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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 30 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A direct investment in a foreign country that involves setting up a separate and independent facility or office






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






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






4. Goals - People and Structure






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






6. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. The characteristics of a population used for purposes of social stuidies






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






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






47. Purchasing materials or labor from around the world wherever it is cheapest






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






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






50. 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






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