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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Degree to which managers focus on results or outcomes rather than on how these outcomes are achived






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Doing things right or getting the most output from the least amount of inputs






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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






41. Figurehead - leader - liaison






42. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






45. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






49. 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






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