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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any constituencies in an organizations environment that are affected by that organizations decisions and actions






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






3. 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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. Degree to which employees are expected to exhibit precision analysis and attention to detial






7. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






8. The view that managers are directly responsible for an organizations success or failure






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






10. Goals - People and Structure






11. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






19. Individuals who are typically responsible for translating goals set by top managers into specific details that lower-level managers wills see get done






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






21. Factors forces situations and events outside the organization that affect its performance






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






23. Planning - Organizing - Leading - Controlling Middle ACHIEVING THE ORGANIZATIONS STATES PURPOSE.






24. How much autonomy should be designed into employees jobs - Whether task should be done by individuals or in teams - The degree to which department managers interact with each other






25. The manager makes all decisions alone - with centralised authority and one-way communication.






26. A structural arrangement for global organizations that eliminates artificial geographical barries






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






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






29. Degree to which employees are encouraged to be innovative and take risks






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






31. The characteristics of a population used for purposes of social stuidies






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






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






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






35. Degree to which employees are aggressive and competitive rather than cooperative






36. Purchasing materials or labor from around the world wherever it is cheapest






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






38. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






39. View that says ethical decisions are made in order to enforce rules fairly and impartially






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






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






42. The degree of risk that plans should contain - Whether plans should be developed by individuals or teams - The degree of environmental scanning in which management will engage






43. Includes monitoring performance comparing it with goals and correcting any significant deviations






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






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






46. Whether to impose external controls or allow employees to control their own actions - What criteria should be emphasized in employee performance evaluations - What repercussions will occur from exceeding ones budget






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






48. The manager makes the final decision after gaining feedback from stakeholders; authority is still somewhat centralised; communication is a two way process.






49. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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