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Business Leadership

Subject : business-skills
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1. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






2. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






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






16. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






17. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






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






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






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






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






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






23. Local products are sold abroad






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






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






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






27. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






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






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






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






31. Is by acquisition of or investment in new and different business areas






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






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






34. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






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






36. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






37. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






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






39. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






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






41. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities







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