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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 measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results






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






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






4. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






5. The tendancy to consider one's culture as superior to others






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






7. A comprehensive plan guiding resource allocation to achieve long-term organizational goals.






8. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






9. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






10. A shared set of beliefs - values - and patterns of behavior common to a group of people






11. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






12. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






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






14. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






15. Uses IT (information technology) to link with networks of outside suppliers and service contractors






16. Identifies how a division or strategic business unit will compete in its product or service domain.






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






18. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






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






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






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






22. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






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






24. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






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






26. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






27. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






28. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






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






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






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






32. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






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






34. Offers complete information on possible action alternatives and their consequences.






35. Local products are sold abroad






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






37. Brings together members from different functional departments






38. Ability x Support x Effort






39. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






41. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






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






43. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






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






45. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






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






47. The ability to work well in cooperation with other people.






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






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






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