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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The characteristics of a population used for purposes of social stuidies






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






11. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






24. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






27. Degree to which employees are expected to exhibit precision analysis and attention to detial






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






29. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






30. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






35. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






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