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






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






3. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






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






5. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






7. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






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






9. Brings together members from different functional departments






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






11. Utilizes people - values - and systems to continously change and improve its performance.






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






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






14. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities






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






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






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






18. The process of taking a new idea and putting it into practice.






19. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






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






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






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






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






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






25. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






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






27. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






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






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






30. WOT






31. A person who supports and is responsible for the work of others.






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






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






34. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






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






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






37. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






38. Growing within the same business area






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






40. The phase at which change is stabilized.






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






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






43. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






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






45. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






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






47. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






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






49. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






50. The total mechanization of a job.