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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a business firm engages in social actions in response to some popular social need






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






23. 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.






24. Goals - People and Structure






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






38. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






43. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






45. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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