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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A boundary less world where goods and services are produced and marketed worlwide






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






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






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






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






6. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






28. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






44. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






45. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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