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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Includes defining goals establishing strategy and developing plans to coordinate activites






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






12. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






13. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






14. 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.






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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