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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A managers ability to work with understand mentor and motivate other both individually and in groups






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






3. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






7. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. A companys ability to achieve its business goals and increase long-term shareholder value by integrating economic - environmental and social opportunities into its business strategies






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Goals - People and Structure






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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