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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A set of rules or principles that defines right and wrong conduct






2. 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.






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






8. Goals - People and Structure






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






20. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






27. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






42. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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