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Business Leadership

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The process of acquiring products abroad and selling them in domestic markets






2. An unexpected problem that can lead to disaster if not resolved quickly and appropriately






3. Brings together members from different functional departments






4. Uses mathmatical techniques to analyze and solve management problems.






5. Demonstrates through personal behavior the job performance expected of others






6. Guides the performance of the organization as a whole or of one of its major parts.






7. A standing plan that precisely describes what actions are to be taken in specific situations






8. When a business function is contracted to an outside supplier






9. Desire to control - influence - or to be responsible for other people






10. Increases job depth by adding work planning and evaluating duties normally performed by the supervisor.






11. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






12. A person oriented towards extreme achievement - impatience - and perfectionism.






13. A tendency for highly cohesive teams to lose their evaluative capabilities






14. The total mechanization of a job.






15. Physical and Mental exhaustion that can be incapacitating personally and in respect to work.






16. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






17. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






18. Desire to do something better - solve problems - or to solve complex problems






19. The set of expectations held by an individual about working relationships with the organization.






20. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






21. Assigns early career employees as proteges to more senior ones






22. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






23. Describes the differences among workers in gender - race - age - ethnic culture - able-bodiness - religious affiliation - and sexual orientation.






24. The ability to translate knowledge into action that results in desired performance






25. The continuation of a course of action even though it is not working






26. A work unit or smaller component within a larger organization






27. Provides learning opportunities to acquire and improve job related skills






28. Sets standards as to what is good or bad or right or wrong in ones conduct.






29. The display of negative - irrational attitudes toward woman or minorities.






30. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






31. The quantity and quality of task accomplishment by an individual or group.






32. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






33. Uses permanent and temporary cross-functional teams to improve lateral relations






34. The creation of a whole that is greater than the sum of its individual parts.






35. The process of taking a new idea and putting it into practice.






36. A person who supports and is responsible for the work of others.






37. Involves an experienced person offering performance advice to a less-experienced person






38. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






39. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






40. The process of assigning tasks - allocating resources - and arranging activities to implement plans.






41. Responds to events as or after they occur.






42. Found in job context - such as working conditions - interpersonal relations - organizational policies - and salary.






43. The process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results






44. Eliminates internal boundaries among internal boundaries among parts and external boundaries with the external enviroment.






45. Lacks complete information but offers 'probabillities' of the likely outcomes for possible action alternatives.






46. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






47. Links all persons with successively higher levels of authority.






48. Growing within the same business area






49. Applying a solution from past experience to a routine problem






50. Is by acquisition of or investment in new and different business areas