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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any equipment tools or operating methods that are designed to make work more efficient






2. Specific categories of managerial behavior often grouped around interpersonal relationships information transfer and decision making






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






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






5. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






9. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






10. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






13. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






14. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






20. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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