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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. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






2. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






3. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






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






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






6. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






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






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






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






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






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






12. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






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






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






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






16. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






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






18. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






19. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






20. The process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. The process of setting objectives and determining what should be done to accomplish them.






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






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






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






31. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






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






34. The quantity and quality of task accomplishment by an individual or group.






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






36. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






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






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






39. Growing within the same business area






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






41. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






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






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






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






45. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






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






47. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






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






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