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Business Leadership

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






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






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






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






5. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities






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






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






8. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






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






10. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






18. The total mechanization of a job.






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






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






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






22. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






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






38. Brings together members from different functional departments






39. WOT






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






49. Growing within the same business area






50. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance