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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A set of rules or principles that defines right and wrong conduct






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






3. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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.






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






19. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






46. 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






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






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






49. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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