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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. Provides learning opportunities to acquire and improve job related skills






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






3. Strategies for simplifying decision-making






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






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






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






7. Involves reducing the scale of current operations






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






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






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






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






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






13. The total mechanization of a job.






14. Growing within the same business area






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






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






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






18. A measure of resource cost associated with goal accomplishment






19. Is a choice among possible alternative courses of action






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






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






22. Approaches problems in a rational and analytical fashion.






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






24. Responds to events as or after they occur.






25. The phase at which change is stabilized.






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






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






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






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






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






31. Bends and adjusts existing ways to improve performance






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






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






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






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






36. The requirement to show performance results to a supervisor






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






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






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






40. Guides activities within one specific area of operations.






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






42. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.






43. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention






44. Uses IT (information technology) to link with networks of outside suppliers and service contractors






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






46. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities






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






48. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.






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






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