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






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






3. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






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






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






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






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






8. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Brings together members from different functional departments






16. The process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results






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






18. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






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






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






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






22. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






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






24. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






25. Local products are sold abroad






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






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






28. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






29. Ability x Support x Effort






30. The total mechanization of a job.






31. The phase at which change is stabilized.






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






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






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






35. The process of acquiring products abroad and selling them in domestic markets






36. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






37. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






38. Growing within the same business area






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






40. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






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