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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The manager encourages employees to become actively involved in the decision-making process; authority is decentralised and communication is a two way process.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. A business firms intention beyond its legal and economic obligations to do the right things act in ways that are good for society






11. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Entailing making decisions or choices






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






33. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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