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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Employees - customers - unions - social and political action groups - shareholders - competitors - communities - Trade and industry associations - Suppliers - governments - media.






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






3. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The degree of risk that plans should contain - Whether plans should be developed by individuals or teams - The degree of environmental scanning in which management will engage






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






45. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






46. 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






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






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






49. Entailing making decisions or choices






50. 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