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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. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






2. The shared values principles traditions and ways of doing things that influence the way organizational members act






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. A companys ability to achieve its business goals and increase long-term shareholder value by integrating economic - environmental and social opportunities into its business strategies






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






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






15. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






23. Figurehead - leader - liaison






24. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






38. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






39. 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






40. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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






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