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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. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






2. Contingency Model - Task Oriented/Relationship Oriented






3. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






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






5. Brings together members from different functional departments






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






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






8. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






9. A comprehensive plan guiding resource allocation to achieve long-term organizational goals.






10. Aligns the organization with anticipated future challenges.






11. Is an output measure of task or goal accomplishment






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






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






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






15. The total mechanization of a job.






16. Local products are sold abroad






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






18. WOT






19. A lack of communication and coordination across functions.






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






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






22. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people






23. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale






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






25. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






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






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






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






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






30. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager






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






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






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






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






35. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






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






38. The phase at which change is stabilized.






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






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






41. An unfulfilled physiological or psychological desire.






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






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






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






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






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






47. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities






48. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






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






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