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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A managers ability to build a power base and establish the right connections






2. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






7. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






22. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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