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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






14. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






16. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






27. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






29. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






34. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 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