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






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






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






4. Individuals in an organization who direct the activities of others






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






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






7. 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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






15. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






19. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






26. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






32. Goals - People and Structure






33. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






39. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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