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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Individuals who are typically responsible for translating goals set by top managers into specific details that lower-level managers wills see get done






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






27. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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