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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Includes motivating employees directing the activites of other selecting the most effective communication channel and resolving conflicts






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






3. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






4. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Goals - People and Structure






17. 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






18. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






20. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






25. A business firms intention beyond its legal and economic obligations to do the right things act in ways that are good for society






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






38. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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