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Business Leadership
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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. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem
NP Decision (Non-Programmed)
Decision
nAch
SoC (Span of Control)
2. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people
Synergy
nAff
Cross functional team
Training
3. The process of acquiring products abroad and selling them in domestic markets
Need
Ethics
Innovation
Importing
4. Boston Consulting Group - analyzes business opportunities according to market growth rate and market share
Strategy
BCG Matrix
Planned Change
Problem Solving
5. An unexpected problem that can lead to disaster if not resolved quickly and appropriately
Crisis
Culture
Productivity
Contingency Thinking
6. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.
Functional Strategy
Contingency Thinking
Knowledge Worker
Controlling
7. Making managerial decisions based on the situation; Management is not a science.
Technical Skill
Network Structure
Contingency Thinking
Strength Weakness Opportunity Threats
8. A person who supports and is responsible for the work of others.
Automation
Manager
Planning
Management Science
9. The total mechanization of a job.
Automation
Performance
Ethics
Heuristics
10. The quantity and quality of task accomplishment by an individual or group.
OBM (Organizational Business Modification)
BCG Matrix
Conceptual Skill
Job Performance
11. A standing plan that precisely describes what actions are to be taken in specific situations
Procedure
Team Structure
Virtual Organization
Incremental Change
12. Utilizes people - values - and systems to continously change and improve its performance.
Middle Manager
Direction
Learning Organization
SoC (Span of Control)
13. A special strength that gives an organization a competitive advantage.
Functional Strategy
Hygiene (factor)
Heuristics
Core Competency
14. The process of setting objectives and determining what should be done to accomplish them.
Uncertain Environment
Conceptual Skill
Prejudice
Planning
15. Uses permanent and temporary cross-functional teams to improve lateral relations
Conceptual Skill
Procedure
Satisficing Decision
Team Structure
16. A tendency for highly cohesive teams to lose their evaluative capabilities
Groupthink
Outsourcing
PC
Information System
17. Growing within the same business area
Budget
Manager
SoC (Span of Control)
(Growth through)Concentration
18. Is by acquisition of or investment in new and different business areas
Accountability
Retrenchment Strategy
Subsystem
(Growth through) Diversification
19. The overall quality of human experiences in the workplace.
Action Research
QWL (Quality of Worklife)
Controlling
Law of Effect
20. Ability x Support x Effort
Heuristics
Satisfier (factor)
Controlling
Performance
21. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action
(Growth through) Diversification
Certain Environment
Decision
Corporate Strategy
22. The phase at which change is stabilized.
Refreezing
Budget
Cross functional team
Type A Personality
23. An invisible barrier limiting the advancement of woman and minorities
GCE (Glass Ceiling Effect)
Satisficing Decision
nPower
Coaching
24. Links all persons with successively higher levels of authority.
P Decision (Programmed)
Retrenchment Strategy
CoC (Chain of Command)
Exporting
25. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.
Planned Change
Satisficing Decision
Competitive Advantage
Accountability
26. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment
Job Performance
Modeling
Performance efficiency
Ethnocentrism
27. Demonstrates through personal behavior the job performance expected of others
Contingency Thinking
Modeling
Leading
Planning
28. The tendancy to consider one's culture as superior to others
Psychological Contract
Strength Weakness Opportunity Threats
Ethnocentrism
Satisfier (factor)
29. The collective brainpower or shared knowledge of a workforce.
Ethics
Certain Environment
Intellectual Capital
Satisficing Decision
30. Involves reducing the scale of current operations
Type A Personality
Retrenchment Strategy
Performance
Skill
31. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment
Law of Effect
Innovation
Team Structure
Performance effectiveness
32. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.
GCE (Glass Ceiling Effect)
Job Performance
Organizing
Intuitive Thinking
33. WOT
Planning
Need
Network Structure
Strength Weakness Opportunity Threats
34. The ability to translate knowledge into action that results in desired performance
Performance efficiency
Skill
Corporate Strategy
Information System
35. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.
Satisfier (factor)
Need
Manager
Network Structure
36. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager
Budget
Lifelong Learning
BCG Matrix
SoC (Span of Control)
37. Provides learning opportunities to acquire and improve job related skills
Incremental Change
Retrenchment Strategy
Training
Job Enrichment
38. A standing plan that communicates guidelines for decisions and action
Procedure
Productivity
Mentoring
Policy
39. Lacking so much information that it is difficult to assign probabilities to the outcomes of alternatives.
Uncertain Environment
(Growth through)Concentration
GCE (Glass Ceiling Effect)
Lifelong Learning
40. Brings together members from different functional departments
P Decision (Programmed)
Subsystem
Cross functional team
Productivity
41. The creation of a whole that is greater than the sum of its individual parts.
Fred Fiedler
Delegation
Synergy
Systematic Thinking
42. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors
(Growth through) Vertical Integration
Groupthink
Exporting
Procedure
43. The process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results
Controlling
Culture
Policy
Incremental Change
44. The display of negative - irrational attitudes toward woman or minorities.
Action Research
Prejudice
Virtual Organization
Budget
45. A work unit or smaller component within a larger organization
Subsystem
Controlling
nAff
Telecommuting (flexiplace)
46. Lacks complete information but offers 'probabillities' of the likely outcomes for possible action alternatives.
Risk Environment
Information System
Retrenchment Strategy
(Growth through) Vertical Integration
47. Found in job context - such as working conditions - interpersonal relations - organizational policies - and salary.
Satisficing Decision
Refreezing
Hygiene (factor)
Competitive Advantage
48. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor
Accountability
SoC (Span of Control)
Policy
Outsourcing
49. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities
Budget
Need
Functional Chimney Problem
Human Skill
50. A shifting network of strategic alliances that are engaged as needed
Virtual Organization
Management Science
Accountability
Uncertain Environment