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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Individuals who are typically responsible for translating goals set by top managers into specific details that lower-level managers wills see get done






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






7. 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






8. Degree to which managers focus on results or outcomes rather than on how these outcomes are achived






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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