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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Supervisors responsible for directing the day to day activities of non managerial employees






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






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






4. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






5. 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






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






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






8. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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.






41. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Involving people (subordinates and persons outside the organization) and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature






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






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






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






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