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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A boundary less world where goods and services are produced and marketed worlwide






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






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






4. 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






5. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






7. 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






8. When employees are connected to satisfied with and enthusiastic about their jobs






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






42. Figurehead - leader - liaison






43. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Individuals who are typically responsible for translating goals set by top managers into specific details that lower-level managers wills see get done