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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Planning - Organizing - Leading - Controlling Middle ACHIEVING THE ORGANIZATIONS STATES PURPOSE.






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






3. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






4. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Involving people (subordinates and persons outside the organization) and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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