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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 setting objectives and determining what should be done to accomplish them.






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






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






4. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






6. Responds to events as or after they occur.






7. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






8. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






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






10. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






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






12. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






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






14. WOT






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






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






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






26. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






27. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






28. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






29. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






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






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






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






33. The total mechanization of a job.






34. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






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






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






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






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






39. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






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






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






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






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






44. Boston Consulting Group - analyzes business opportunities according to market growth rate and market share






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






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






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






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






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






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