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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The manager makes the final decision after gaining feedback from stakeholders; authority is still somewhat centralised; communication is a two way process.






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






14. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






17. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






34. A formal document that states an organizations primary values and the ethical rules its expects managers and non managerial employees to follow






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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