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Business Leadership
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business-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Desire to do something better - solve problems - or to solve complex problems
Refreezing
Innovation
nAch
Planned Change
2. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem
Reactive Change
Management Science
Job Performance
NP Decision (Non-Programmed)
3. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented
Globalization
nAch
Refreezing
Fred Fiedler
4. Local products are sold abroad
NP Decision (Non-Programmed)
Exporting
BCG Matrix
Transformational Change
5. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems
Organizing
(Growth through) Vertical Integration
Fred Fiedler
Problem Solving
6. The ability to work well in cooperation with other people.
Human Skill
Policy
Action Research
Lifelong Learning
7. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action
Functional Strategy
Skill
Decision
Retrenchment Strategy
8. The display of negative - irrational attitudes toward woman or minorities.
Planning
Prejudice
Uncertain Environment
Management Science
9. Boston Consulting Group - analyzes business opportunities according to market growth rate and market share
BCG Matrix
Team Structure
Globalization
Job Enrichment
10. The application of operant conditioning to influence human behaviour at work.
Direction
OBM (Organizational Business Modification)
Productivity
Lifelong Learning
11. Identifies how a division or strategic business unit will compete in its product or service domain.
Technical Skill
Business Strategy
Accountability
Systematic Thinking
12. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor
PC
Competitive Advantage
Network Structure
Accountability
13. Desire to control - influence - or to be responsible for other people
nPower
Uncertain Environment
Contingency Thinking
Groupthink
14. Strategies for simplifying decision-making
Competitive Advantage
Job Enrichment
Heuristics
Management Science
15. Lacks complete information but offers 'probabillities' of the likely outcomes for possible action alternatives.
Innovation
Risk Environment
(Growth through) Vertical Integration
Competitive Advantage
16. The creation of a whole that is greater than the sum of its individual parts.
Synergy
Motivation
Conceptual Skill
Exporting
17. Lacking so much information that it is difficult to assign probabilities to the outcomes of alternatives.
Budget
Planned Change
SoC (Span of Control)
Uncertain Environment
18. Utilizes people - values - and systems to continously change and improve its performance.
Network Structure
Direction
Learning Organization
Performance effectiveness
19. A person who supports and is responsible for the work of others.
Middle Manager
Manager
Certain Environment
Action Research
20. A comprehensive plan guiding resource allocation to achieve long-term organizational goals.
Network Structure
Strategy
Intuitive Thinking
Problem Solving
21. Use IT to collect - organize - and distribute data for use in decision making
QWL (Quality of Worklife)
Competitive Advantage
Information System
Subsystem
22. Found in job content - such as a sense of achievement - recognition - or personal growth.
Knowledge Worker
Functional Strategy
Satisfier (factor)
Ethnocentrism
23. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention
Delegation
Lifelong Learning
Organizing
Satisficing Decision
24. Sets long-term direction for the total enterprise.
Core Competency
Contingency Thinking
Escalating Commitment
Corporate Strategy
25. A work unit or smaller component within a larger organization
Functional Strategy
Lifelong Learning
Subsystem
Satisficing Decision
26. Growing within the same business area
(Growth through)Concentration
Outsourcing
NP Decision (Non-Programmed)
Boundaryless Organizations
27. A shared set of beliefs - values - and patterns of behavior common to a group of people
Culture
Uncertain Environment
CoC (Chain of Command)
Modeling
28. Offers complete information on possible action alternatives and their consequences.
Telecommuting (flexiplace)
Job Enrichment
Certain Environment
Strategy
29. Eliminates internal boundaries among internal boundaries among parts and external boundaries with the external enviroment.
Strength Weakness Opportunity Threats
Boundaryless Organizations
Top Manager
Contingency Thinking
30. Guides the performance of the organization as a whole or of one of its major parts.
Importing
Top Manager
Coaching
Groupthink
31. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence
Motivation
Functional Strategy
Middle Manager
Boundaryless Organizations
32. The ability to use a special proficiency or expertise in one's work.
Crisis
Virtual Organization
Conceptual Skill
Technical Skill
33. Provides learning opportunities to acquire and improve job related skills
Training
Planning
Direction
Leading
34. The ability to think analytically and solve complex problems to the benefit of everyone involved.
Productivity
Team Structure
Hygiene (factor)
Conceptual Skill
35. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.
Learning Organization
Motivation
Intuitive Thinking
Planned Change
36. A standing plan that communicates guidelines for decisions and action
Conceptual Skill
Intellectual Capital
Policy
Escalating Commitment
37. A standing plan that precisely describes what actions are to be taken in specific situations
Procedure
Leading
Business Strategy
nPower
38. A shifting network of strategic alliances that are engaged as needed
Virtual Organization
Performance efficiency
(Growth through)Concentration
Conceptual Skill
39. The process of arousing enthusiasm and directing efforts towards organizational goals.
Leading
Mentoring
Prejudice
Conceptual Skill
40. A special strength that gives an organization a competitive advantage.
Automation
Policy
Core Competency
NP Decision (Non-Programmed)
41. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors
(Growth through) Vertical Integration
nAch
SoC (Span of Control)
Crisis
42. Results in a major and comprehensive redirection of the organization.
CoC (Chain of Command)
Planning
Groupthink
Transformational Change
43. The process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results
Action Research
Controlling
Intellectual Capital
Planning
44. Involves an experienced person offering performance advice to a less-experienced person
P Decision (Programmed)
Coaching
Prejudice
Crisis
45. The overall quality of human experiences in the workplace.
Productivity
Ethnocentrism
QWL (Quality of Worklife)
Reactive Change
46. The set of expectations held by an individual about working relationships with the organization.
Information System
CoC (Chain of Command)
Psychological Contract
Importing
47. The process of setting objectives and determining what should be done to accomplish them.
Skill
Learning Organization
Retrenchment Strategy
Planning
48. Responds to events as or after they occur.
Reactive Change
Unfreezing
Functional Chimney Problem
Planned Change
49. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.
Incremental Change
Performance effectiveness
Middle Manager
Conceptual Skill
50. Uses permanent and temporary cross-functional teams to improve lateral relations
Globalization
Escalating Commitment
Team Structure
Controlling