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






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






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






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






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






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






7. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Growing within the same business area






16. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






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






18. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






26. WOT






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






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






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






37. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






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






40. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence






41. Some whose knowledge is a critical asset to employers.






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






43. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






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






45. Provides learning opportunities to acquire and improve job related skills






46. Applying a solution from past experience to a routine problem






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






48. The total mechanization of a job.






49. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






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