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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. An MNC that centralizes management and other decisions in the home country






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






15. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






16. Figurehead - leader - liaison






17. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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