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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. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






2. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






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






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






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






6. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






7. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






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






9. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






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






11. A work unit or smaller component within a larger organization






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






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






14. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






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






16. Growing within the same business area






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






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






19. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities






20. Brings together members from different functional departments






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






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






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






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






25. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






26. An unexpected problem that can lead to disaster if not resolved quickly and appropriately






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






28. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






29. WOT






30. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






31. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






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






33. The worldwide interdependence of resource flows - product markets - and business competition.






34. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






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






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






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






38. The total mechanization of a job.






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






40. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






41. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






42. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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