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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. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






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






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






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






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






6. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






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






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






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






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






11. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






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






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






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






16. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






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






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






19. Responds to events as or after they occur.






20. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






21. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities






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






23. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






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






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






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






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






28. The process of taking a new idea and putting it into practice.






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






30. The phase at which change is stabilized.






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






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






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






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






35. WOT






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






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






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






39. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






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






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






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






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






44. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






45. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






46. Utilizes people - values - and systems to continously change and improve its performance.






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






48. The total mechanization of a job.






49. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






50. Ability x Support x Effort