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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. View that says ethical decisions are made solely on the basis of their outcomes or consequences






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






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






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






5. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






8. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






11. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






17. Employees - customers - unions - social and political action groups - shareholders - competitors - communities - Trade and industry associations - Suppliers - governments - media.






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






24. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






26. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






28. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.