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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 arousing enthusiasm and directing efforts towards organizational goals.






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






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






4. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






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






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






7. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






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






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






10. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






11. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. The process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results






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






20. Growing within the same business area






21. The total mechanization of a job.






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






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






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






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






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






27. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






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






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






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






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






32. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






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






34. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






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






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






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






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






39. The process of acquiring products abroad and selling them in domestic markets






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






41. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






42. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






44. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






45. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






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






47. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities






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






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






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