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Management

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Entailing making decisions or choices






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






30. 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






31. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. Figurehead - leader - liaison






46. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






50. Making products domestically and selling them abroad