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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 ability to think analytically and solve complex problems to the benefit of everyone involved.






2. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






3. Found in job content - such as a sense of achievement - recognition - or personal growth.






4. WOT






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






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






7. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






8. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






9. Boston Consulting Group - analyzes business opportunities according to market growth rate and market share






10. Use IT to collect - organize - and distribute data for use in decision making






11. Local products are sold abroad






12. Making managerial decisions based on the situation; Management is not a science.






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






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






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






16. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






17. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






18. Behaviour followed by pleasant consequences is like to be repeated; behaviour followed by unpleasant work conditions is not.






19. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






20. The worldwide interdependence of resource flows - product markets - and business competition.






21. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






22. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






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






24. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






25. A shifting network of strategic alliances that are engaged as needed






26. The quantity and quality of work performance - with resource utilization considered.






27. Is the process of distributing and entrusting work to other persons.






28. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






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






30. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






31. The application of operant conditioning to influence human behaviour at work.






32. Brings together members from different functional departments






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






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






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






36. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






38. Growing within the same business area






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






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






41. Some whose knowledge is a critical asset to employers.






42. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






43. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






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






46. A special strength that gives an organization a competitive advantage.






47. A collaborative process of collecting data - using it for action planning - and evaluating the results.






48. An invisible barrier limiting the advancement of woman and minorities






49. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






50. Comes from operating in successful ways that are difficult to imitate.