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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 set of expectations held by an individual about working relationships with the organization.






2. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






3. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






4. A standing plan that communicates guidelines for decisions and action






5. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. WOT






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






22. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






23. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






24. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






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






26. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






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






28. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






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






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






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






32. Growing within the same business area






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






34. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






35. A shifting network of strategic alliances that are engaged as needed






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






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






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






39. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






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






41. The phase at which change is stabilized.






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






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






44. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






45. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






46. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






47. The total mechanization of a job.






48. Ability x Support x Effort






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






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