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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Includes monitoring performance comparing it with goals and correcting any significant deviations






2. View that says ethical decisions are made in order to respect and protect individual liberties and privileges






3. People who work directly on a job or task and have no responsibility for overseeing the work of others






4. A boundary less world where goods and services are produced and marketed worlwide






5. An independent business having fewer than 500 employees that doesn't necessarily engage in any new or innovative practices and has relatively little impact on its industry






6. Degree to which work is organized around team rather than individuals






7. The process of getting things done effectively efficiently through and with other people






8. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






9. Degree to which management decision take into account the effects on people in the organization






10. Doing things right or getting the most output from the least amount of inputs






11. The manager makes decisions alone - but explains the reasons to employees; authority is centralised and communication is one way.






12. An agreement in which an organization gives other organization the right for a fee to use its name and operating methods






13. The use of scientific methods to define the "one best way" for a job to be done - Frederick Winslow Taylor.






14. Any constituencies in an organizations environment that are affected by that organizations decisions and actions






15. A business firms intention beyond its legal and economic obligations to do the right things act in ways that are good for society






16. Job-specific knowledge and techniques needed to perform work tasks






17. A narrow focus in which managers see thing only through their own eyes and from their own perspective






18. Social traits such as ones cultural background or allegiance that are shared by a human population






19. Employees - customers - unions - social and political action groups - shareholders - competitors - communities - Trade and industry associations - Suppliers - governments - media.






20. The degree of change and complexity in an organizations enviroment






21. When a business firm engages in social actions in response to some popular social need






22. A companys ability to achieve its business goals and increase long-term shareholder value by integrating economic - environmental and social opportunities into its business strategies






23. Minimal Global investment - Global sourcing- exporting and importing - licensing - franchising - strategic alliance - joint venture - foreign subsidiary. - Significant global investment






24. Any type of international company that maintains operations in multiple countries






25. Attention to detail - innovation and risk taking - stability - aggressiveness - team orientation - people orientation - outcome orientation.






26. Ways in which people in a workforce are similar and different from one another in terms of gender age race sexual orientation ethnicity cultural background and physical abilities and dissablities






27. Figurehead - leader - liaison






28. Managers allow employees to take full responsibility for decisions within their areas; authority is decentralised.






29. Degree to which managers focus on results or outcomes rather than on how these outcomes are achived






30. When a business firm engages in social actions because of its obligation to meet certain economic and legal responsibilities






31. A formal document that states an organizations primary values and the ethical rules its expects managers and non managerial employees to follow






32. Includes defining goals establishing strategy and developing plans to coordinate activites






33. View that says ethical decisions are made solely on the basis of their outcomes or consequences






34. Includes determining what tasks are to be done who is to do them how the tasks are to be grouped whop reports to whom and who will make decisions






35. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






36. Supervisors responsible for directing the day to day activities of non managerial employees






37. The biological heritage (including physical characteristics such as ones skin color and associated traits that people use to identify themselves






38. Economic - Global - Political/Legal - Socio cultural - Technological - demographics. In the middle THE ORGANIZATION`






39. The manager encourages employees to become actively involved in the decision-making process; authority is decentralised and communication is a two way process.






40. An agreement in which an organization gives another the right for a fee to make or sell its products using its technology or product specifications






41. A partnership between an organization and a foreign company partners in which both share resources and knowledge in developing new products of building production facilities.






42. A systematic arrangement of people brought together to accomplish some specific purpose






43. An MNC that decentralizes management and other decisions to the local country where its doing business






44. Degree to which organizational decisions and actions emphasize maintaining the status quo






45. Doing the right things or completing activities so that organizational goals are attained






46. Specific categories of managerial behavior often grouped around interpersonal relationships information transfer and decision making






47. Individuals in an organization who direct the activities of others






48. The degree to which managers are concerned with increasing employee job satisfaction - What leadership styles are appropriate - Whether all disagreements--even constructive ones--should be eliminated






49. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






50. Cultures in which the key values are deeply held and widely shared