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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The degree of change and complexity in an organizations enviroment






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Involving people (subordinates and persons outside the organization) and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature






12. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






13. 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






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






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






16. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






23. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






25. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Figurehead - leader - liaison






50. 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