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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A set of rules or principles that defines right and wrong conduct






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






3. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






6. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






14. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






22. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






41. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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






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