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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The characteristics of a population used for purposes of social stuidies






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






22. Goals - People and Structure






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






24. 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






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






26. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






28. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. Factors forces situations and events outside the organization that affect its performance






49. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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