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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. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






41. The view that much of an organizations success or failure is due to external forces outside managers control






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






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






44. Employees - customers - unions - social and political action groups - shareholders - competitors - communities - Trade and industry associations - Suppliers - governments - media.






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






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. The degree of change and complexity in an organizations enviroment






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






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






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