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Management

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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. The view that much of an organizations success or failure is due to external forces outside managers control






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






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






9. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






10. A specific type of strategic alliance in which the partners agree to form a separate independent organization for some business purpose.






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






18. A managers ability to work with understand mentor and motivate other both individually and in groups






19. Involving people (subordinates and persons outside the organization) and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






25. A managers ability to build a power base and establish the right connections






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






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






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






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






30. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






32. 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.






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






34. Individuals who are responsible for making decisions about the direction of the organization and establishing policies that affect all organizational memebers






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






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






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






38. Goals - People and Structure






39. Part-time temporary and contract workers who are available for hire on an as-needed basis






40. A direct investment in a foreign country that involves setting up a separate and independent facility or office






41. Autocratic - Persuasive - Consultative - Participative - Laissez-Faire






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






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






44. 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






45. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






47. When employees are connected to satisfied with and enthusiastic about their jobs






48. The shared values principles traditions and ways of doing things that influence the way organizational members act






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






50. 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