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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. Goals - People and Structure






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






24. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






25. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






27. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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