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






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






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






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






5. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






6. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






17. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






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






19. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






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






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






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






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






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






25. Brings together members from different functional departments






26. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






27. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






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






30. Ability x Support x Effort






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






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






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






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






35. WOT






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






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






38. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






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






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






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






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






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






44. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






45. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






46. Growing within the same business area






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






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






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






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