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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The manager makes all decisions alone - with centralised authority and one-way communication.






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Any equipment tools or operating methods that are designed to make work more efficient






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






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






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






12. Includes motivating employees directing the activites of other selecting the most effective communication channel and resolving conflicts






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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






18. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






43. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






45. A set of rules or principles that defines right and wrong conduct






46. Benefits that provide a wide range of scheduling options and allow employees more flexibility at work accommodating their needs for work-life balance






47. 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






48. 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






49. Goals - People and Structure






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