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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. Growing within the same business area






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






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






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






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






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






7. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






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






9. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






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






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






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






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






14. Involves working at home or other places using computer links to the office.






15. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






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






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






18. Brings together members from different functional departments






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






20. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






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






31. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






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






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






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






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






36. Local products are sold abroad






37. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






38. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






39. Ability x Support x Effort






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






41. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






42. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






43. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






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






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






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






47. WOT






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






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






50. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment