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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Minimal Global investment - Global sourcing- exporting and importing - licensing - franchising - strategic alliance - joint venture - foreign subsidiary. - Significant global investment






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






3. 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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






36. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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