situational questions.

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Sample civil service written questions from the State of Louisiana for Manager/Administrator Test -- generally taken by state employees for promotion, Professional Supervisor Test -- taken by state employees for promotion and Supervision, budgeting, management and supervision.

New York State Public Employees Federation offers Promotion Test Battery Study Guides including Simulation - Key Management Points - Suggested Bibliography Instructions and Answer Sheet, Simulation Exercise Question Book, Simulation Exercise Answer Key, Simulation Exercise Response Book, Written Communication - Analysis of Written Communication - Questions, and Written Communication - Analysis of Written Communication - Answer Key.

STUDY GUIDES

• Supervision guides by industry including education, healthcare, law enforcement, non-profit, security, social work and spiritual. 

• Customs and Border Patrol study guide on the In-Basket Job Simulation and Managerial Writing Skills Exercise.  Although focused on border patrol activities, provides detailed discussion and practice questions with answers and explanations.

1. Administrative Manager, Jack Rudman, 2005

2. Associate Staff Analyst: Test Preparation Study Guide Questions & Answers, National Learning Corp. - Publisher, 2005

3. Instructor's Manual and Key for Supervision and Leadership in Action and In-Basket Simulation, Lester R. Bittel, 1990

4. Management Analyst, Jack Rudman, 2002

5. Management Assistant, National Learning Corp. - Publisher, 2005

6. Promotion Test Battery, Jack Rudman, 2004

7. Senior Management Analyst: Test Preparation Study Guide Questions & Answers, National Learning Corp - Publisher, 2005

8. Supervision and Leadership in Action: An In-Basket Simulation, Barry L. Reece, 1989

9. Staff Services Analyst (Career Examination Series Volume C-3810), Jack Rudman, 2005