This course will set you apart from the workforce, give you an edge. It will teach you how and give you the credentials to boss others around. Develop your organizational skills. Prepare yourself for management positions. DSST Principles of Supervision is a course for you.

The DSST Principles of Supervision exam is a 3 credit Business exam that covers material taught in a college level introductory course in management and organizations. It includes the roles of a supervisor, management functions and organizational environment. A complete course description can be found here. This was our second business exam and we recommend taking it after CLEP Principles of Management. Here are the materials we used, our study method and what you must know to pass.

Materials abound for this exam but the good news is that most of them are low cost and there is so much cross over from CLEP Management that you are most of the way there.

Here is what we used:

• Peterson's online exams
• DSST Principles of Supervision (DANTES series) (Dantes Subject Standardized Tests (Dantes))
• InstantCert (both the cards and the forum feedback)
  

Our method for this exam was quick and intense. We studied the Peterson's tests, using the wrong answer study method from another post, paying special attention to the explanations of each question. One of my students said, "Test yourself silly". Study and memorize the feedback from the InstantCert forum. Take the official practice test and when you are scoring in the 60's you should be good to go. This test was updated this summer and we took the new version. Pay special attention to the details. Another student said, "They hound you on the details".

You must know the core material from CLEP Management. Focus on:

1. Leadership Styles
2. Supervisor's Roles
3. Theories of Supervision in practice
4. Make sure you can match theory to theorist, theorist to name, theory to its definition, definition to theory, theory to real life
5. International and Domestic Trade
6. International and Domestic Economics
7. Embargos
8. Tariffs
9. Business Law
10. Unions
11. Lots of employee hiring procedures
12. Human Resource Management

Have fun with this one. Some of the questions were unfamiliar, but with logic and a little background in Team Policy debate or in the business world you may do well.

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