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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Degree to which employees are aggressive and competitive rather than cooperative






2. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






6. Figurehead - leader - liaison






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. Doing things right or getting the most output from the least amount of inputs






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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