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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 plan that commits resources to projects or activities






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






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






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






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






6. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






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






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






9. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






17. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






18. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






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






20. Brings together members from different functional departments






21. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






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






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






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






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






27. The phase at which change is stabilized.






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






29. Growing within the same business area






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






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






32. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






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






34. Local products are sold abroad






35. Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems






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






37. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






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






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






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






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






42. The quantity and quality of work performance - with resource utilization considered.






43. The total mechanization of a job.






44. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






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






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






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






48. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






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






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