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






2. Brings together members from different functional departments






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






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






5. The total mechanization of a job.






6. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






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






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






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






10. Growing within the same business area






11. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






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






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






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






24. A special strength that gives an organization a competitive advantage.






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






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






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






28. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






29. Boston Consulting Group - analyzes business opportunities according to market growth rate and market share






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






31. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






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






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






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






35. Is by acquisition of or investment in new and different business areas






36. Responds to events as or after they occur.






37. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






38. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






40. WOT






41. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






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






43. The phase at which change is stabilized.






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






45. The process of taking a new idea and putting it into practice.






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






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






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






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






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