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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






15. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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. Individuals in an organization who direct the activities of others






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






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






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






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






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






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






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