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






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






3. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






4. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






5. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






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






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






8. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






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






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






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






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






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






14. Lacking so much information that it is difficult to assign probabilities to the outcomes of alternatives.






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






16. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






17. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






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






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






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






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






22. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






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






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






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






26. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






27. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






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






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






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






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






32. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






33. Ability x Support x Effort






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






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






36. The process of setting objectives and determining what should be done to accomplish them.






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






38. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






39. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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