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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A formal document that states an organizations primary values and the ethical rules its expects managers and non managerial employees to follow






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






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






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






5. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






6. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Figurehead - leader - liaison






29. 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






30. 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






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






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






33. Goals - People and Structure






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






35. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






39. A systematic arrangement of people brought together to accomplish some specific purpose






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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