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Business Leadership

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






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






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






5. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






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






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






8. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






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






10. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






11. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






12. The phase at which change is stabilized.






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






14. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






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






16. Growing within the same business area






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






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






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






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






21. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






22. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






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






24. Ability x Support x Effort






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






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






27. WOT






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






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






30. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






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






32. Local products are sold abroad






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






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






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






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






37. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






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






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






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






41. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






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






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






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






45. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






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






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






48. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






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






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