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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Supervisors responsible for directing the day to day activities of non managerial employees






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






17. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






43. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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