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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Individuals in an organization who direct the activities of others






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






11. 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






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






13. A set of rules or principles that defines right and wrong conduct






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






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






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






17. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






21. An agreement in which an organization gives other organization the right for a fee to use its name and operating methods






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






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






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






25. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






36. 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






37. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






49. 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.






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