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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. A work unit or smaller component within a larger organization






2. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






3. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






4. Local products are sold abroad






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






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






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






8. Ability x Support x Effort






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






10. A shared set of beliefs - values - and patterns of behavior common to a group of people






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






12. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






13. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






14. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






15. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






17. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






18. WOT






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






20. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






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






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






23. The process of arousing enthusiasm and directing efforts towards organizational goals.






24. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






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






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






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






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






30. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






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






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






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






34. Growing within the same business area






35. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






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






37. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






38. The total mechanization of a job.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






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






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






48. Brings together members from different functional departments






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






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