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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. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






2. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






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






4. Results in a major and comprehensive redirection of the organization.






5. The phase at which change is stabilized.






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






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






8. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






9. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






10. Growing within the same business area






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






12. The phase during which a situation is prepared for change.






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






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






15. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






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






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






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






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






21. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






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






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






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






25. Involves working at home or other places using computer links to the office.






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






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






28. The process of arousing enthusiasm and directing efforts towards organizational goals.






29. The collective brainpower or shared knowledge of a workforce.






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






31. Motivation Accounts for the level - ___________- and persistence of effort expended at work.






32. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






33. Sets long-term direction for the total enterprise.






34. The ability to use a special proficiency or expertise in one's work.






35. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






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






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






38. WOT






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






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






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






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






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






44. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities






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






46. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






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






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






49. The overall quality of human experiences in the workplace.






50. A standing plan that communicates guidelines for decisions and action