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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. Assigns early career employees as proteges to more senior ones






2. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






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






4. Is the process of distributing and entrusting work to other persons.






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






6. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






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






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






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






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






11. The phase at which change is stabilized.






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






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






14. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






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






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






17. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






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






19. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






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






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






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






23. Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem






24. The process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results






25. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






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






27. The total mechanization of a job.






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






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






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






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






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






33. Is by acquiring suppliers and distributors






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






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






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






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






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






39. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






40. Responds to events as or after they occur.






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






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






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






44. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






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






46. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






47. Brings together members from different functional departments






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






49. The ability to think analytically and solve complex problems to the benefit of everyone involved.






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