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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 phase at which change is stabilized.






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






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






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. Brings together members from different functional departments






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






8. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






9. A comprehensive plan guiding resource allocation to achieve long-term organizational goals.






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






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






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






13. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






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






15. Offers complete information on possible action alternatives and their consequences.






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






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






18. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






19. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






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






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






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






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






24. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






25. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






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






27. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






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






29. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






30. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






31. Responds to events as or after they occur.






32. Growing within the same business area






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






34. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities






35. The total mechanization of a job.






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






37. The ability to think analytically and solve complex problems to the benefit of everyone involved.






38. The ability to use a special proficiency or expertise in one's work.






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






40. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






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






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






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






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






45. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






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






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






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






49. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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