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






2. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






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






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






5. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






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






7. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A person who supports and is responsible for the work of others.






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






17. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






18. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






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






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






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






23. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






24. Growing within the same business area






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






26. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






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






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






29. Local products are sold abroad






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






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






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






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






34. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






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






36. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






37. Brings together members from different functional departments






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






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






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






41. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






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






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






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






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






46. Responds to events as or after they occur.






47. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






48. Increases job depth by adding work planning and evaluating duties normally performed by the supervisor.






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






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