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Management

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






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






4. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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. Doing the right things or completing activities so that organizational goals are attained






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






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






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






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






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