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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






2. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






4. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






21. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






26. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. A managers ability to build a power base and establish the right connections






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






50. Figurehead - leader - liaison