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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 lack of communication and coordination across functions.






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






3. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






11. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






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






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






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






15. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






16. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






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






18. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






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






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






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






22. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






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






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






26. Growing within the same business area






27. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






28. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






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






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






31. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






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






33. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






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






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






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






37. The display of negative - irrational attitudes toward woman or minorities.






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






39. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






48. When a business function is contracted to an outside supplier






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






50. The phase at which change is stabilized.