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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a business firm engages in social actions in response to some popular social need






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






3. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






5. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






6. 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






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






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






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






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






13. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Goals - People and Structure






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






47. 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






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






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






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