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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






6. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






9. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






10. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






18. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






20. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






23. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






39. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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