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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A specific type of strategic alliance in which the partners agree to form a separate independent organization for some business purpose.






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






3. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






21. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






32. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






44. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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