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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






12. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






33. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. The shared values principles traditions and ways of doing things that influence the way organizational members act






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






48. 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






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






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