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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 measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






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






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






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






5. The total mechanization of a job.






6. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The phase at which change is stabilized.






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






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






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






20. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






21. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






22. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






23. Ability x Support x Effort






24. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






25. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






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






27. A special strength that gives an organization a competitive advantage.






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






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






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






31. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






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






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






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






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






36. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






37. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






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






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






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






41. Results in a major and comprehensive redirection of the organization.






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






43. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






44. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






45. Local products are sold abroad






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






47. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






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






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






50. The application of operant conditioning to influence human behaviour at work.