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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 process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results






2. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






3. The tendancy to consider one's culture as superior to others






4. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






5. Sets long-term direction for the total enterprise.






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






7. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






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






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






10. Local products are sold abroad






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






12. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






13. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






14. Growing within the same business area






15. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






16. Responds to events as or after they occur.






17. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






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






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






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






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






22. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






23. The total mechanization of a job.






24. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






25. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






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






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






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






29. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






30. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






31. When a business function is contracted to an outside supplier






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The phase during which a situation is prepared for change.






39. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






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






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






42. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






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






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






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






46. Ability x Support x Effort






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






48. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






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






50. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities