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






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






3. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






4. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






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






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






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






15. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






16. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






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






18. The phase at which change is stabilized.






19. Demonstrates through personal behavior the job performance expected of others






20. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






21. Growing within the same business area






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






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






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






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






26. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






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






28. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






29. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






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






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






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






33. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






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






35. Local products are sold abroad






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






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






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






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






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






41. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






42. The quantity and quality of work performance - with resource utilization considered.






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






44. The continuation of a course of action even though it is not working






45. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






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






47. Responds to events as or after they occur.






48. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






49. Brings together members from different functional departments






50. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment