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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A direct investment in a foreign country that involves setting up a separate and independent facility or office






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






16. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






20. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






39. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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