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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Factors forces situations and events outside the organization that affect its performance






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. Benefits that provide a wide range of scheduling options and allow employees more flexibility at work accommodating their needs for work-life balance






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The use of scientific methods to define the "one best way" for a job to be done - Frederick Winslow Taylor.






17. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






20. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






47. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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