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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






30. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






46. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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