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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any equipment tools or operating methods that are designed to make work more efficient






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Figurehead - leader - liaison






19. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Entailing making decisions or choices






33. A set of rules or principles that defines right and wrong conduct






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






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






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






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






38. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






50. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations