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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 ability to translate knowledge into action that results in desired performance






2. Growing within the same business area






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






4. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities






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






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






7. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






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






9. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






10. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






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






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






13. The phase at which change is stabilized.






14. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






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






16. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






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






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






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






20. WOT






21. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






39. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






40. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






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






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






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






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






46. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






47. Brings together members from different functional departments






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






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






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