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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 defining goals establishing strategy and developing plans to coordinate activites






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






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






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






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






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






7. Degree to which organizational decisions and actions emphasize maintaining the status quo






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






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






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






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






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






13. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






14. Figurehead - leader - liaison






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






22. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






50. 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