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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cultures in which the key values are deeply held and widely shared






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






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






4. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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.






10. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






24. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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