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






2. A work unit or smaller component within a larger organization






3. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






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






5. Growing within the same business area






6. An unexpected problem that can lead to disaster if not resolved quickly and appropriately






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






8. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






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






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






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






12. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






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






14. The phase at which change is stabilized.






15. Local products are sold abroad






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






17. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






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






19. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






20. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






21. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






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






23. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Ability x Support x Effort






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






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






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






34. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






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






36. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






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






38. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






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






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






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






42. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






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






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






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






46. Brings together members from different functional departments






47. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities






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






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






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