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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 overall quality of human experiences in the workplace.






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






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






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






5. The phase during which a situation is prepared for change.






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






7. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






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






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






10. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






11. WOT






12. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






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






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






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






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






17. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






18. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






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






27. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






28. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






30. An invisible barrier limiting the advancement of woman and minorities






31. A shifting network of strategic alliances that are engaged as needed






32. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






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






34. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






35. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






36. The collective brainpower or shared knowledge of a workforce.






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






38. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






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






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






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






42. Ability x Support x Effort






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Involves reducing the scale of current operations