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Business Leadership

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






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






3. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






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






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






6. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






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






8. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






10. Ability x Support x Effort






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Uses IT (information technology) to link with networks of outside suppliers and service contractors






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






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






24. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






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






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






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






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






29. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






30. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






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






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






33. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






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






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






36. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






37. WOT






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






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






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






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






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






43. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






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






45. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






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






47. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






48. Local products are sold abroad






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






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