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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






21. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






22. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






27. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






31. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Goals - People and Structure






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






47. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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