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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The view that managers are directly responsible for an organizations success or failure






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






14. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






19. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Entailing making decisions or choices






36. The number of components in an organizations environment and the extent of knowledge that the organizations has about those components






37. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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