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






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






3. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






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






5. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






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






7. The phase at which change is stabilized.






8. Ability x Support x Effort






9. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






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






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






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






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






14. Growing within the same business area






15. Use IT to collect - organize - and distribute data for use in decision making






16. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities






17. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






18. Local products are sold abroad






19. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






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






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






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






38. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






39. The ability to work well in cooperation with other people.






40. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






41. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






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






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






44. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






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






46. Is the process of distributing and entrusting work to other persons.






47. Brings together members from different functional departments






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






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






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