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






2. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






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






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






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






6. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






7. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






9. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






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






11. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities






12. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






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






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






15. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






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






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






19. Local products are sold abroad






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






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






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






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






24. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






25. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






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






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






28. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






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






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






31. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






32. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






41. Brings together members from different functional departments






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






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






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






45. Growing within the same business area






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






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






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






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






50. The phase at which change is stabilized.