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






2. Brings together members from different functional departments






3. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






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






5. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. The phase at which change is stabilized.






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






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






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






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






19. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






30. Growing within the same business area






31. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






32. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






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






34. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






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






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






37. Local products are sold abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






46. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






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






48. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






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






50. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.